CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - JULIA VICTORIA (WILLIAMS) ALLIGOOD, WIDOW OF CHARLES S. 
ALLIGOOD, Wakulla Co., FL

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Application No. A02518

Widow's Pension Claim
Under General Pension Law Of Florida As Amended By Acts Of 1921

FORM A

STATE OF FLORIDA,}	
County of Wakulla}

On this 29th day of April, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and twenty-four, personally appeared 
before me, a County Judge in and for the County and State aforesaid Mrs. Charles S. Alligood, 
a resident of Crawfordville, County of Wakulla, 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 as amended by Chapter 8400, Acts of 1921.

That she is the lawful widow of Charles S. Alligood, who enlisted under the name of Charles 
S. Alligood, on the ____ day of ____, 1861, in Company C 5th Regiment of the State of Florida 
and who was honorably discharged at Appomattox, Virginia, April, 1865, on account of surrender 
of General Lee's Army.

(State here if husband drew a pension, and when.)

For proof of husband's war service, refer to application # 5033 on file in Comptroller's 
office.

That she was lawfully married to the said Charles S. Alligood under the name of Julia 
Victoria Williams, in the County of Leon State of Florida on the 27th day of June, A. D. 
1878 and that she was not divorced from him before nor has she remarried since his death, 
which occurred on the 2nd day of April, 1924, in the County of Wakulla, State of Florida 
except as hereinafter stated.

That she is a resident of Wakulla County, Florida, and has continuously resided in the State 
of Florida since the 6th day of July A. D. 1878.

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

Mrs. Chas S. Alligood
(Signature of Claimant)

Attest:

(1) L. L. Pararo
(2) M. D. Core

Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th day of April, A. D. 1924, 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.

R. Don McLeod
County Judge

(a)

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(b)

State of Florida,
County of Leon
 
Before me, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 
Ida B. Council, who, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says each for herself 
that she was present at the marriage of Charles S. Alligood and Julia Victoria Alligood 
(nee Williams) which occurred at the home of John Boatwright on the 27th day of June, A. D. 
1878, in the County of Leon, State of Florida, and that the ceremony was performed by L. 
McKelvy, Justice of the Peace.

Her X mark:  Ida B. Council (L.S.)

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2 day of May, A. D. 1924.

N. B. Council
Notary Public

(c)

State of Florida,
County of Wakulla

Before me, a County Judge, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 
____ and ____, 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 C. S. Alligood, which occurred 
at Crawfordville, County of Wakulla, State of Florida on the 2nd day of April, A. D. 1924.

N. A. Posey, Jr. (L.S.)
H. L. Raker (L.S.)

Sworn and subscribed before me this 30th day of April, A. D. 1924.

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Report of County Commissioners

We, the undersigned, County Commissioners in and for the County of Wakulla, Florida, do 
hereby report that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held this day, the 
foregoing application of Mrs. C. S. Alligood 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 year 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 2 day of June, A. D. 1924.

(1) G. W. Tully, Chairman
(2) J. R. French
(3) J. E. Houston
(4) J ?
(5) G. D. Core
County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

L. L. Pararo
Clerk Circuit Court

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Additional Proof of Marriage

State of Florida 
County of Wakulla

Before me R. Don McLeod County Judge of said County personally came Mrs. Rosa Alligood, 
who being duly sworn says.  I have known Charles S. Alligood and Julia Victoria Alligood, 
his wife for thirty-five or forty years have lived near them all that time and I know that 
they have lived together all that time as husband and wife and I know that they must have 
been legally married or they would not have live together as husband and wife.

Mrs. Rosa Alligood
Daughter-in-law

Sworn and subscribed before me, this the 22nd day of May, 1924.

R. Don McLeod
County Judge

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Application No. 22602
Pensioner No. 2518

Claim For Pension
By
Mrs. Chas. S. Alligood
of 
Crawfordville Postoffice
Wakulla County 
Widow Of
Chas. S. Alligood
Of
C Company
5th Fla. Regiment
Filed In Pension Department
June 3, 1924
Approved And Filed In Comptroller's Office
June 4, 1924
With pay from April 2, 1924
At the rate of $300.00 per annum.
Sinclair Wells
Secretary of Board

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In Court of County Judge,
Wakulla County
State of Florida

In The Matter Of The Guardianship Of
Victoria W. Alligood, Non Compos Mentis

Know All Men By These Presents, That we, Orion C. Parker, Jr. principal, and the United 
States Fidelity and Casualty Company of Balimore, [sic] Maryland, surety, are held and firmly 
bound unto Fred P. Cone, Governor of the State of Florida, and his successors in office, in 
the penal sum of Four Thousand ($4,000.00) Dollars, lawful money of the United States of 
America, for the payment whereof well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, our and every 
of our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.

Sealed with our seals and dated this 25th day of October, A. D. 1940.

Whereas the above bounden Orion C. Parker, Jr., has applied to the county Judge of said 
County of Wakulla, to be appointed Guardian of the estate of Victoria W. Alligood, non 
Compos Mentis, and whereas the Judge of said Court having approved said application,

Now the condition of the above obligation is such, that if the said Orion C. Parker, Jr., 
above bounden, shall, as Guardian of said incompetent, faithfully preserve the estate of 
said incompetent, and shall annually, on or before the first day of June, and at all times 
when thereunto required during the continuance of said guardianship, render to and file in 
said Court an inventory of said incompetent estate, its profits and disbursements, and all 
the rest and residue of the goods, chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon 
the said Guardian's account, the same being first examined and allowed by said Court, shall 
deliver and pay to such person or persons respectively, as the said Court by its order and 
decree shall appoint and direct; then this obligation to be void and of no effect - otherwise 
to remain in full force and virtue.

Orion C. Parker
United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company
By:  M. W. Green,
Agent & Attorney-in-Fact, 
Tallahassee, Florida

Taken and approved by and before me this 26th day of October, A. D. 1940.

A. L. Porter County Judge

State of Florida}
Wakulla County}

Be it remembered, that on this 26th day of October, A. D. 1940, I have duly recorded the 
foregoing bond in the public records of said County.

State of Florida,
County of Wakulla

I, A. L. Porter, County Judge in and for Wakulla County, Florida, hereby certify that the 
foregoing instrument of writing is a true and correct copy of the guardians bond this day 
filed by O. C. Parker, as guardian of the estate of Victoria W. Alligood, Non Compos, 
mentis, as the original of said bond appears on file in the office of the County Judge of 
Wakulla County, Florida.

This 26th day of October, A. D. 1940.

A. L. Porter, County Judge

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In Court Of County Judge
Wakulla County
State of Florida

In The Matter Of The Guardianship
Of Victoria W. Alligood, Non Compos Mentis

By The Judge Of Said court, To All To Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting:

Whereas, O. C. Parker, Jr. hath applied to the Judge of the County Judge's Court of said 
County of Wakulla to be appointed Guardian of the estate of Victoria W. Alligood, Non Compos 
Mentis, which said Victoria W. Alligood is upon due proof now before the Court, adjudged to 
be Non Compos Mentis, and it appearing to the Judge of said Court that said Victoria W. 
Alligood is totally unable to attend to the ordinary affairs of her estate and is now in 
need of hospitalization which she cannot continue to receive without the appointment of a 
guardian and it also appearing to the Judge of said Court that said O. C. Parker, Jr. is 
a fit and proper person to receive said appointment, and the said O. C. Parker, Jr. having 
in due form of law taken the oath and performed all other acts necessary to his just 
qualification as such Guardian:

Now, therefore, Know Ye, that I, A. L. Porter County Judge in and for the County aforesaid, 
by virtue of the power and authority by law in me vested, do hereby declare the said O. C. 
Parker, Jr. duly qualified under and by virtue of the laws of said State, to act as Guardian 
of said estate of the said Victoria W. Alligood and hath power by virtue of these presents, 
to have the care, custody and control of said incompetent and duly entitled to take possession 
of and to have and to hold for the benefit of said incompetent, all and singular the goods, 
chattels, credits and estate of said incompetent, as shall be in accordance with law, during 
the legal continuance of said guardianship, until the said incompetent shall arrive at the 
age of twenty-one years, or until the said guardianship shall be duly revoked according to law.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Crawfordville, 
Florida, this 26th day of October, A. D. 1940.

A. L. Porter (Signed)
County Judge

State of Florida}
Wakulla County}

Be it remembered, that on this 26th day of October, A. d. 1940, I have duly recorded the 
foregoing Letters of Guardianship in the public records of said county.

County Judge

State of Florida,
County of Wakulla

I, A. L. Porter, County Judge in and for Wakulla County, Florida, hereby certify that the 
foregoing instrument of writing is a true and correct copy of the letters of guardianship 
this day granted to O. C. Parker, Jr., as guardian of the estate of Victoria W. Alligood,
who is also known as Julia V. Alligood, as the original of said letters appears on file 
in the office of the County Judge of Wakulla County, Florida.

This 26th day of October, A. D. 1940.

A. L. Porter
County Judge

I, Claudia Barber Notary Public, State of Florida, Leon County, hereby certify that the 
foregoing instruments of writing are true and correct copies of the letters of guardianship 
granted to O. C. Parker, Jr., as guardian of the estate of Victoria W. Alligood, who is 
also known as Julia V. Alligood, as the original of said letters appears on file in the 
office of the County Judge's Court of Wakulla County.

Claudia Barber