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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48123 The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III] (Ancestry) ($)
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48123 The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III] (Ancestry) ($)


'''Virginia Half Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, ca. 1778-1875'''.
'''Virginia Half Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, ca. 1778-1875'''.  


*{{FHL|48464|item|disp=FHL Films 1024434-42}} These records relate only to officers from Virginia. They help identify names that might appear in other military records.  
*{{FHL|48464|item|disp=FHL Films 1024434-42}} These records relate only to officers from Virginia. They help identify names that might appear in other military records.


'''Applications for Bounty Land'''.  
'''Applications for Bounty Land'''.  
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The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. See [[United States Land and Property]] and [[United States Military Records]] for more information about the process of obtaining a land grant.  
The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. See [[United States Land and Property]] and [[United States Military Records]] for more information about the process of obtaining a land grant.  


'''Lands Granted in Kentucky (Virginia warrants).'''
'''Lands Granted in Kentucky (Virginia warrants).'''  


Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 {{FHL|241747|title-id|disp=FHL films 272809-17.}} The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky.  
Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 {{FHL|241747|title-id|disp=FHL films 272809-17.}} The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky.  
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Two indexes that include these grants are:  
Two indexes that include these grants are:  


*Brookes-Smith, Joan E. ''Master Index: Virginia Surveys and Grants, 1774-1791''. Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1976. {{FHL|193613|item|disp=FHL film 1320833 item 6; book 976.9 R22b.}}
*Brookes-Smith, Joan E. ''Master Index: Virginia Surveys and Grants, 1774-1791''. Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1976. {{FHL|193613|item|disp=FHL film 1320833 item 6; book 976.9 R22b.}}  
*Jillson, Willard Rouse. ''The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924''. Louisville, Kentucky: Standard Printing, 1925. {{FHL|20583|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 B4f, no. 33}}; 1971 edition on {{FHL|20583|item|disp=FHL film 272808}} and {{FHL|94433|item|disp=FHL film 1000053 item 2; fiche 6051422-23; book 976.9 R22ji.}}
*Jillson, Willard Rouse. ''The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924''. Louisville, Kentucky: Standard Printing, 1925. {{FHL|20583|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 B4f, no. 33}}; 1971 edition on {{FHL|20583|item|disp=FHL film 272808}} and {{FHL|94433|item|disp=FHL film 1000053 item 2; fiche 6051422-23; book 976.9 R22ji.}}
Copies of the warrants are found in ''Military Warrants, 1782-1788 ''{{FHL|439115|item|disp=FHL films 272979-80}}). The original records are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. These are indexed by Willard Rouse Jillson, ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants'' . . . (1926; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1969){{FHL|489197|item|disp=FHL fiche 6051260; book 976.9 R22j.}}
 
Copies of the warrants are found in ''Military Warrants, 1782-1788 ''{{FHL|439115|item|disp=FHL films 272979-80}}). The original records are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. These are indexed by Willard Rouse Jillson, ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants'' . . . (1926; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1969){{FHL|489197|item|disp=FHL fiche 6051260; book 976.9 R22j.}}  


'''Lands Granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio (Virginia Warrants)'''.  
'''Lands Granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio (Virginia Warrants)'''.  
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The records of these land grants are described in [[United States Land and Property]].  
The records of these land grants are described in [[United States Land and Property]].  


'''Service Records'''.
'''Service Records'''.  


  Those who served in the Virginia state or continental line may be listed in Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War {{FHL|484382|item|disp=FHL films 1485281 (first of 1,097)}} and in ''General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers'' {{FHL|484382|item|disp=FHL films 882841 (first of 58)}} This is at the National Archives and the Family History Library. May provide the soldier's or sailor's unit which can help to find pension records but does not give information about other members of the soldier's family.   
  Those who served in the Virginia state or continental line may be listed in Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War {{FHL|484382|item|disp=FHL films 1485281 (first of 1,097)}} and in ''General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers'' {{FHL|484382|item|disp=FHL films 882841 (first of 58)}} This is at the National Archives and the Family History Library. May provide the soldier's or sailor's unit which can help to find pension records but does not give information about other members of the soldier's family.   


*White, Virgil D. ''Index to Revolutionary War Service Records''. Four Volumes. Waynesboro, Tennessee: National Historical Publishing, 1995. (Family History Library book {{FHL|745712|title-id|disp=973 M22wv}})
*White, Virgil D. ''Index to Revolutionary War Service Records''. Four Volumes. Waynesboro, Tennessee: National Historical Publishing, 1995.{{FHL|745712|item|disp=FHL book 973 M22wv}}


For a list of regiments, where they were raised, service dates, officers, and brief unit histories, see:  
For a list of regiments, where they were raised, service dates, officers, and brief unit histories, see:  


*Sanchez-Saavedra, E. M. ''A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787''. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978. {{FHL|79781|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2s}} This book may provide information useful for obtaining pension records.
*Sanchez-Saavedra, E. M. ''A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787''. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978. {{FHL|79781|item|disp=FHL book 975.5 M2s}} This book may provide information useful for obtaining pension records.


The Library of Virginia also has various pay records, militia records, court martial records, appointments of officers, petitions, and other helpful sources.  
The Library of Virginia also has various pay records, militia records, court martial records, appointments of officers, petitions, and other helpful sources.  
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The Muster Roll Project, sponsored by the Valley Forge Legacy, has reconstructed muster rolls for the 1st-15th Virginia Regiments and the 1st-2nd Virginia State. Their collection is available for free [http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/muster.asp online].  
The Muster Roll Project, sponsored by the Valley Forge Legacy, has reconstructed muster rolls for the 1st-15th Virginia Regiments and the 1st-2nd Virginia State. Their collection is available for free [http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/muster.asp online].  


'''Public Service Claims'''.
'''Public Service Claims'''.  


Private citizens may have taken claims or petitions to the county courthouse for compensation for crops, cattle, weapons, and labor used by the military during the war. These county records have been collected in:  
Private citizens may have taken claims or petitions to the county courthouse for compensation for crops, cattle, weapons, and labor used by the military during the war. These county records have been collected in:  
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