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Virginia soldiers may have received a pension from the state or federal government. Pension records of Virginians may be found in:  
Virginia soldiers may have received a pension from the state or federal government. Pension records of Virginians may be found in:  


*''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=Virginia+half+pay+and+other+related+Revolutionary+War+pension+application+files%2C+ca.+1778-1875&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Virginia Half Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files]''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M910. (FHL films 1024434–42.) Records include the name; rank; amount of pension; death date; widow and children, if any; pension file number; some dates for wife and children, especially date of death of wife, and so on. Contains 279 pension application files.
*''Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files''. (On 2,670 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|306844|item|disp=film 970001}}. These files include pension applications from all the states. A published index to these files is ''Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications, Revised'' (Washington, DC: National Genealogical Society, 1976; {{FHL|413696|item|disp=FHL Book 973 M22ng 1976}}  
*''Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files''. (On 2,670 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|306844|item|disp=film 970001}}. These files include pension applications from all the states. A published index to these files is ''Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications, Revised'' (Washington, DC: National Genealogical Society, 1976; {{FHL|413696|item|disp=FHL Book 973 M22ng 1976}}  
*Dorman, John Frederick, comp. ''Virginia 1958-1995 Revolutionary Pension Applications''. 51 volumes. Washington, DC: N.p., 1958-1995. {{FHL|154352|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M28d}} This abstracts the files of Virginia soldiers who received pensions or bounty land from the federal government. Only partially completed, with surnames A through Ha.  
*Dorman, John Frederick, comp. ''Virginia 1958-1995 Revolutionary Pension Applications''. 51 volumes. Washington, DC: N.p., 1958-1995. {{FHL|154352|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M28d}} This abstracts the files of Virginia soldiers who received pensions or bounty land from the federal government. Only partially completed, with surnames A through Ha.  
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