Source

State Archives of Florida, Collection M91-5

Description

A document certifying that John D. Palmer will receive a Confederate pension of $100 a year beginning September 9, 1907.

Date

1907-12-20

Creator

Florida. State Board of Pensions

Publisher

Capital Publishing Company (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Contributors

Bell, Jefferson

Format

Certificates

Coverage

Florida Boom and Progressive Era (1900-1926)

Topic

Military And Veterans

Subjects

Claims
Confederate States of America
Palmer, John Dabney
Pensions

Geographic Term

Tallahassee
Leon County

General Note

The first Confederate pensions in Florida were authorized in 1885 and granted to veterans the sum of $5.00 per month. The next three decades saw a new Confederate pension bill introduced at nearly every session of the Legislature. Residency requirements were added and adjusted, militia members and widows were declared eligible, various financial qualifications were added and changed, and the amount and method of distribution were changed many times. A Board of Commissioners consisting of three members was appointed under the first pension law and it remained essentially the same, despite changes in name and the inability of the legislature to settle on the identity of the third member. The Governor and Comptroller were members of the board from the beginning, although the third seat was passed at various times from the Adjutant General to the Secretary of State to the Attorney General to the Treasurer, back to the Attorney General, and again back to the Treasurer before finally stabilizing in 1915 as the Governor, Comptroller, and Treasurer. The clerical and day-to-day operations of administering the pension laws were carried out under the supervision of the Comptroller.