Tennessee Military Records: Difference between revisions

*Kegley, Mary B. ''Soldiers of Fincastle County, Virginia, 1774''. Dublin, Virginia: M. B. Kegley, 1974 {{FHL|62113|item|disp=FS Library book 975.5 A1 no. 12}}. The record is arranged by companies and gives name, number of days served, rate, and amount paid. The record may include men living in the territory that later became the State of Tennessee. This record includes an index.

*''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=FS Library 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=FS Library book 976.8 M2az}}. Online at [https://www.ancestry.ca/search/collections/48298/ Ancestry] ($). 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=FS Library 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.  

*''Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution''. 1933. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1975. {{FHL|334399|item|disp=FS Library film 1036620 item 2; book 976.8 M2so nos.1–5 1975; }}. This contains abstracts of pension applications.

*Alabama. Department of Archives and History. ''Indian War Service, 1812–1814''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988.{{FHL|632744|item|disp=FS Library film 1462786 item 3}}. This includes alphabetically arranged, typed cards for the Indian wars of 1813–1814 and the War of 1812. The films include each soldier’s name, age, residence, rank, and date enrolled and the date and amount of his pension payments (usually for the years of 1833–1834). Includes records of Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and South Carolina soldiers, as well as Indian names.

*Douthat, James L. ''Volunteer Soldiers in the Cherokee War, 1836–39''. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1995. Available online Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/400608-volunteer-soldiers-in-the-cherokee-war-1836-39?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library] {{FHL|755956|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6038272}}. This record contains a listing of the volunteer soldiers from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

*"Indexes to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served During the Cherokee Disturbances and Removal in Organizations From the State of Tennessee and the Field and Staff of the Army of the Cherokee Nation" (NARA M908) {{FHL|302008|item|disp=FS Library film 1205384}}  {{WorldCat|17249016|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} The Cherokees were removed to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. The compiled military service records have not been microfilmed.

*United States. Adjutant General’s Office. ''Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served during the Mexican War in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.'' Washington D.C.: National Archives, 1965. {{FHL|315075|item|disp=FS Library films 882797-882811}}. This includes regimental returns, a record of events during the war, and company muster rolls.

*''Mexican War Index to Pension Files, 1887–1926''. (NARA T317). {{FHL|0537000|item|disp=FS Library films 0537000–13}} Alphabetically arranged and includes the veteran’s name, rank, and unit; names of dependents; date of filing and application; certificate numbers; act filed under; and state from which application was made. Also available at:

*Robarts, William Hugh. ''Mexican War Veterans : A Complete Roster of the Regular and Volunteer Troops in the War Between the United States and Mexico, from 1846-1848…'' Washington, D.C. : Brentano’s, 1887. {{FHL|1854496|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M2rwh}} Digital version available at [http://archive.org/details/mexicanwarvetera00roba Internet Archive].

*United States. Selective Service System. ''Tennessee, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918.'' National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington D.C.: National Archives, 1987–1988. (On 82 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|378717|item|disp=1852852}}) Also available at:

*Haulsee, W. M. comp. ''Soldiers of the Great War.'' Three Volumes. Washington, D.C.: Soldiers Record Publication Association, 1920. Digital version of V. 2 at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/517588-soldiers-of-the-great-war-vol-2?offset=3_02 FamilySearch Digital Library] {{FHL|285556|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M23s. 3 vol.}}Tennessee soldiers are listed in Volume Three, pages 207–44. It gives the soldier’s name, residence, rank, cause of death, and includes pictures.

''Combat Connected Naval Casualties, World War II, by States.'' Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946. Compiled and revised by Casualty Department. {{FHL|287905|item|disp=FS Library film 1440393 Items 1-2; book 973 M3dc v 1-2 }}. This book lists soldiers alphabetically by state, then within the state by status: dead, missing, wounded, died or killed while a Prisoner of War (POW), and released POW's.  

Moore, Mrs. John Trotwood. ''Record of Commissions of Officers in the Tennessee Militia, 1796–1815''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977. {{FHL|222014|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 M2m}}. Commissions are listed in chronological order and include the officer’s name, regiment, and rank.

Neagles, James C. ''U. S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1994. {{FHL|704356|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M23nu}}. This book describes federal military records, then discusses each state individually. Pages 339–343 provide details of military records housed in various archives in Tennessee, many of which are not microfilmed.  

*United States. Veterans Administration. ''Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866–1937''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. Digital version at {{RecordSearch|1916230}}; {{FHL|828798|item|disp=FS Library film 1571745 (first of 22 films)}} This includes general indexes for the Johnson City home. Eleven other homes are searchable nationwide. See the FamilySearch Catalog. These records may list a soldier’s name, date and place of enlistment, rank, military unit, length of service, date and place of discharge, birthplace, age, physical description, marital status, religion, occupation, previous residence, nearest relative, pension, soldier home admission and discharge dates, disability, death date, and cause of death.

*Tennessee. Confederate Soldiers’ Home. ''[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/csh1.htm Soldiers’ Applications for Admission, 1889–ca. 1965]''. Nashville, Tennessee: State Library and Archives. {{FHL|204577|item|disp=FS Library films 969840–42}}.