CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - MARY JANE (FAIRCLOTH) PAUL, WIDOW OF JAMES W. PAUL, 
OKALOOSA CO., FL

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Application No.  21167
Pensioner No.  2038

Widow's Pension Claim
Under The Act Of 1917

Form A

State of Florida,}
County of Okaloosa}

On this 1st day of December, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and 17, personally 
appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary 
Jane Paul a resident of Laurel Hill 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 Chapter 7259, Laws of Florida, approved June 7, 
1917.

That she is the lawful widow J. W. Paul, now deceased who enlisted under the name 
of J. W. Paul on the ____ day of May, 1863, in Company F 11th Florida Regiment of 
the State of Florida and who was honorably discharged at close of war Apr. 9th, 
1865, on account of war closing.

That he also served for proof of husband's service refer to #5618.

That was lawfully married to the said J. W. Paul under the name of Mary Jane 
Faircloth in the County of Holmes State of Florida on the 29th day of November, 
1867, and she was not divorced from him before nor has she remarried since his 
death, which occurred on the 8th day of November, 1917, in Chattahoochee the County 
of ____, State of Florida except as hereinafter stated.

That she is a resident of Okaloosa County, Florida, and has continuously resided in 
the State of Florida since the 15 day of January 1851 (I was born in State of 
Florida and resided in this state all my life.)

That she was heretofore granted a pension from the State of Florida under 
Certificate No.  5618 for J. W. Paul.  That she is not a pensioner of any other 
State.

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

Her X mark:  Mary Jane Paul

Attest:

(1) T. R. James
(2) Lillie Mae Sipes

Sworn and subscribed before me this 1st day of December, A. D. 1917, 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.

T. R. James
Notary Public State of Florida

(b)

State of Florida
County of Holmes

Before me, a County Judge in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally 
appeared J. M. McDonald and Francis Paul, who, being duly sworn according to law, 
deposes and says each for himself that he was present at the marriage of Mr. J. W. 
Paul and Mary Jane Faircloth which occurred at Jacob Faircloth on the 29 day of 
November, A. D. 1867 in the County of Holmes, State of Florida, and that the 
ceremony was performed by Martin Brett, a Justice of the Peace.

His X mark:  J. M. McDonald
Her X mark:  Francis Paul

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19 day of December, A. D. 1917.

D. W. Tew
County Judge

(c)

State of Florida
County of Gadsden

Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally 
appeared W. H. Spier? and Frank Webb, 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 J. W. Paul, which occurred at Chattahoochee, County of Gadsden, State 
of Fla., on the 8th day of Nov., A. D. 1917.

W. H. Spier?
Frank Webb

Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of December, A. D. 1917.

W. L. Vanlandingham
Notary Public, 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 Mary Jane Paul 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 representation made in the petition and 
affidavits are true, and that a pension should be granted the applicant.

Witness our hands this 28 day of January, A. D. 1918.

(1) J. W. Baggett, Jr.
(2) L. L. Shaw
(3) John H. Givens
(4) W. J. Davis
    County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

D. H. McCallum
Clerk Circuit Court

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State of Florida,
Okaloosa County

Before the subscriber, a notary public in and for said county and State, personally 
appeared the within named Mary Jane Paul, known to me to be the identical person 
whose name is subscribed hereto, who being by me first duly sworn, on her oath says:
That she is the wife of James W. Paul, and that he, the said James W. Paul was, on 
the ____ day of May, A. D. 1917, adjudged a lunatic by a commission appointed to 
make investigation into the sanity of the said James W. Paul, by the county judge 
of Okaloosa County, Florida; that the said James W. Paul is now place in the 
hospital for insane persons at Chattahoochee, Florida; that the said James W. Paul 
is a pensioner under the laws of the State of Florida; that she, affiant, is 
dependant upon her said husband for support; that there are no minor children of 
the said James W. Paul, and the money she, affiant, is entitled to receive as the 
wife of said James W. Paul, if collected by her, will be spent and used solely for 
her maintenance, she being the only person dependant on him for support.

Her X mark:  Mary Jane Paul

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 11 day of June, A. D. 1917.

T. R. James
Notary Public for State of Florida

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State of Florida,
Okaloosa County

Before the subscriber, personally appeared the within named Oscar Steele, with whom 
I am well acquainted, and who being by me first duly sworn, on this oath says:  
That he is well acquainted with the family of James W. Paul and Mary Jane Paul, his 
wife, and that there are no minor children of the said James W. Paul and Mary Jane 
Paul.

Oscar Steele

Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 12 day of June, A. D. 1917.

T. R. James
Notary Public for State of Florida

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State of Florida,
Okaloosa County

Before the subscriber personally appeared the within named R. J. Hart, D. R. Moore, 
all of whom I am well acquainted with, and each having been by me first duly sworn, 
says:  That they, the affiants, were appointed by the county judge of Okaloosa 
County, Florida, as a commission to inquire into the mental condition of one James 
W. Paul; that on the ____ day of May, A. D. 1917, we made such inquiry into the 
mental condition of said James W. Paul; that we decided that said James W. Paul was 
a lunatic, and that he, the said James W. Paul was so declared by us, and he is now 
in the Hospital for the Insane at Chattahoochee, Florida, so we are informed and 
believe.

Affiants further say under oath, that they are well acquainted with the family of 
the said James W. Paul, and that he has no minor children, or other dependants on 
him for support other than his wife, Mary Jane Paul.

R. J. Hart
D. R. Moore

Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 12 day of June, A. D. 1917.

T. R. James
Notary Public for State of Florida

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Claim For Pension
By
Mary Jane Paul
of Laurel Hill
Okaloosa County
Filed in Pension Department
Feb. 1, 1918
Approved and Filed in Comptroller's Office
March 9, 1918
With pay from Feb. 1, 1918
At the rate of $180.00 per annum
Sinclair Wells
Secretary of Board