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== What | == 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. | ||
===General Information about Revolutionary War Records=== | ===General Information about Revolutionary War Records=== | ||
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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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== What Can This Collection Tell Me? == | == What Can This Collection Tell Me? == | ||
'''Pension application files''' may contain the following information: | '''Pension application files''' may contain the following information: | ||