CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - MOURNING S. LARKINS, WIDOW OF SEABORN LARKINS, Liberty 
Co., FL

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Application No. A11906

Widow's Application for Pension

STATE OF FLORIDA,}
Liberty County,}

On this 20th day of August 1903 personally appeared before me a Clerk Circuit Court in and 
for said county and State, Mrs. Mourning S. Larkins aged 60 years, who being by me duly sworn 
according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the pension provided 
by Act of the Legislature, approved June 6, 1903, for indigent widows of deceased Confederate 
soldiers and sailors:  That she is the lawful widow of Seaborn Larkins who enlisted ____ day 
of April 1862 in Captain Thigpen's Company, "A" 1st Fla. Calv. of the State of Florida and 
who was on the ____ day of ____, 186_, at ____ in the State of ____ killed in battle or honorably
discharged from said service, and died on the 4th day of December 1894 at his home in Liberty 
County.  He was fifty four years old at his death.

That she was legally married to said soldier prior to the first day of January, 1885 in 
Liberty Co. in the State of Florida; that she has been a bona fide resident of the State of
Florida continuously, since the first day of January, A. D. 1890; that she does not own 
property, real and personal, to the value of $800 in this or any other State, and is not 
otherwise enabled or in a position to earn a livelihood, and has no income from any source 
sufficient for a livelihood; and that she has not purposely disposed of any property for the 
purpose of availing herself of the provisions of this act.

Her X mark:  Mourning S. Larkins
P. O. Address:   Alligator, Fla.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of August, 1903.

S. I Revell
Clerk Circuit Court Liberty County

We do solemnly swear that we personally knew the said deceased Seaborn Larkins, that we served 
with him in Capt. Thigpen's Co. A of the 2nd Fla. Cal. from the State of Florida, and know 
our own knowledge that he never deserted the service of his State, or of the Confederate 
States.

T. H. Jackson
P. O. Address:  Rockbluff, Fla.
J. A. Summers
P. O. Address:  Bristol, Fla.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of August 1903.

S. I. Revell
Clerk Circuit Court Liberty County

We do solemnly swear that we personally know the above applicant Mourning S. Larkins that 
she was the lawful wife of Seaborn Larkins now deceased, that she has never remarried since 
his death, that she is a person of "respectability and good reputation," that she does not 
own property to the value of $800 in this or any other State, and that she is not possessed 
of a sufficient income from any source, and has constantly resided in Florida since January 1st,
1890.

T. E. Shuler
E. C. Herndon

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of September, 1903.

S. I. Revell
Clerk Circuit Court

I certify that the above affidavits are genuine; that all of the affiants are persons of 
respectability and good reputation, and that their statements are worthy of belief; that the
attesting officers are duly authorized to attest said affidavits, and that their signatures 
thereto are genuine.

S. I. Revell
Clerk of Circuit Court

We, the undersigned County Commissioners of Liberty county, Florida, do hereby certify that 
we have carefully investigated the above application for pension made by Mourning S. Larkins 
and are satisfied that the facts and conditions therein stated and alleged are true and 
correct and that she is legally and justly entitled to the pension provided by the act, 
approved June 6th, 1903.

Nash Goodson, Chairman
W. J. Chason
W. S. Larkins
C. O. Bradwell
S. D. Johnson
County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners, Attest:

S. I. Revell
Clerk Circuit Court

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Claim For Pension
By
Mrs. M. S. Larkins
Of
Liberty Co.
Filed In Executive Department
Sept 20 1903
Approved
Dec 2 1903
Pay from Sept 20 1903
At rate of $96.00 per annum.
C. H. Dickinson
Secretary of Board