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Most of the records in the files are dated between 1800 and 1900, although there is some correspondence dated as late as 1940. These records cover about 20 percent of American military, naval, and marine officers and enlisted men who served in the Revolutionary War. Pensions and bounty land warrants were issued to compensate Revolutionary War veterans for their service. Later, widows of veterans also received benefits. Information recorded on pension and bounty land warrant applications is generally reliable, but its accuracy depended on the memory of the applicant and the records he or she had access to. Some applications were rejected if the information could not be verified in federal records or if the claim was suspected of being fraudulent. | Most of the records in the files are dated between 1800 and 1900, although there is some correspondence dated as late as 1940. These records cover about 20 percent of American military, naval, and marine officers and enlisted men who served in the Revolutionary War. Pensions and bounty land warrants were issued to compensate Revolutionary War veterans for their service. Later, widows of veterans also received benefits. Information recorded on pension and bounty land warrant applications is generally reliable, but its accuracy depended on the memory of the applicant and the records he or she had access to. Some applications were rejected if the information could not be verified in federal records or if the claim was suspected of being fraudulent. | ||
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'''State Government Pensions - Bounty Land''' | '''State Government Pensions - Bounty Land''' | ||
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=== Related National Archives Collections === | === Related National Archives Collections === | ||
'''Pensions''' | '''Pensions''' | ||
*[[United States, National Archives, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records Sources]] '''NARA Finding Aid''' - Illustrated Family Records - Images | |||
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18471430 Family Bibles Filed with Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, ca. 1800 - ca. 1912. NAID 18471430] | *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18471430 Family Bibles Filed with Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, ca. 1800 - ca. 1912. NAID 18471430] | ||
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/605836 Claims Filed by Revolutionary War Veterans, 9/16/1828 - 8/3/1835. NAID 605836] | *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/605836 Claims Filed by Revolutionary War Veterans, 9/16/1828 - 8/3/1835. NAID 605836] | ||
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24200695 Applications for Revolutionary War Scrip, 1830–1847 (Military Bounty Land Script) NAID 24200695] | *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24200695 Applications for Revolutionary War Scrip, 1830–1847 (Military Bounty Land Script) NAID 24200695] | ||
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*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23944268 Records of Officers' Locations of Revolutionary War Military Bounty Land Warrants, 1800–1816 NAID 23944268] | *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23944268 Records of Officers' Locations of Revolutionary War Military Bounty Land Warrants, 1800–1816 NAID 23944268] | ||
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23944321 Records of Soldiers' Locations of Revolutionary War Military Bounty Land Warrants, 1800–1819 NAID 23944321] | *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/23944321 Records of Soldiers' Locations of Revolutionary War Military Bounty Land Warrants, 1800–1819 NAID 23944321] | ||
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24200695 Applications for Revolutionary War Scrip, 1830–1847 NAID 24200695] | |||
''' Digital Images ''' | ''' Digital Images ''' | ||
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{{HR Tip|Images are also available in the FamilySearch Catalog at {{FSC|306844|item|disp=Revolutionary war pension and bounty-land-warrant application files}}.The files are arranged in alphabetical order. click on a reference to find a camera icon to see images.}} | {{HR Tip|Images are also available in the FamilySearch Catalog at {{FSC|306844|item|disp=Revolutionary war pension and bounty-land-warrant application files}}.The files are arranged in alphabetical order. click on a reference to find a camera icon to see images.}} | ||
=== Index and Image Visibility === | === Index and Image Visibility === | ||
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=== Finding Aid === | === Finding Aid === | ||
A finding aid for this collection is available at [[United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files]]. | A finding aid for this collection is available at [[United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files]]. | ||
*[[United States, National Archives, Military Bounty Land Warrant Records]] NARA Finding Aid | |||
== How Do I Search This Collection? == | == How Do I Search This Collection? == | ||
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*Christine Rose, ''Military pension laws, 1776-1858 : from the journals of the Continental Congress and the United States statutes-at-large'' San Jose, California : Rose Family Association, c2001 {{FSC|1057575|item|disp=FS Library 973 M2rm}} | *Christine Rose, ''Military pension laws, 1776-1858 : from the journals of the Continental Congress and the United States statutes-at-large'' San Jose, California : Rose Family Association, c2001 {{FSC|1057575|item|disp=FS Library 973 M2rm}} | ||
*''Index to Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records of the veterans' administration archives : the National Archives, Washington, D. C'' 3 vols. Washington, D.C. : National Genealogical Society Bookstore, 1942-1963 {{FSC|287898|item|disp=FS Library 973 M24n}} | *''Index to Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records of the veterans' administration archives : the National Archives, Washington, D. C'' 3 vols. Washington, D.C. : National Genealogical Society Bookstore, 1942-1963 {{FSC|287898|item|disp=FS Library 973 M24n}} | ||
*''Index of Revolutionary War pension applications in the National Archives'' Revised and enlarged. Washington, D.C. : National Genealogical Society,1976 {{FSC|566624|item|disp=FS Library 973 M22ng 1976}} | |||
*Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck. ''Naval pensioners of the United States, 1800-1851'' Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c2002 {{FSC|1054915|item|disp=FS Library 973 M38b}} | *Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck. ''Naval pensioners of the United States, 1800-1851'' Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c2002 {{FSC|1054915|item|disp=FS Library 973 M38b}} | ||
*Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck. ''Bounty and donation land grants in British Colonial America.'' Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c2007 {{FSC|1404490|item|disp=FS Library 973 R2bl}} | *Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck. ''Bounty and donation land grants in British Colonial America.'' Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c2007 {{FSC|1404490|item|disp=FS Library 973 R2bl}} | ||