United States, Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions

*[https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2008/winter/follow-money.html Follow the Money] explains how pensioners received their checks and how following the process or money trail through multiple record collections can provide more details about a person’s life.

*[https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2011/summer/mason.html The Rejection of Elizabeth Mason] outlines the story of a Revolutionary War widow’s attempt to obtain her husband’s pension and prove his and her identity. Although her pension was denied, her file provides more information than it might otherwise have since Mrs. Mason tries to validate her claim.

*[https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2010/fall/rice.html A Soldier of the Revolution] Or, Will the Real Isaac Rice Please Stand Up outlines the quest to find the story of Isaac Rice and determine whether he was an actual veteran of the Revolutionary War, a fictional character, or a man who committed the 19th century version identity theft.

*[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.