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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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{{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.}} | ||
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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}} | ||