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FLORIDA CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION FILES
PENSION APPLICATION A04797:



Surname:  ALFORD

Given Names:  Moses

Service Unit:  Alabama

Reference:

Wife’s Name: Susan Griffith

Application County & Year:  Walton Co 1904



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A4797



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WIDOW’S PENSION CLAIM

UNDER GENERAL PENSION LAW OF FLORIDA AS AMENDED BY ACTS OF 1921



FORM A.



State of Florida}

County of Okaloosa}



On this 27th day of March, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and twenty-two,
personally appeared before me, a County Judge in and for the County and State
aforesaid Mrs. Susan Alford a resident of near Crestview 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 as amended by Chapter 8400, Acts of 1921.



That she is the lawful widow of Moses Alford who enlisted under the name of Moses
Alford on the ___ day of _____________, 186__, in Company ______________ Refer to
Pension Number 5940 __________ Regiment of the State of ___________ and who was
honorably discharged at _______________, 186___, on account of
________________________.



(Here give complete statement of other service, if any.)



That he also served __________________________ For proof of Husband’s War service
refer to Pension No. 5940 Filed in the Comptroller’s Office.



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



That she was lawfully married to the said Moses Alford under the name of Susan
Griffith in the County of Walton, State of Florida, on the or about August, 1874.
day of ___________, and that she was not divorced from him before nor has she
remarried since his death, which occurred on the 22nd ay of March, 1922, 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 ___ day of ___________all life.



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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 Crestview, County of Okaloosa, State of Florida.



(signed)  Mrs. Susan her X mark Alford

(Signature of Claimant.)



Attest:



(1) (signed) T. R. James

(2) (signed) D. L. McCollum



Sworn and subscribed before me this 27th day of March, A. D. 1922.  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.



(signed) T. R. James

County Judge, Okaloosa County, Florida.



(a)



Note: This form left blank in its entirety.



(b)



State of Florida

County of Okaloosa



Before me, a County Judge in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally
appeared Amand (sic) Griffith and S. K. Griffith, who, being duly sworn according to
law, deposes and says each for himself that they were present at the marriage of
Moses Alford and Susana (sic) Griffith which occurred at a private residence on or
about the ___ day of August, A. D. 1874, in the County of Walton, State of Florida,
and that the ceremony was performed by Rev. Cannon.



(signed)  Amanda her X mark Griffith (L.S.)

(signed)  S. K. her X mark Griffith (L.S.)



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3rd day of April, A. D. 1922.



(signed)  T. R. James

County Judge

(SEAL)



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(c)



State of Florida

County of Okaloosa



Before me, a County Judge, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally
appeared P. J. Johnson and J. R. Curvin 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 Moses Alford which occurred at his home, County of Okaloosa, State of
Florida, on the 22nd day of March, A. D. 1922.



(signed)  P. J. Johnson (L.S.)

(signed)  J. R. Curvin (L.S.)



Sworn and subscribed before me this 3rd day of April, A. D. 1922.



(signed)  T. R. James

County Judge, Okaloosa County, Fla.

(SEAL)



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 Mrs. Susan Alford 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 11 day of April, A. D. 1922



(1) (signed) T. Holley, Chairman

(2) (signed) George Wright

(3) (signed) P. F. Ewing

(4) (signed) D. E. Hilton

(5) (signed) J. W. Dubose, County Commissioners



By the County Commissioners.  Attest:



____________________________

Clerk Circuit Court



NOTE – All Blanks must be filled out.  All information must be fully and accurately
given.



Applicant may use either form (a) or (b) for proof of marriage, or she may attach
certified copy of marriage certificate.



Applicant may attach certified copy of official record of husband’s death in lieu of
form (c) if preferred. 



Where the applicant for pension has remarried since the death of the soldier
husband, upon whose service she is applying for a pension, she must establish the
fact that she has again become a widow in the same manner as prescribed in above
paragraph, or if divorced, she should forward certified copy of decree granting a
divorce annulling such marriage.



APPLICANT MUST GIVE PERMANENT ADDRESS.



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Former Claim No. _________

Application No. 22203

Pensioner No. 4797

CLAIM FOR PENSION

By

Susana (sic) Alford

Of

Crestview Postoffice

Okaloosa County

Widow Of

Moses Alford

Of

E Company

54th Ala Regiment

FILED IN PENSION DEPARTMENT

April 13, 1922

APPROVED AND FILED IN COMP-

TROLLER’S OFFICE

May 1st, 1922

With pay from March 22, 1922

At the rate of $300.00 per annum

Sinclair Wells

Secretary of Board

__________________

T. J. Appleyard, Printer, Tallahassee, Florida



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SOLDIER’S PENSION CLAIM

UNDER THE ACT OF 1909



(FORM A.)



State of Florida}

County of Walton}



On this 20 day of July, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and Nine personally appeared
before me, a Notary Public in and for the county and State aforesaid, Moses Alford,
who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is 67 years of age, having
been born on the ___ day of _____________, 1842, in the county of Washington Co., in
the State of Florida.  That he is a bona fide citizen of the county of Walton, State
of Florida.  That he has resided in the State of Florida continuously since the 9
day of April, 1866.



That he is the identical person who enlisted at Elbia Ala, under the name of Moses
Alford, on the ___ day of ______________, 1862, in Company E, Regiment 54 of the
State of Ala in the service of the (Here state whether the service claimed was in
the Confederate States Army or in the service of a State.) Confederate States Army
and who was Honorably Discharged at in South Carolina, in the State of
_____________, on the ____ day of ________, 1865, on account of end of war.



(Here state fully any other military service performed by the applicant.)



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(Here give date and place of capture, imprisonment, exchange, or parole.)



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That I served faithfully until Honorably Discharged from the service of the Con-
State Army in the year 1865, and did not desert the service of the Army nor take the
oath of allegiance to the United States until after the surrender of the Confederate
Armies.



(Here state whereabouts at close of Civil War.)



That I was in S. C. at the end of war.





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That I do not own property, including real estate, personal property, stocks, bonds,
mortgages or other collateral securities of any kind in this or any other State, nor
does my wife own with me jointly or separately, property to exceed in value the sum
of five thousand dollars.



That the following is a true and correct statement of all the property owned by me
or by my wife, jointly and separately in this or any other State:



Real estate, located at …………………………………………………………………             $…………

Cattle, horses and other live stock …………………………………………………….     $140.00

Personal property ……………………………………………………………………..                $  50.00

Stocks …………………………………………………………………………………                        $…………

Bonds …………………………………………………………………………………                         $…………

Mortgages, notes and other securities ………………………………………………..    $…………

                                  Total ………………………………….        $190.00



That I have heretofore been granted a pension from the State of Florida under
pension certificate No. 3926, at the rate of $120.00 per annum.



(Here state any disabilities, physical or mental.)



General debilities



(Here state any wounds received, or loss of limbs and eyesight.)



……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….



That my postoffice address is Crestview, County of Walton, State of Florida.



(signed) Moses his X mark Alford

(Claimants must sign name in full)



Attest:



(1) (signed) P. G. Woodruff

(2) (signed) E. B. Mowling



Sworn and subscribed before me, this 20 day of July, A.D. 1909; and I hereby certify
that the above declaration, etc., were fully made known and explained to the
applicant before swearing, and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the
prosecution of this claim.



(signed)  L. E. Bowers, N.P.

My Com. expires Oct 8-1912.

(Notary seal affixed)



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(FORM B.)



State of Florida}

County of Walton}



We, the undersigned citizens of Walton County, State of Florida, do hereby certify
that we personally know Moses Alford, who is an applicant for a pension under the
laws of Florida, and that from our own personal knowledge, and from the best
information available, we believe that the applicant does not own property
(including the property of his wife) to exceed in value the sum of $5,000, and that
the statements made by him relative to the value of his property are true and
correct.



(To be signed by two citizens.)



(signed)  P. G. Woodruff

(signed) E. G. Mowling



Sworn and subscribed before me, this 20 day of July, 1909.



(signed)  L. E. Bowers



(FORM C.)



PHYSICIAN’S AFFIDAVIT



Note: This form has been left blank in its entirety.



Page 009



REPORT OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS



We, the undersigned, County Commissioners in and for the County of Walton, Florida,
do hereby report that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held this
day, the foregoing application of Moses Alford, for a pension under the Laws of
Florida, was investigated by us; that we are satisfied that the applicant does not
own property (including the property of his wife) to exceed the value of $5,000, and
that the representations made in the petition and affidavits are true, and that a
pension should be granted to the applicant.



Witness our hands this 2 day of Aug, A. D. 1909.



(1) (signed) Chas S. Monroe, Chairman

(2) (signed) W. P. Balkum

(3) (signed) W. A. Campbell

(4) (signed) C. D. Meigs

(5) (signed) N. A. McLeod, County Commissioners



By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

(signed) Chas. H. Gordon

Clerk Circuit Court



Note – All blanks must be filled out.  All information required must be fully and
accurately given.



Pension No.

Act of 1913….5940

Former Claim No. 3926

Application No. 13405

Pensioner No. 744

CLAIM FOR PENSION

BY

Moses Alford

Of

Crestview Postoffice

Walton County

Late Of

E Company

54 Ala Regiment

FILED IN PENSION DEPARTMENT

Aug 6 1909

APPROVED

Aug 25 1909

With pay from July 1-1909

At the rate of $120 per annum

…………………………….

Secretary of Board

FILED IN COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE

……………………….  19….

Capital Pub. Co.   State Printer

Tallahassee, Florida

120



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Form A 3.                      I. B. Hilson, State Printer, Tallahassee, Fla.



SOLDIER’S APPLICATION FOR PENSION



State of Florida}

Walton County}



On this 5 day of March, 1904, personally appeared before me, Clerk of the Circuit
court in and for said county and State, Moses Alford, who being by me duly sworn,
declares he is the identical person who enlisted on or about the ___ day of October,
1863, in Captain Henry Laird’s Company, later commanded by A. C. Ray, county of
Geneva, in the State of Alabama, and that while in actual service in said company
“E” 54th Ala Regiment, of the State of Alabama on or about the --- day of ---,
186__, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of my service on the ___ day
of ___ 1865 in ______ county, State of South Carolina.



(Here state fully and clearly all the facts, showing the injury, its character, and
especially the extent of the injury and disability resulting therefrom.)



I am now suffering from hernia of right side together with a general decline in
health and am rendered wholly unable to perform manual labor sufficient for a
livelihood.



And that as the direct result of said injuries, [thus received in line of duty
during the war], and on account of age, I am now unable to gain a livelihood by
manual labor; that I have continuously since January 1st, 1885, been a citizen of
Florida; that neither I nor my wife, nor both combined, own real and personal
property to the value of $800 in this or any other State, and have not purposely
disposed of our property for the purpose of availing ourselves of the provisions of
the pension laws of Florida; that I am not otherwise enable, or in a position to
earn, and have no income from any source sufficient for a livelihood by manual
labor, and that I never deserted the Confederate service, and that I receive a
pension from no other source.



(signed)  Moses his X mark Alford

P. O. Address Crestview, Fla.



Sworn and subscribed before me this 5 day of March, 1904.



(signed)  James A. McLean

Clerk Circuit Court Walton County



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I do solemnly swear that I was born on the ___ day of ______ 1841 in Washington
county, State of Florida, and that I am now past the age of sixty-five (65) years;
that I was a bona-fide citizen of this State on January A. D. 1885, and have
continuously resided in this State since that date; that I do not own property, real
or person, or real and personal, to the value of eight hundred dollars $800), and
that I am by reason of age incapable of providing a living by manual labor for
myself.  That I have lost the record of my age and unable to give the day and month
of the year.



(signed)  Moses his X mark Alford

P. O. Address Crestview Fla.



Sworn and subscribed before me this 5 day of March, 1904.



(signed)  James A. McLean

Clerk Circuit Court Walton County



We do solemnly swear that we personally knew Moses Alford the above applicant for
pension during the Civil War of 1861 to 1865; that we served with him in Acy Ray
Capt Company E 54 Ala Regiment, and know of our own knowledge that he did receive
the injuries set forth in the above application at the time and place claimed, and
that the disability therefrom claimed to exist does exist, and that he never
deserted the Confederate Army.



To be subscribed by two persons.



(signed)  L. S. his X mark Spears

Late of E Co. 54 Reg



(signed)  Anderson his X mark Wise

Late of E Co. 54 Ala Reg.



Sworn and subscribed before me this 19 day of January, 1903.



(signed)  J. W. Pridgeon J.P.



We do solemnly swear that we are familiar with the value of all the property owned
by Moses Alford and his wife, directly or indirectly, in this or any other State,
and that the actual combined value thereof does not exceed $800; that they have not
disposed of any property for the purpose of availing themselves of the provisions of
the pension laws of Florida, and that he is not physically or otherwise able, or in
a position to earn a livelihood by manual labor.



(signed) W. A. McCallum

P. O. Address Dorcas Fla



(signed)  G. A. McCallum

P. O. Address Dorcas Fla



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9 day of Feb. 1903.



(signed)  D. H. McCallum

Notary Public



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We, the undersigned physicians, residents of the State and county aforesaid, do
solemnly swear that we have carefully examined Moses Alford, who is personally known
to us to be the person above applying for a pension under the laws of Florida, and
find he suffers from Inguinal Hernia right side. This with a general breaking down
of health, due to advancing years, render him unable to make a living by manual
labor.





(signed) G. P. Henry, M.D.

Residence DeFuniak Spgs.



(signed)  C. A. Landmire, M.D.

Residence DeFuniak, Fla.



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5 day of March, 1904.



(signed)  James A. McLean

Clerk Circuit Court



I certify that the above affidavits are genuine; that all of the affiants are
persons of respectability and good reputation, and that their statements are worthy
of belief; that the attesting officers are duly authorized to attest said
affidavits, and that their signatures thereto are genuine.



(signed)  James A. McLean

Clerk of Circuit Court



We, the undersigned County Commissioners of Walton county, Florida, do hereby
certify that we have carefully investigated the above application for pension made
by Moses Alford and are satisfied that the conditions and alleged facts therein
stated are true and correct, and that he is legally and justly entitled to the
pension provided by the act, approved May 3, 1902.



(signed)  W. L. Cauthen, Chairman

(signed)  R. P. Bludworth

(signed)  W. A. Campbell

(signed)  V. L. Anderson

(signed)  John G. Ray, County Commissioners



By the County Commissioners.  Attest:



(signed) James A. McLean

Clerk Circuit Court



REVISED STATUTES OF FLORIDA, CHAPTER II, ARTICLE I.



2077.  The children of parents who are unable to support themselves, shall be
required to make provisions for their support.

2078.  On information filed before the Justice of the Peace of the proper district
by any person whomsoever, stating that certain persons have made no adequate
provisions for their father and mother, or either of them, the Justice shall cause a
summons to be issued to said parties, and evidence to be taken as to the truth of
the facts stated in the information, and if the same shall be found true, after a
fair trial in which the defendants shall have the right to be heard by counsel, the
Justice shall issue an order making an assessment on the said children for such
amount as shall be necessary for the support of their parents.

2079.  Said order shall carry with it the right of enforcement, and shall have the
force and effect of a writ of garnishment on the wages of such children, and shall
further provide for the person to whom and the manner in which the money assessed
therein shall be paid.



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6387

3926



3926



CLAIM FOR PENSION

By         120

Moses Alford

Of

Crestview, Fla.

Late of

……………….Company

……………….Regiment

Filed in Executive Department

March 18, 1904

Approved:

Oct 16 1906

C. H. Dickinson

Governor

Filed in Comptroller’s Office

………………… 19…..

I. B. Hilson, State Printer, Tallahassee, Fla.

Pay from Oct 16, 1906

$96.00 per annum.



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Crestview, Fla.

April 30th, 04



Hon. C. H. Dickinson

Tallahassee, Fla.                6387



Honorable sir:



Yours of the 27th inst. to hand and contact noted and although I am satisfied that
the fee being drawn though part of his application was done though mistake.  Every
member of the Board of Commissioners have known him for the part of 15 or 20 years
and nearly every physician in our County knows he is not able to perform manual
labor and the while matter is traceable to his war experience.  Mr. Alford is a
conscientious Democrat, always has been an outspoken Jennings man.  And you may rest
assured that on May 10th he will be seen in the Jennings column regardless of all
the mud they may sling at our Honored Executive.  Mr. Alford is worthy a pension and
anything you may do to have him put on the rolls will be highly appreciated by all
the old “Confeds” of Walton but by and by the younger element who believe in
Justice.



With regards for the kindly interest you have shown in this matter and hoping that
our Governor will snow his adversaries under.



I am honorable Sir,



Yours truly,



John R. Smith



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