CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - SARAH J. (HALL) PARKER, WIDOW OF IRVIN A. PARKER, 
OKALOOSA CO., FL

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Application No.  21631
Pensioner No.  4605

Widow's Pension Claim
Under The Act Of 1917

FORM A

State of Florida,}
County of Okaloosa}

On the 3rd day of March, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty, personally 
appeared before me, a notary public in and for the County and State aforesaid Sarah 
J. Parker a resident of Deerland 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 of Irvin A. Parker who enlisted under the name of Irvin
A. Parker.  For proof of husband's service refer to number 5997.

That she was lawfully married to the said Irvin A. Parker under the name of Sarah J.
Hall in the County of Walton State of Florida on the 6 day of Jan. 1866, and that 
she was not divorced from him before nor has she remarried since his death, which 
occurred on the 22 day of Feb., 1920, in the County of Okaloosa, 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 6 day of Jan. 1866 except 3 years in Ala. from 1890 
to 1893.

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 R. F. D. Crestview, County of Okaloosa, State of 
Florida.

Her X mark:  Sarah J. Parker

Attest:

(1) T. A. McCallum
(2) A. A. Brewer

Sworn and subscribed before me this 3rd day of March, A. D., 1920, 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. A. McCallum
Notary Public State of Fla.

(b)

State of Florida
County of Walton

Before me, a notary public in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally 
appeared H. W. Hall, who, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says he 
for himself that he was present at the marriage of Irvin A. Parker and Sarah J. 
Hall which occurred at Dorcas on the 6 day of January, A. D. 1866, in the County of 
Walton, State of Florida, and that the ceremony was performed by Henry Cannon.

H. W. Hall

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6 day of March, A. D. 1920.

N. O. Strawghn
Notary Public State at Large

(c)

State of Florida
County of Okaloosa

Before me, a notary public, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally 
appeared A. A. Brewer and Beulah C. Hart, 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 Irvin A. Parker, which occurred at Deerland County of Okaloosa, State 
of Florida, on the 22 day of Feb., A. D. 1920.

A. A. Brewer
Beulah C. Hart

Sworn and subscribed before me this 3 day of March, A. D. 1920.

T. A. McCallum
Notary Public

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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 Sarah J. Parker 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 9 day of March, A. D. 1920.

(1) J. W. Baggett, Jr., Chairman
(2) C. B. Ferdon
(3) J. W. Kie?
(4) T. Holley
    County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

D. H. McCallum
Clerk Circuit Court

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That the following is a true and correct statement of all property owned by me in 
this or any other State.

That I do not own property, including real estate, personal property, mortgages or 
other collateral securities, stocks or bonds in this or any other State to exceed 
in value the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, exclusive of my home and land upon which 
said home stands.

Real estate, located at . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . none
Personal property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00

Her X mark: Sarah J. Parker

Attest:

T. A. McCallum
A. A. Brewer

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3 day of March 1920.

T. A. McCallum
Notary Public

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State of Florida
County of Okaloosa

Before me the undersigned, a Notary Public, personally appeared Malathey King, who 
being duly sworn, deposes and says that she personally knew Irvin A. Parker during 
his life, and his wife Sarah J. Parker who at present resides near Dorcas, Florida, 
that she was present at the marriage of the said Irvin A. Parker and Sarah J. Hall 
on January 6th A. D. 1866, that the said marriage ceremony was performed by Henry 
Cannon, and further certifies that the said Irvin A. Parker and Sarah J. (Hall) 
Parker have resided continuously together during their married life, and that the 
said Sarah J. Parker, widow of the said Irvin A. Parker was not divorced from her 
husband at the time of this death.

Her X mark:  Malatha King

Witness to X mark
T. A. McCallum
W. A. McCallum

Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 8 day of April A. D. 1920.

T. A. McCallum
Notary Public

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Claim For Pension
By
Sarah J. Parker
Of Crestview, Fla. Rt. 1
Okaloosa County
Widow of I. A. Parker
Filed in Pension Department
March 12, 1920
Approved and Filed in Comptroller's Office
May 4, 1920
With pay from Feb 22, 1920
At the rate of $240.00 per annum
Sinclair Wells
Secretary of Board