Accrued Pension Certificate Approved
This internal Bureau of Pensions form, filed under the Act of March 2, 1895, tracks the final approval of the accrued-pension claim following Elias Roberts' death. It confirms Certificate No. 17,403, last issued February 7, 1890, and records the pension as now payable to his widow, corrected in a marginal annotation dated January 21, 1897 from "Malvina Roberts" to "Mulvina" — the same Melvina Roberts whose claim appears on page 37. Her relationship to the pensioner was shown by the record of marriage (page 38), with no legal barrier demonstrated by a marriage of over thirty-five years, and the fact and date of his death shown by the attending physician's statement (page 36) together with the subscribing witnesses' evidence (page 37). The claim was submitted for admission January 13, 1897, approved for allowance January 21, 1897, the certificate issued January 27, and mailed January 30, 1897.
Full Transcription
(printed form number, top center) (3—562.)
ACCRUED PENSION.
Act March 2, 1895 (handwritten, inserted above the printed and struck-through "Under Section 4718, R.S.")
(top-left margin, handwritten, partly illegible) [?]cal / Knox. (very likely a reference to the Knoxville, Tenn. paying agency already established elsewhere in this file)
Certificate No. 17,403 Last Issue Feb. 7, 1890 — "Mexican War survivor"
Name of pensioner, Elias Roberts
Payable to Malvina Roberts Mulvina (handwritten correction, dated "W. Jan 21/97") Date of death, June 23, 1896
P.O., Hockley
Harris Co., Texas.
Accrued Pension Certificate and Order. | Pension Certificate and Voucher herewith.
Issued Jan. 27, 1897 | Mailed Jan. 30, 1897
Payable to Widow
Relationship to pensioner shown by record of marriage
Prior marriage of no legal barrier[?]
Shown by marriage over thirty-five years
Fact and date of pensioner's death shown by affidavit of attending physician's statement and evidence of subscribing witnesses to application. "W. Jan. 21/97"
Submitted for adm[ission]. Jan. 13, 1897
Approved for allowance Jan. 21, 1897
[J./F.] Wood [?].
Brown M[?]., Examiner.
(left margin, rotated text) Certificate returned
(bottom-left, large decorative initials/monogram — illegible, very likely an approving official's flourished initials)
