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FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION FILES

PENSION APPLICATION A05877:

Surname:  ADAMS

Given Names:  Joseph Early

Service Unit:  Georgia

Reference:

Wife’s Name:

Application County & Year:  Marion Co 1903

Page 001

A5877

Page 002

Soldier’s Pension Claim
Under The Act Of 1909

(Form A.)

State of Florida}
County of Marion}

On this 19th day of July, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Nine personally
appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State
aforesaid, Joseph Early Adams who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that
he is 69 years of age, having been born on the 18 day of March, 1840, in the county
of Merriwether, in the State of Georgia.  That he is a bona fide citizen of the
county of Marion, State of Florida.  That he has resided in the State of Florida
continuously since the 6th day of January, 1898.

That he is the identical person who enlisted at Greenville, Ga., under the name of
Joseph Early Adams, on or about the 12 1st day of [March] April, 1861, in Company D,
Regiment 8th of the State of Georgia in the service of the (Here state whether the
service claimed was in the Confederate States Army or in the service of a State.)
Confederate States Army and who was honorably discharged at Griffin, in the State of
Georgia, on or about the 19 day of May, 1865, on account of Surrender.

(Here state fully any other military service performed by the applicant.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(Here give date and place of capture, imprisonment, exchange or parole.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

That I served faithfully until honorably discharged from the service of the
Confederate States Army in the year 1865, and did not desert the service of the
Confederate States Army nor take the oath of allegiance to the United States until
after the surrender of the Confederate Armies.

(Here state whereabouts at close of Civil War.)

That I was at Clover Station, Virginia detailed under

Page 003

Report of County Commissioners

We, the undersigned, County Commissioners in and for the County of Marion, Florida,
do hereby report that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held this
day, the foregoing application of J. E. Adams for a pension under the Laws of
Florida, was investigated by us; that we are satisfied that the applicant does not
own property (including the property of his wife) to exceed the value of $5,000, and
that the representations made in the petition and affidavits are true, and that a
pension should be granted to the applicant.

Witness our hands this 3rd day of August, A. D. 1909.

(1)  (name is illegible) Chairman
(2)  J. M. Mathews
(3)  ……………………………..
(4)  W. J. Crosby
(5)  N. A. Fort, County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

S. T. Sistrunk
Clerk Circuit Court.

Note – All blanks must be filled out.  All information required must be fully and
accurately given.

Pension No.:
Act of 1913 5877
Former Claim No. 1840
Application No. 14790
Pensioner No. 344
Claim For Pension
By
Joseph Early Adams
Of
So. Lake Weir Postoffice
Marion County
Late Of
D Company 
8 Ga. Regiment
Filed In Pension Department
Aug 7 1909
Approved
Aug 21 1909
With pay from Jul 1 1909
At the rate of $120 per annum
……………………………..
Secretary of Board
Filed In Comptroller’s Office
………………….., 19…..
Capital Pub. Co., State Printer
Tallahassee, Florida

Page 004

Transcribers Note:  Unable to read this page as part of the Florida Photographic
Collection, Florida Confederate Pension Application Files.

Page 005

Transcribers Note:  Unable to read this page as part of the Florida Photographic
Collection, Florida Confederate Pension Application Files.

Page 006

Form A 3                    I. B. Hilson, State Printer, Tallahassee, Fla.

Soldier’s Application for Pension

State of Florida}
Marion County}

On this 5th day of Jany, 1903, personally appeared before me, Clerk of the Circuit
Court in and for said county and State, J. E. Adams, who being by me duly sworn,
declares he is the identical person who enlisted on or about the ………day of April,
1861, in Captain ……….Company, county of Maryweather, in the State of Georgia, and
that while in actual service in said company, 8th Regiment, of the State of Georgia
on or about the 10 day of July, 1863, and was honorably discharged at the expiration
of my service on the ….day of……………., in………………….., county, State………………….. (Here state
fully and clearly all the facts, showing the injury, its character, and especially
the extent of the injury and disability resulting therefrom) I was shot in the right
thy (sic), ball has never been extracted, was shot at Funkstown in the State of
Maryland, and that as the direct result of said injuries, thus received in line of
duty during the war, I am now unable to gain a livelihood by manual labor; that I
have continuously since January 1st, 1885, been a citizen of Florida; that neither I
nor my wife, nor both combined, own real and personal property to the value of $800
in this or any other State, and have not purposely disposed of our property for the
purpose of availing ourselves of the provisions of the pension laws of Florida; that
I am not otherwise enabled, or in a position to earn, and have no income from any
source sufficient for a livelihood by manual labor, and that I never deserted the
Confederate service, and that I receive a pension from no other source.

J. E. Adams
P. O. Address South Lake Weir Fla

Sworn and subscribed before me this 5th day of Jany 1903.

S. T. Sistrunk
Clerk Circuit Court Marion County.

Page 007

Transcribers Note:  Page 007 is missing from the Florida Photographic Collection,
Florida Confederate Pension Application Files.

Page 008

4846
1849

Pay from Jany 20 1903
At rate of $96.00
Per annum          $120
Claim For Pension
By
J. E. Adams
Of
Marion Co.
Late of
…………………Company
…………………Regiment
Filed in Executive Department
Jany 20 1903
Approved:
Feby 25 1903
C. H. Dickinson
Sec. of Bd.
Filed in Comptroller’s Office
…………………, 1…
I. B. Hilson, State Printer, Tallahassee, Fla.
120.00

Page 009

I do solemnly swear that I was born on the 18th day of March 1840 in Maryweather
county, State of Georgia, and that I am now past the age of sixty-five (65) years;
that I was bona-fide citizen of this State of January, A. D. 1885, and have
continuously resided in this State since that date; that I do not own property, real
or person, or real and personal, to the value of eight hundred dollars ($800), and
that I am by reason of age incapable of providing a living by manual labor for
myself.

J. E. Adams
P. O. Address South Lake Weir Fla

Sworn and subscribed before me this 5th day of Jany, 1903.

S. T. Sistrunk
Clerk Circuit Court Marion County.

We do solemnly swear that we personally knew J. E. Adams the above application for
pension during the Civil War of 1861 to 1865, that we served with him in Howard’s
Company (D) 8th Regiment, Ga. Vols., and know of our own knowledge that he did
received the injuries set forth in the above application at the time and place
claimed, and that the disability therefrom claimed to exist does exist, and that he
never deserted the Confederate Army.

S. F. Culpepper
R. D. Adair
Late of Howard’s Co. (D) 8th Reg.
Ga. Volunteers
(To be subscribed by two persons.)
Late of……….Co………….Reg.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 25th day of Feby 1902.

A. J. Hinton, Ordinary
Meriwether County, Ga.

We do solemnly swear that we are familiar with the value of all the property owned
by J. E. Adams and his wife, directly or indirectly, in this [or any other] State of
Ga. Meriwether County, and that the actual combined value thereof does not exceed
[$800] one cent, that they have not disposed of any property for the purpose of
availing themselves of the provisions of the pension laws of Florida, and that he is
not physically or otherwise able, or in a position to earn a livelihood, by manual
labor.

S. F. Culpepper
P. O. Address Greenville, Ga.

R. D. Adair
P. O. Address Greenville, Ga.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of Feby, 1902.

A. J. Hinton, Ordinary
Meriwether County, Ga.


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