CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - MARY F. (THOMPSON) HART, WIDOW OF JAMES F. HART, 
OKALOOSA CO., FL

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Application No. 23226
Pensioner No.  2869

WIDOW'S PENSION CLAIM
Under General Pension Law of Florida
Form A

State of Florida,}
County of Okaloosa}

On this 19 day of Nov., A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and twenty seven, personally
appeared before me a notary public in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary F.
Hart a resident of Baker County of Okaloosa State of Florida, who being duly sworn 
according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain a pension under
the provisions of the General Pension Laws of Florida.

That she is the lawful widow of James F. Hart who enlisted under the name of James 
F. Hart on the 17 day of April, 1861, in Company F 1st Fla. Regiment of the State 
of Fla., Captain of said Co. F and who was honorably discharged at Atlanta, Ga. May 
9th, 1865, on account of services being no longer required.

That she was lawfully married to the said James F. Hart under the name of Mary F. 
Thompson in the County of Covington State of Ala. on the 11 day of March, 1878, and 
that she was not divorced from him before nor has she remarried since his death, 
which occurred on the 30 day of March, 1916, in the County of Covington, State of 
Ala. except as hereinafter stated.

That she is a resident of Okaloosa County, Florida, and has continuously resided in 
the State of Florida since the 5th day of March 1917.

That she was heretofore granted a pension from the State of Florida under 
Certificate No. none.  That she is not a pensioner of any other State.

That her Postoffice address is Baker, Rt. 1, County of Okaloosa, State of Florida.

Mary F. Hart

Attest:

(1) A. J. Peaden
(2) Nela Peaden

Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 day of Nov., A. D. 1927.  I hereby certify 
that the above declaration, etc., was made known and fully explained to the 
applicant before swearing, and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the 
prosecution of this claim.

J. W. Baggett, Jr.
Notary Public

(b)

State of Florida
County of Okaloosa

Before me, a notary public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally 
appeared W. E. Thompson and Lou Clary, who, being duly sworn according to law, 
deposes and says each for himself that he was present at the marriage of Mary F. 
Hart and James F. Hart which occurred at Liberty Hill, Ala. on the 11 day of March, 
A. D. 1878 in the County of Covington, State of Ala., and that the ceremony was 
performed by M. A. George, N. P.

W. E. Thompson
Her X mark:  Lou Clary

Witness:  J. W. Baggett, Jr.
          Nela Peaden

Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 day of Nov., A. D. 1927.

J. W. Baggett, Jr.
Notary Public

(c)

State of Florida
County of Okaloosa

Before me, a notary public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally 
appeared W. E. Thompson and Lou Clary who, being duly sworn according to law, 
deposes and says, each for himself, that he knows of his own personal knowledge of 
the death of James F. Hart which occurred at Falco, County of Covington, State of 
Ala., on the 30 day of March, A. D. 1916.

W. E. Thompson
Her X mark:  Lou Clary

Witness:  J. W. Baggett, Jr.
          Nela Peaden

Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 day of Nov., A. D. 1927.

J. W. Baggett, Jr.
Notary Public

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Form E

Affidavit to be Made by Comrade

State of Florida}
County of Okaloosa}

Before me, Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, personally came 
Mathew Guest, of Holt, County of Okaloosa, State of Fla. who, being duly sworn 
according to law, declares that he is the identical person who enlisted at Milton 
in the State of Fla. on the 17 day of April 1861, in Company F 1st Fla. Regiment of 
the State of Fla., which organization was regularly mustered into the service of the
Confederate States of America; that he knows of his own personal knowledge that 
James F. Hart enlisted in Company F 1st Fla. Regiment of the State of Fla., at 
Milton, in the State of Fla. on the 17 day of April, 1861; that he served faithfully
in the said organization until the 9 day of May 1865, when he was HONORABLE 
DISCHARGED on account of services no longer required, at Atlanta in the State of 
Ga., and did not desert the Confederate States service nor take the oath of 
allegiance to the United States before the close of the war.

(Here state whether the soldier was transferred to another organization, or not and 
if captured or imprisoned, state when and where.)

That said Hart was the Captain of said Co. F 1st Fla. Reg. to which he belonged.  
No transfer, capture, was mustered in at Pensacola, Fla.

I know personally of the above stated service, because I served with him as a 
private in Company F Regiment 1st of the State of Fla., and was HONORABLY DISCHARGED
at Atlanta, in the State of Ga., on the 9th day of May, 1864, by reason of services 
being no longer required and I did not desert the Confederate States service nor 
take the oath of allegiance to the United States before the close of the War.

His X mark:  Mathew Guest
Late of Company F, 1st Fla.  Regt.

Witness:  J. W. Baggett, Jr.
          Nela Peaden

Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 day of Nov., 1927, and I hereby certify that 
the above declaration was fully made known to the affiant before swearing, and that 
I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the pension claim sought to be established 
by this declaration.

J. W. Baggett, Jr.
Notary Public

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Form F

Affidavit to be Made by Comrade

State of Florida}
County of Okaloosa}

Before me, a notary public in and for the State and County aforesaid, personally 
came J. W. Adkison, of Laurel Hill County of Okaloosa, State of Fla. who, being duly
sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical person who enlisted at 
Andalusia, Ala., in the State of Ala. on the 2 day of  April, 1862, in Company I 
40th Ala., Regiment of the State of Ala., which organization was regularly mustered 
into the service of the Confederate States of America; that he knows of his own 
personal knowledge that James F. Hart enlisted in Company F 1st Fla. Regiment of 
the State of Fla., at Milton, in the State of Fla. on the 17 day of April, 1861; 
that he served faithfully in the said organization until the 9 day of May, 1865, 
when he was HONORABLY DISCHARGED on account of services no longer required, at 
Atlanta in the State of Ga., and did not desert the Confederate States service nor 
take the oath of allegiance to the United States before the close of the War.

(Here state whether the soldier was transferred to another organization, or not, 
and if captured or imprisoned, state when and where.)

My Co. was with Mr. Hart's Co. a good deal of the time, and he was in the war a 
year before I was.

I know personally of the above stated service, because I served with and near James 
F. Hart in Company I Regiment 40 Reg. of the State of Ala., and was HONORABLY 
DISCHARGED at Big Black, in the State of Miss., on the 7 day of May, 1865, by 
reason of services no longer required and I did not desert the Confederate States 
service nor take the oath of allegiance to the United States before the close of 
the War.

His X mark:  J. W. Adkison
Late of Company I, 40 Ala. Reg.

Witness:  J. W. Baggett, Jr.
          Nela Peaden

Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 day of Nov., 1927, and I hereby certify that 
the above declaration was fully made know to the affiant before swearing, and that 
I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the pension claim sought to be established 
by this declaration.

J. W. Baggett, Jr., N. P.

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Report of County Commissioners

We, the undersigned, County Commissioners in and for the County of Okaloosa, 
Florida, do hereby report that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners 
held this day, the foregoing application of Mary F. Hart for a pension under the 
Laws of Florida, was investigated by us; that we are satisfied that the applicant 
has been a bona fide citizen of the State of Florida for eight years just preceding 
the date of this application, and that the representations made in the petition and 
affidavits are true, and that a pension should be granted the applicant.

Witness our hands this 13 day of December, A. D. 1927.

(1) D. E. Helton, Chairman
(2) C. C. Steele
(3) W. C. James
(4) H. A. Burk
(5) S. G. Settles
    County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

D. H. McCallum
Clerk Circuit Court

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Letter

State Board of Pensions                                         No. 23226
Governor
Comptroller
Treasurer

Department of Pensions, State of Florida,
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 31st, 1927

The Adjutant General
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

James F. Hart, whose widow is applying for a pension under the law of Florida.  
Claims to have been Lieut. and later Capt. of Company F 1st Florida Infantry, 
Confederate States Army.

Please furnish me with the record of this soldier.

Yours very truly,

Ernest Amos
Comptroller

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Letter

War Department,
The Adjutant General's Office
Washington
January 5, 1928

Respectfully returned to

Comptroller,
Department of Pensions,
State of Florida,
Tallahassee, Florida

The records show that James F. Hart, (New) Co. F, 1st. Florida Inf., C. S. A., 
enlisted March 21, 1862, at Milton.

Appointed 2nd. Lieutenant March 21, 1862.

Muster roll Jan. & Feb. 1864, (the latest on file) shows him present, a 2nd. 
Lieutenant.

Personal papers on file show that under date of Jan. 17, 1865, he tendered his 
resignation as 2nd. Lieut., which was disapproved, no reason for resignation being 
assigned.

No later record found.

Lutz Wahl
Major General,
The Adjutant General

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Claim for Pension
By
Mrs. Mary F. Hart
Of Rt. 1, Baker
Okaloosa

Widow of
James F. Hart
Of F Company
1st Fla. Inf.,
Filed in Pension Department
Dec., 28, 1927
Approved and Filed in Comptroller's Office
Feb. 16, 1928
With pay from Dec. 28, 1927
At the rate of $480.00 per annum
Roumelle Bowen
Secretary of Board