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=== Revolutionary War (1775-1783) === | === Revolutionary War (1775-1783) === | ||
[[Image:Revolution.gif|thumb|right]] Those who supported the Revolution may be mentioned in records as rebels, patriots, or Whigs. Those who opposed the Revolution were Loyalists or Tories. | [[Image:Revolution.gif|thumb|right|Revolution.gif]] Those who supported the Revolution may be mentioned in records as rebels, patriots, or Whigs. Those who opposed the Revolution were Loyalists or Tories. | ||
*'''Patriots.''' Service and pension records and indexes for patriots are on film at the National Archives and the Family History Library. See [[Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783|Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783]] for sources. | *'''Patriots.''' Service and pension records and indexes for patriots are on film at the National Archives and the Family History Library. See [[Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783|Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783]] for sources. | ||
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Some good general sources to search include: | Some good general sources to search include: | ||
*''A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census''. 1841, reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. {{WorldCat|oclc|2648500}}{{FHL|282860|item|disp=FHL film 2321; book 973 X2pc 1840}}. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google books] | *''A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census''. 1841, reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. {{WorldCat|oclc|2648500}}{{FHL|282860|item|disp=FHL film 2321; book 973 X2pc 1840}}. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google books] [Tennessee section begins on page 152.] | ||
*Armstrong, Zella. ''Twenty-four Hundred Tennessee Pensioners: Revolution–War of 1812.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1987. {{FHL|626287|item|disp=FHL book 976.8 M2az}}. This lists pensioners, their ages, where they served, and where their pension was drawn. | *Armstrong, Zella. ''Twenty-four Hundred Tennessee Pensioners: Revolution–War of 1812.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1987. {{FHL|626287|item|disp=FHL book 976.8 M2az}}. This lists pensioners, their ages, where they served, and where their pension was drawn. | ||
*Bates, Lucy Womack. ''Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee''. Brentwood, Tennessee: Tennessee Society, NSDAR, 1979. {{FHL|159728|item|disp=FHL book 976.8 V3b}}. The record is arranged alphabetically by surname, then given name. Most entries give name, birth date and place, marriage date and place, death date and place, rank, and unit; and spouse’s name, birth date and place, and death date and place. | *Bates, Lucy Womack. ''Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee''. Brentwood, Tennessee: Tennessee Society, NSDAR, 1979. {{FHL|159728|item|disp=FHL book 976.8 V3b}}. The record is arranged alphabetically by surname, then given name. Most entries give name, birth date and place, marriage date and place, death date and place, rank, and unit; and spouse’s name, birth date and place, and death date and place. | ||