CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - ELIZABETH (GILMORE) MILLER, WIDOW OF JACOB MILLER, 
OKALOOSA CO., FL

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Application No.  22977
Pensioner No.  2722

Letter

State Board of Pension
Governor.
Comptroller.
Treasurer.

Department of Pension, State of Florida,
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec 1, 1925

The Adjutant-General,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Jake Miller, whose widow is desirous of applying for a pension under the laws of 
Florida claims to have been a member of Company G, First Florida Regiment, 
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
December 5, 1925

Respectfully returned to

Comptroller,
Department of Pension,
State of Florida,
Tallahassee, Florida

The records show that Jacob Miller, (New) Co. G, 1st Florida Inf., C. S. A., 
enlisted May 13, 1862, at Milton, Fla.

Muster roll Jan. & Feb. 1863, shows him absent.  Left sick at Camp Lookout, a 
Private.

Muster roll March & Apl., 1863, shows him deserted, date not stated, a Pvt.

His name is not borne on the subsequent rolls of the Co. from May 1, 1863 to Feb 29,
1864, (latest on file).

Capture, parole or later record not found.

Not found as Jake Miller.

One J. Miller, Co. not stated, 1st (Reserves) Florida Inf., C. S. A., was paroled 
May 15, 1865, at Madison, Fla., a Private.  Date & place of enl. not shown.

Robert C. Davis
Major General,
The Adjutant General

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Letter

Pension Department
State of Florida
Tallahassee
August 9th, 1926

Mr. W. J. Rice,
Crestview, Fla.

Dear Sir:

In compliance with your request of the 6th, I am enclosing herewith regular form 
blank for application for widow's pension, and also copy of the present pension 
law for your information.

If the widow to whom you refer, can furnish the Company and Regiment in which her 
husband served and the State from which he enlisted, I will be very glad to write 
to Washington in an effort to obtain Official Record of his service.  If the service,
her rendered was to the home guard or militia, no record can be obtained, only the 
records of the soldiers serving in the Confederate Organizations being on file 
there.

Yours very truly,

(Miss) Roumelle Bowen,
Secretary, State Board of Pensions

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WIDOW'S PENSION CLAIM
Form A

State of Florida,}
County of Okaloosa}

On this 17th day of August, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and twenty six, 
personally appeared before me a Notary Public in and for the County and State 
aforesaid Elizabeth Miller a resident of Okaloosa County of 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 Jacob Miller who enlisted under the name of Jacob 
Miller on the 13 day of May, 1862, in Company New Company "G" 1st Florida Inf., 
C. S. A. of the State of Florida and who was honorably furloughed at Camp Lookout, 
a private, 186_, on account of sickness and came back, home, to Florida, on a sixty 
days furlough; stayed at home, near, Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida for about 
one month and returned to his company and served until the war was over.  Returned 
home again, after Lee surrendered and all the soldiers living were returning home.

That she was lawfully married to the said Jacob Miller under the name of Elizabeth 
Gilmore in the County of Santa Rosa State of Florida, at Bagdad on the ____ day of 
about 2 years before the was (1860) and that she was not divorced from him before 
nor has she remarried since his death, which occurred on the ____ day of ____, 
1___, in the County of Santa Rosa, State of Florida, 5 miles north of Milton, on 
Clear Creek.  That the license for their marriage was issued at Milton, Santa Rose 
County Florida but the records were burned when the courthouse was destroyed.  The 
marriage was solemnized by a preacher whose name was Wilkerson, generally known as 
Parson Wilkerson.

That she is a resident of Okaloosa County, Florida, and has continuously resided 
in the State of Florida since the ____ day of ____ 1859 or 1860.  Ever since she 
and Jacob Miller were married, as stated before.

That she was heretofore granted a pension from the State of Florida under 
Certificate No. ____.  That she is not a pensioner of any other State.

That her Postoffice address is Florosa, County of Okaloosa, State of Florida.

Her X mark:  Elizabeth Miller

Attest:

(1) W. J. Rice
(2) William Gilmore

Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th day of August, A. D. 1926.  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.

W. J. Rice
Notary Public for the State of Florida at Large

(b)

State of Florida
County of Okaloosa

Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally 
appeared Patsy Adaline Christian and Ester J. Rushing, who, being duly sworn 
according to law, deposes and says each for himself that he was present at the 
marriage of Jacob Miller and Elizabeth Miller which occurred at Bagdad, Florida on 
the ____ day of about two years before the war, about 1859 or 1860 in the County of 
Santa Rosa, State of Florida, and that the ceremony was performed by "Parson" 
Wilkerson.

Her X Mark:  Patsy Adaline Christian
Witness to mark of Mrs. Christian:  W. J. Rice, W. W. Brown
Esther J. Rushing

Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th day of August, A. D. 1926.

W. J. Rice
Notary Public for the State of Florida at Large

(c)

State of Florida
County of Santa Rosa

Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally 
appeared George Rivenbark and F. P. Rivenbark 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 Jacob Miller which occurred at 5 miles out of Milton, County of 
Santa Rosa, State of Florida, on the 24 day of July, A. D. 1908.

George Rivenbark
F. P. Rivenbark

Sworn and subscribed before me this 20th day of August, A. D. 1926.

W. J. Rice
Notary Public for the State of Florida at Large

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 Elizabeth Miller 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 ____ day of ____, A. D. ____.

(1) D. E. Helton, Chairman
(2) W. C. James
(3) G. M. ?
(4) W. K. McLaughlin
(5) C. C. Steele
    County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

D. H. McCallum, Clerk Circuit Court

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State of Florida
County of Santa Rosa

I, Wash Gilmore, being duly sworn, say I am about 80 years of age and reside at 
Bagdad, in Santa Rosa County, Florida and have practically resided in said county 
all my life.  I am a brother of Elizabeth Miller who is older than I am by 8 or 10 
years as there are three children between she and I.  I was not just personally 
present when she and Jacob were married but I know of the occasion and know they 
lived together and were recognized as man and wife from before the Civil War about 
1858 or 59 until Jacob Miller died which occurred in this county about 14 years ago.
I do not remember exactly.

His X Mark:  Wash Gilmore

Witnesses to signature:  W. J. Rice, Wm. Gilmore

Subscribed and sworn to by Gilmore, before me this the 20th day of August 1926.

W. J. Rice
Notary Public for the State of Florida at Large

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Letter

Department of Pension,
State of Florida,
Tallahassee, Fla.,
Sept. 22nd, 1926

The Adjutant General,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Jacob Miller, whose widow is applying for a pension under the laws of Florida 
claims to have been a member of Company A, 8th Fla. Inf. or Co. G, 1st Fla. Inf., 
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
Sept. 27, 1926

Respectfully returned to

Comptroller, 
Dept. of Pension, Fla.,
Tallahassee, Fla.

The records show that Jacob Miller, private, Co. A, 8th Fla. Inf., C. S.A., was 
enlisted May 8, 1862 and discharged Aug. 26, 1862, by reason of disability.

The records sow that a statement of service in the case of Jacob Miller, Co. G, 
1st Fla. Inf., C. S. A., was furnished the Comptroller, State of Fla., Dec. 5, 1925.

Robert C. Davis
Major General,
The Adjutant General

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Claim For Pension
By
Elizabeth Miller
of Crestview, Okaloosa County
Widow of
Jacob Miller of
New Company "G"
1st Fla. Inft. C. S. A.
Filed in Pension Department
Sept 17, 1926
Approved and Filed In Comptroller's Office
Nov. 15, 1926
With pay from Sept. 17, 1926
At the rate of $480.00 per annum
Roumelle Bowen, Secretary of Board

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Letter

August 13, 1941

To Whom It May Concern:

I, Roumelle Bowen, Secretary State Board of Pensions, do hereby certify that the 
records in the pension department of the comptroller's office show that Mrs. 
Elizabeth Miller received a pension from the State of Florida under Certificate 
No.  2722.  She stated in her application for pension that her husband enlisted 
under the name of Jacob Miller on the 13th day of May, 1862, in Company (New) "G", 
1st Florida Infantry, C. S. A., regiment of the State of Florida and was furloughed 
at Camp Lookout, a private on account of sickness; came back to Florida on a sixty 
day furlough; stayed at home, near Milton, Santa Rosa County, Florida; returned to 
his company and served until the war was over.

The official records at Washington shows in part as follows:  the records show 
that Jacob Miller, (New) Co. G, 1st. Florida Inf., C. S. A. enlisted May 13, 1862, 
at Milton, Fla.  Muster roll Jan. & Feb. 1863, shows him absent.  Left sick at 
Camp Lookout, a private. ***** One J. Miller, Co. not stated, 1st (Reserve) Florida 
Inf., C. S. A. was paroled May 15, 1865, at Madison, Fla. a private.  Date & Place 
of enl. not shown.

Secretary, State Board of Pensions