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| title=United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875 | | title=United States, Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875 | ||
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| RW_URL_01 = [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2015/summer/rev-war-pensions.html Using Revolutionary War Pension Files] | | RW_URL_01 = [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2015/summer/rev-war-pensions.html Using Revolutionary War Pension Files] | ||
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|RW_URL_09= [https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/american-revolution/service-records.pdf Revolutionary War Service, 1775-1783] | |RW_URL_09= [https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/american-revolution/service-records.pdf Revolutionary War Service, 1775-1783] | ||
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== What is in This Collection? == | == What is in This Collection? == | ||
United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830–1875 record collection contains half pay pensions for Virginia soldiers and sailors based on their service in the Revolutionary War. In May of 1779 the Virginia General Assembly granted the payment of half pay pensions for life to the state's military and naval officers and others who served until the end of the war in state units within the state's borders or in the Continental Army. This collection is part of Record Group 15, Records of the Veterans Administration, and is National Archives Microfilm publication M910. A copy of the microfilm publication pamphlet can be viewed at [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Wiki:United_States_Revolutionary_War,_Virginia_Pension_Application_Files_Introduction_and_Coverage_Table Introduction and Coverage Table] or downloaded from the NARA microfilm catalog at [https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECmd=GotoView&SWEScreen=GPEA+Microfilm+MIF&SWEView=GPEA+Microfilm+Landing+Page+View+MIF The National Archives] by entering the microfilm publication number M910 into the search field. | United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830–1875 record collection contains half pay pensions for Virginia soldiers and sailors based on their service in the Revolutionary War. In May of 1779 the Virginia General Assembly granted the payment of half pay pensions for life to the state's military and naval officers and others who served until the end of the war in state units within the state's borders or in the Continental Army. This collection is part of Record Group 15, Records of the Veterans Administration, and is National Archives Microfilm publication M910. A copy of the microfilm publication pamphlet can be viewed at [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Wiki:United_States_Revolutionary_War,_Virginia_Pension_Application_Files_Introduction_and_Coverage_Table Introduction and Coverage Table] or downloaded from the NARA microfilm catalog at [https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECmd=GotoView&SWEScreen=GPEA+Microfilm+MIF&SWEView=GPEA+Microfilm+Landing+Page+View+MIF The National Archives] by entering the microfilm publication number M910 into the search field. | ||
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Military Rosters and Enlistment or Muster Rolls provide a record of when a soldier or sailor served, where they served, and for how long. They also provide details of who they served under, rank, promotion, leave information, and when their service ended. These records tell where a soldier or sailor lived and where the enlisted which were not always the same place. | Military Rosters and Enlistment or Muster Rolls provide a record of when a soldier or sailor served, where they served, and for how long. They also provide details of who they served under, rank, promotion, leave information, and when their service ended. These records tell where a soldier or sailor lived and where the enlisted which were not always the same place. | ||
=== Revolutionary War Pensions === | === Revolutionary War Pensions === | ||
Pension acts were passed and amended many times between 1776 and 1878. In 1776 the first pension law granted half-pay for life to soldiers disabled in the service and unable to earn a living. A pension law passed in 1818 permitted compensation for service, regardless of disability, but was later amended, making eligible only those soldiers who were unable to earn a living. The pension act of 1832 allowed pensions again based on service and enabled a veteran’s widow to receive pension benefits. The pension act of 1832 made Revolutionary War Pensions available to all veterans who served during the war for at least six months in any of the armed forces—Regular or Continental Army, state militia, navy and certain contract positions, such as teamsters—not just disabled veterans and those who had served in the Continental Army. In addition to Federal pensions, nine states, including Virginia, enacted pension laws. | Pension acts were passed and amended many times between 1776 and 1878. In 1776 the first pension law granted half-pay for life to soldiers disabled in the service and unable to earn a living. A pension law passed in 1818 permitted compensation for service, regardless of disability, but was later amended, making eligible only those soldiers who were unable to earn a living. The pension act of 1832 allowed pensions again based on service and enabled a veteran’s widow to receive pension benefits. The pension act of 1832 made Revolutionary War Pensions available to all veterans who served during the war for at least six months in any of the armed forces—Regular or Continental Army, state militia, navy and certain contract positions, such as teamsters—not just disabled veterans and those who had served in the Continental Army. In addition to Federal pensions, nine states, including Virginia, enacted pension laws. | ||
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*[https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1995/spring/early-navy-records.html Early Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1776–1860] describes various military records and provides research examples | *[https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1995/spring/early-navy-records.html Early Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1776–1860] describes various military records and provides research examples | ||
*[https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1984/fall/pension-mobility.html Revolutionary War Pension Records and Patterns of American Mobility, 1780–1830] is not a case study of showing how the identity of an individual was found or information about a known individual, but it shows how a group of individuals compare to the general population to determine if that group is representative of the population, how and why they are, and then tells us how their collective story broadens the knowledge of the people who fought and lived in the Revolutionary era | *[https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1984/fall/pension-mobility.html Revolutionary War Pension Records and Patterns of American Mobility, 1780–1830] is not a case study of showing how the identity of an individual was found or information about a known individual, but it shows how a group of individuals compare to the general population to determine if that group is representative of the population, how and why they are, and then tells us how their collective story broadens the knowledge of the people who fought and lived in the Revolutionary era | ||
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=== To Browse This Collection === | === To Browse This Collection === | ||
{{Collection_Browse_Link |CID=CID2070137 |title=United States, Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875 }} | {{Collection_Browse_Link |CID=CID2070137 |title=United States, Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875 }} | ||
== What Can These Records Tell Me? == | == What Can These Records Tell Me? == | ||
The following information may be found in these records: | The following information may be found in these records: | ||
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*Name of person issuing pay | *Name of person issuing pay | ||
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== Collection Content == | == Collection Content == | ||
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Image:United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1848 DGS 7206584 img 109.jpg|1848 Revolutionary War Payment Record | Image:United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1848 DGS 7206584 img 109.jpg|1848 Revolutionary War Payment Record | ||
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=== Finding Aid === | |||
=== | A finding aid for this collection is available at [[United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files]] lists the names of soldiers and sailors identified in this collection and matches them with their corresponding record in the microfilm publication, M804 available at [[United States, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records]]. | ||
== How Do I Search This Collection == | == How Do I Search This Collection == | ||
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know: | Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know: | ||
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=== View the Images === | === View the Images === | ||
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=== How Do I Analyze the Results? === | === How Do I Analyze the Results? === | ||
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]]. | Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]]. | ||
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== What Do I Do Next? == | == What Do I Do Next? == | ||
=== I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*Add any new information to your records | |||
*Use the age or estimated birth date to determine an approximate birth date to find church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage and death records | *Use the age or estimated birth date to determine an approximate birth date to find church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage and death records | ||
*Use the information in each record to find additional family members in the censuses | *Use the information in each record to find additional family members in the censuses | ||
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*Repeat this process with additional family member’s records to find more generations of the family | *Repeat this process with additional family member’s records to find more generations of the family | ||
*Church records were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900 | *Church records were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900 | ||
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === | === I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives | *If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives | ||
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*Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for [http://genealogy.about.com/od/first_names/fl/nickname-given-name-equivalents.htm these names] as well | *Remember that sometimes individuals went by [http://usgenweb.org/research/nicknames.html nicknames] or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for [http://genealogy.about.com/od/first_names/fl/nickname-given-name-equivalents.htm these names] as well | ||
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* [[US Military Basic Search Strategies]] | * [[US Military Basic Search Strategies]] | ||
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=== FamilySearch Catalog=== | |||
*{{FSC|79781|item|disp=E. M. Sanchez-Saavedra. comp. ''A guide to Virginia military organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787.''Richmond, Virginia : Virginia State Library, 1978 FS Library 975.5 M2s}} | |||
=== | *Samuel M. Wilson, comp. ''Catalogue of Revolutionary soldiers and sailors of the Commonwealth of Virginia : to whom land bounty warrants were granted by Virginia for military services'' Greenville, South Carolina : Southern Historical Press, 1994. {{FSC|719605|item|disp=FS Library 976.9 R28w}} from official records in the Kentucky State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky. Online at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48424/ Ancestry] ($). | ||
*[https://www. | *{{FSC|434394|item|disp=Hamilton J. Eckenrode, comp. '' Virginia soldiers of the American Revolution'' 2 volumes. Richmond, Virginia : Virginia State Library and Archives, c1989 FS Library 975.5 M23v 1989}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|562759|item|disp=William Lindsay Hopkins. ''Virginia Revolutionary War land grant claims 1783-1850 (rejected)'' (1988) FS Library 975.5 R2hw}} | ||
*{{FSC|476030|item|disp=H. J. Eckenrode. ''List of the Revolutionary soldiers of Virginia : special report of the Department of Archives and History for 1911 and 1912''}} | |||
*{{FSC|414074|item|disp=Virginia State Library. Revolutionary War pensions and index, 14 rolls}} | |||
*{{FSC|474926|item|disp=Virginia State Library. Revolutionary War rejected claims and index of soldiers from Virginia, 1811-1851, 16 rolls}} | |||
*{{FSC|48464|item|disp=Virginia half pay and other related Revolutionary War pension application files, ca. 1778-1875}} | |||
'''Bounty Land warrants''' | |||
*{{FSC|758280|item|disp=Ohio. State Auditor. Virginia Military District lands of Ohio ; indexes}} 33 rolls | |||
*{{FSC|723941|item|disp=Virginia Land Office. Military certificates, A-Z : July 14, 1782-August 5, 1876}} 38 rolls | |||
*{{FSC|414179|item|disp=Virginia Office of the Governor. Bounty warrants, 1779-1860.}} 31 Rolls | |||
*{{FSC|412793|item|disp=Virginia Land Office. Military certificates, nos. 1-9926 : July 14, 1782-August 5, 1876}} 3 rolls | |||
*{{FSC|583024|item|disp=Virginia Land Office. Military warrants, nos. 1-1320, 1328-5020, 8780-9969 : August 8, 1782-September 21, 1889}} 4 rolls | |||
*{{FSC|583033|item|disp=Virginia Land Office. Register, bounty land warrants, nos. 5479-9914 : March 30, 1808-March 11, 1870}} | |||
*{{FSC|583036|item|disp=Virginia Land Office. List of military land bounty warrants : September 1, 1833-September 1, 1834}} | |||
*{{FSC|474937|item|disp=Virginia Continental Army lands, February 15, 1822 : roll of officers of the sixteen Virginia regiments of the Continental Army who received land bounty in the Virginia Military Districts in the states of Ohio and Kentucky}} | |||
*{{FSC|368969|item|disp=Virginia Land Office. Old military and importation warrants ; land bounty certificates, French and Indian War ; index, land bounty books, French and Indian War}} | |||
=== | === FamilySearch Historical Records === | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417475 United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1417475 United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2069831 United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2069831 United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2068326 United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2068326 United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783] | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1849623 United States Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1849623 United States Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783] | ||
=== FamilySearch Digital Library === | |||
*{{FSC|464461|item|disp=James C. Neagles and Lila L. Neagles, ''Locating your Revolutionary War ancestor : a guide to the military records'' Logan, Utah : Everton Publishers, c1983}} | |||
*{{FSC|170431|item|disp=Robert K. Wright, Jr. ''The Continental Army'' Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1983}} | |||
*{{FSC|2538139|item|disp=United States. General Land Office : Military pensions -- Virginia -- Revolution, 1775-1783}} | |||
*{{FSC|127222|item|disp=Louis A. Burgess, comp and edited, ''Virginia soldiers of 1776 : compiled from documents on file in the Virginia Land Office, together with material found in the archives Department of the Virginia State Library and other reliable sources'' 3 volumes. Richmond, Virginia : Richmond Press, c1927-1929}} | |||
*{{FSC|64813|item|disp=''A list of non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on continental establishment : whose names appear on the army register, and who have not received bounty land, and a list of non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Virginia state line, and non-commissioned officers and seamen and marines of the state navy ...'' Reprint. Originally published: Richmond : Samuel Shepherd, 1835. Indianapolis, Indiana : Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe, 197-?}} | |||
*{{FSC|117492|item|disp=Benson John Lossing,''Field-book of the American Revolution : published under the patronage of the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution ...'' 2 volumes. Reprint of the 1850-1852 ed. published in New York, Harper and Brothers. Cottonport, Louisiana : Polyanthos, 1972}} | |||
*{{FSC|4329157|item|disp=Charles Lofland.''A list of all the entries in the Virginia Military District : and also, all the entries in the United States Military District of 100 acre lots, located since the first commencement for locating warrants for military services, to the present year'' Columbus, Ohio : P.H. Olmsted, 1821}} | |||
== Citing This Collection == | == Citing This Collection == | ||
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | ||
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[[Category:Revolutionary War, 1775-1783]] | [[Category:Revolutionary War, 1775-1783]] | ||