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*Sanchez-Saavedra, E.M. ''A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787''. (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1978.) {{FHL|79781|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2s}}.<br> | *Sanchez-Saavedra, E.M. ''A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787''. (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1978.) {{FHL|79781|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2s}}.<br> | ||
'''Published Indexes''' | ===='''Published Indexes'''==== | ||
While there are several published sources on Virginia in the Revolutionary War, there is no comprehensive list of all Revolutionary veterans. The following are two major indexes that identify individuals listed in numerous records: | While there are several published sources on Virginia in the Revolutionary War, there is no comprehensive list of all Revolutionary veterans. The following are two major indexes that identify individuals listed in numerous records: | ||
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*Douthat, James L. ''Virginia Soldiers in Northwest Territory - 1777''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. '''Free online surname index''' and purchase details at [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/va/details/va-0704w.html Mountain Press] website. | *Douthat, James L. ''Virginia Soldiers in Northwest Territory - 1777''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. '''Free online surname index''' and purchase details at [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/va/details/va-0704w.html Mountain Press] website. | ||
'''Pension Records''' | ===='''Pension Records''' ==== | ||
Virginia soldiers may have received a pension from the state or federal government. Pension records of Virginians may be found in the following: | Virginia soldiers may have received a pension from the state or federal government. Pension records of Virginians may be found in the following: | ||
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*''Revolutionary War Pensions and Index (Virginia''). {{FHL|414074|item|disp=FHL Film 29866}} A published index is Virginia Revolutionary War State Pensions (1980; Reprint, Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1982) {{FHL|85580|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2v}} This abstracts the information found in the pension files of about 600 soldiers who received pensions from the state. | *''Revolutionary War Pensions and Index (Virginia''). {{FHL|414074|item|disp=FHL Film 29866}} A published index is Virginia Revolutionary War State Pensions (1980; Reprint, Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1982) {{FHL|85580|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2v}} This abstracts the information found in the pension files of about 600 soldiers who received pensions from the state. | ||
'''The 1835 Pension Roll''' | ==== '''The 1835 Pension Roll''' ==== | ||
On June 5, 1834, the U.S. Senate required the Secretary of War to submit a statement showing the names of pensioners who were on the pension rolls or had previously been on the pension rolls. For more information on the 1835 Pension Roll see [[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants|Revolutionary War Pension Records]]. | On June 5, 1834, the U.S. Senate required the Secretary of War to submit a statement showing the names of pensioners who were on the pension rolls or had previously been on the pension rolls. For more information on the 1835 Pension Roll see [[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants|Revolutionary War Pension Records]]. | ||
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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48123 The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III] (Ancestry) ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48123 The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III] (Ancestry) ($) | ||
'''Virginia Half Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, ca. 1778-1875'''. | ===='''Virginia Half Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, ca. 1778-1875'''. ==== | ||
*{{FHL|48464|item|disp=FHL Films 1024434-42}} These records relate only to officers from Virginia. They help identify names that might appear in other military records. | *{{FHL|48464|item|disp=FHL Films 1024434-42}} These records relate only to officers from Virginia. They help identify names that might appear in other military records. | ||
'''Applications for Bounty Land'''. | ===='''Applications for Bounty Land'''. ==== | ||
Shortly after the war, many Virginia families migrated to lands that are now in Kentucky and Ohio to claim military bounty land. Under various laws, veterans or their heirs could apply to Virginia or to the federal government for a warrant to receive bounty land. Those who served in the Virginia state line or in the continental line could apply. | Shortly after the war, many Virginia families migrated to lands that are now in Kentucky and Ohio to claim military bounty land. Under various laws, veterans or their heirs could apply to Virginia or to the federal government for a warrant to receive bounty land. Those who served in the Virginia state line or in the continental line could apply. | ||
'''Virginia Warrant Applications''' | ===='''Virginia Warrant Applications''' ==== | ||
(For land in Kentucky and the Virginia Military District in Ohio). The Virginia Land Office first issued warrants for land that is now in Kentucky. After 1792, when no more land was available in Kentucky, the Virginia Land Office issued warrants for land in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. This area in Ohio had been reserved for Virginia veterans when Virginia ceded all other claims in the Northwest Territory to the federal government. | (For land in Kentucky and the Virginia Military District in Ohio). The Virginia Land Office first issued warrants for land that is now in Kentucky. After 1792, when no more land was available in Kentucky, the Virginia Land Office issued warrants for land in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. This area in Ohio had been reserved for Virginia veterans when Virginia ceded all other claims in the Northwest Territory to the federal government. | ||
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*[[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants#U.S._Military_District_Bounty_Land_Warrants|Bounty Land Warrants for the U.S. Military District of Ohio]] (for land in the United States Military District of Ohio and the Virginia Military District of Ohio). Two indexes are on {{FHL|267780|item|disp=FHL film 1025141.}} Applications to the federal government for bounty land are interfiled with the pension application files described above (also see [[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants#Pension_and_Bounty_Land_Warrant_Applications|Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files]]). Those who received warrants for bounty land from the federal government could claim land in the Military Districts of Ohio and later in other areas of the public domain. | *[[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants#U.S._Military_District_Bounty_Land_Warrants|Bounty Land Warrants for the U.S. Military District of Ohio]] (for land in the United States Military District of Ohio and the Virginia Military District of Ohio). Two indexes are on {{FHL|267780|item|disp=FHL film 1025141.}} Applications to the federal government for bounty land are interfiled with the pension application files described above (also see [[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants#Pension_and_Bounty_Land_Warrant_Applications|Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files]]). Those who received warrants for bounty land from the federal government could claim land in the Military Districts of Ohio and later in other areas of the public domain. | ||
'''Bounty Land Grants.''' | ===='''Bounty Land Grants.''' ==== | ||
The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. See [[United States Land and Property]] and [[United States Military Records]] for more information about the process of obtaining a land grant. | The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. See [[United States Land and Property]] and [[United States Military Records]] for more information about the process of obtaining a land grant. | ||
'''Lands Granted in Kentucky (Virginia warrants).''' | ===='''Lands Granted in Kentucky (Virginia warrants).''' ==== | ||
Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 {{FHL|241747|title-id|disp=FHL films 272809-17.}} The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. | Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 {{FHL|241747|title-id|disp=FHL films 272809-17.}} The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. | ||
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Copies of the warrants are found in ''Military Warrants, 1782-1788 ''{{FHL|439115|item|disp=FHL films 272979-80}}). The original records are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. These are indexed by Willard Rouse Jillson, ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants'' . . . (1926; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1969){{FHL|489197|item|disp=FHL fiche 6051260; book 976.9 R22j.}} | Copies of the warrants are found in ''Military Warrants, 1782-1788 ''{{FHL|439115|item|disp=FHL films 272979-80}}). The original records are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. These are indexed by Willard Rouse Jillson, ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants'' . . . (1926; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1969){{FHL|489197|item|disp=FHL fiche 6051260; book 976.9 R22j.}} | ||
'''Lands Granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio (Virginia Warrants)'''. | ===='''Lands Granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio (Virginia Warrants)'''. ==== | ||
An estimated 64 percent of Virginia's bounty land claims were granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The Ohio Land Grant Office (c/o Auditor of State, 88 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215) has some records of these land grants. | An estimated 64 percent of Virginia's bounty land claims were granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The Ohio Land Grant Office (c/o Auditor of State, 88 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215) has some records of these land grants. | ||
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The surrendered warrants and related papers were sent to the General Land Office in Washington, DC, and are now at the National Archives in Warrants Surrendered for Land in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The National Archives also has an alphabetical index, numerical register, and survey register that can help you find a warrant in this collection. These records are not on microfilm or at the Family History Library. | The surrendered warrants and related papers were sent to the General Land Office in Washington, DC, and are now at the National Archives in Warrants Surrendered for Land in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The National Archives also has an alphabetical index, numerical register, and survey register that can help you find a warrant in this collection. These records are not on microfilm or at the Family History Library. | ||
====''Lands Granted in the U.S. Military District and Other Public Domain Areas (U.S. Warrants)'''. ==== | |||
The records of these land grants are described in [[United States Land and Property]]. | The records of these land grants are described in [[United States Land and Property]]. | ||
'''Service Records'''. | ===='''Service Records'''.==== | ||
Those who served in the Virginia state or continental line may be listed in Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War {{FHL|484382|item|disp=FHL films 1485281(first of 1,097)}} and in ''General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers'' {{FHL|484382|item|disp=FHL films 882841(first of 58)}} This is at the National Archives and the Family History Library. May provide the soldier's or sailor's unit which can help to find pension records but does not give information about other members of the soldier's family. | Those who served in the Virginia state or continental line may be listed in Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War {{FHL|484382|item|disp=FHL films 1485281(first of 1,097)}} and in ''General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers'' {{FHL|484382|item|disp=FHL films 882841(first of 58)}} This is at the National Archives and the Family History Library. May provide the soldier's or sailor's unit which can help to find pension records but does not give information about other members of the soldier's family. | ||
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The Library of Virginia also has various pay records, militia records, court martial records, appointments of officers, petitions, and other helpful sources. | The Library of Virginia also has various pay records, militia records, court martial records, appointments of officers, petitions, and other helpful sources. | ||
'''Muster Rolls''' | ===='''Muster Rolls'''==== | ||
The Muster Roll Project, sponsored by the Valley Forge Legacy, has reconstructed muster rolls for the 1st-15th Virginia Regiments and the 1st-2nd Virginia State. Their collection is available for free [http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/muster.asp online]. | The Muster Roll Project, sponsored by the Valley Forge Legacy, has reconstructed muster rolls for the 1st-15th Virginia Regiments and the 1st-2nd Virginia State. Their collection is available for free [http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/muster.asp online]. | ||
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*''Revolutionary War Public Service Claims, Commissioners Books, 1783.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954. {{FHL|412767|item|disp=FHL films 029819-20}} The index to both sets of films is on {{FHL|414149|item|disp=FHL films 029813-18}}. The original records are at the Library of Virginia. | *''Revolutionary War Public Service Claims, Commissioners Books, 1783.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954. {{FHL|412767|item|disp=FHL films 029819-20}} The index to both sets of films is on {{FHL|414149|item|disp=FHL films 029813-18}}. The original records are at the Library of Virginia. | ||
'''Loyalists''' | ===='''Loyalists''' ==== | ||
For a list of white loyalists in Williamsburg during the Revolution, see: | For a list of white loyalists in Williamsburg during the Revolution, see: | ||
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*Kelly, Kevin P. "The White Loyalists of Williamsburg," ''The Colonial Williamsburg Interpreter'', Vol. 17, No. 2 (1996). Digital version at [http://research.history.org/Historical_Research/Research_Themes/ThemeRevolution/Loyalist.cfm Colonial Williamsburg]. | *Kelly, Kevin P. "The White Loyalists of Williamsburg," ''The Colonial Williamsburg Interpreter'', Vol. 17, No. 2 (1996). Digital version at [http://research.history.org/Historical_Research/Research_Themes/ThemeRevolution/Loyalist.cfm Colonial Williamsburg]. | ||
'''History''' | ===='''History''' ==== | ||
*Eckenrode, H.J. ''The Revolution in Virginia''. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=LGudpBTpRb4C Google Books]. | *Eckenrode, H.J. ''The Revolution in Virginia''. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=LGudpBTpRb4C Google Books]. | ||