Virginia Military Records: Difference between revisions

Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Virginia's Colonial Soldiers''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1988. This is a comprehensive list compiled from numerous primary and secondary sources. May give the soldier's name, military unit, residence, age, description, and occupation.  

Crozier, William A. ''Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776''. 1905. New York, NY: Genealogical Association, 1905. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982. Family History Library fiche 6048997.) This includes published rosters of soldiers listed in many sources such as land bounty certificates, militia rosters, or service records.  

Eckenrode, H. J. ''List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia''. 1917. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1974. (Family History Library fiche 6046993.) This is an alphabetical directory of 6,700 soldiers and transcripts of the original sources of information.  

Taylor, Philip F. ''A Calendar of the Warrants for Land in Kentucky, Granted for Service in the French and Indian War''. 1917. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967. (Family History Library fiche 6019959.) This contains an alphabetical list of soldiers (mostly from Virginia) who received warrants for bounty land in what is now Kentucky from about 1774 to 1789. The original warrant records are at the Kentucky Land Office (see the Kentucky Research Outline.  

''Virginia Military Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1983. This contains reprints and an index of articles originally printed in periodicals. Most of the articles deal with the colonial and revolutionary periods. May show the soldier's residence, enlistment, unit, pension application, and declaration.  

Gwathmey, John Hastings. ''Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775-1783''. Richmond, Virginia: Dietz Press, 1938. This lists approximately 64,000 individuals, including those individuals identified in the earlier publication by Eckenrode (below). Both the Gwathmey and Eckenrode sources must be used, because although they list the same individuals, Gwathmey refers to the Eckenrode index for source information.  

Eckenrode, H. J. ''List of the Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia''. Richmond, Virginia: D. Bottom, 1912. Family History Library film 928145 item 14, fiche 6051268; 1913 supplement on film 547176 and fiche 6051262.) This helps identify approximately 35,000 Revolutionary soldiers from Virginia.  

''Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files''. (On 2,670 Family History Library films beginning with 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.  

Dorman, John Frederick, comp. ''Virginia 1958-1995 Revolutionary Pension Applications''. 51 volumes. Washington, DC: N.p., 1958-1995.  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.  

White, Virgil D. ''Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension File''s. Four Volumes. Waynesboro, Tennessee: National Historical Publishing, 1990-1992. Abstracts based on selected records of pension application files. Some entries were from supplements to the complete files. Includes cross references to the Virginia Half Pay Claims and other state pensions or bounty land awards. Volume 4 is an every-name index for the 339,096 entries mentioned in the selected abstracts.  

''Revolutionary War Pensions and Index (Virginia''). (Family History Library films 029853-66, index on film 029866.) A published index is Virginia Revolutionary War State Pensions (1980; Reprint, Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1982). This abstracts the information found in the pension files of about 600 soldiers who received pensions from the state.  

Brookes-Smith, Joan E. ''Master Index: Virginia Surveys and Grants, 1774-1791''. Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1976. (Family History Library film 1320833 item 6.)  

Jillson, Willard Rouse. ''The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924''. Louisville, Kentucky: Standard Printing, 1925. (Family History Library film 272808; film 1000053 item 2; fiche 6051422-23.)  

Copies of the warrants are found in ''Military Warrants, 1782-1788''(Family History Library 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; Family History Library fiche 6051260).  

Clifford Neal Smith, ''Federal Land Series: A Calendar of Archival Materials on the Land Patents Issued by the United States Government''. . . . Chicago, Illinois: American Library Association, 1972.  This book indexes land grants in the Virginia Military District of Ohio and may show survey number, acreage, survey book page numbers, county, or township.  

White, Virgil D. ''Index to Revolutionary War Service Records''. Four Volumes. Waynesboro, Tennessee: National Historical Publishing, 1995.  

Sanchez-Saavedra, E. M. A''Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787''. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978. This book may provide information useful for obtaining pension records.  

Butler, Stuart Lee. ''A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812''. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Co., 1988.   

Wardell, Patrick G. ''War of 1812: Virginia Bounty Land and Pension Applications''. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1987. Gives marriage and death dates and places, spouses, and residences.  

''Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers'' . . . (on 1075 Family History Library films 1488678-1489752). Lists the soldier's name, rank, unit, and enlistment date and place.  

''Confederate Service Records of Virginia, 1861- 65. . .''(Family History Library film 029767-76).  

''[http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas10&local_base=CLAS10 Confederate Pension Applications], Virginia, Acts of 1888, 1900, 1902: Index 1888-1934''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (On 219 Family History Library films beginning with 1439763.) Indexed by veteran's, widow's, or servant's name. Files are arranged by pension act, then by county, then by surname. Usually gives age, birthplace, and residence. In addition, the<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1213644453671_151"></span> Library of Virginia has the [http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/collections/CW.html Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows Electronic Card Index].&nbsp; Because not all information is included in either of these pension rolls, both databases should be consulted.&nbsp;  

''Virginia Regimental Histories Series''. Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, 1982–. 119 volumes in the series have been completed.  

''Register of the Confederate Dead Interred in Hollywood Cemetery: Richmond, Virginia''. Richmond, Virginia: Gary, Clemmitt and Jones, 1869. (Family History Library US/CAN Film 33625.) This register lists thousands of Confederate soldiers buried in Richmond. Includes name, company, regiment, state, date of death, cemetery section and number.  

Sifakis, Stewart. ''Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia''. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1992- 1995. (Ten Volumes.) Gives organization information for each unit and its field officers, assignments, and battles. It also lists sources further reading. Volume 5 is for Virginia.  

Wallace, Lee A. ''A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865''. Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, 1986.&nbsp; Gives brief historical sketches of each regiment and lists officers, company names, and commanders.  

Haulsee, W. M., F. G. Howe, and A. C. Dayle, comps. ''Soldiers of the Great War''. Three Volumes. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Association, 1920. Family History Library fiche 6051244.&nbsp;Virginia soldiers are listed in Volume 3. Gives the soldier's name, residence, rank, cause of death, and includes pictures.  

''Virginia Military Organizations in the World War: with Supplement of Distinguished Service''. Richmond, Virginia: N.p., 1927. World War I draft registration cards for men ages 18 to 45 may list address, birth date, birthplace, race, nationality, citizenship, and next of kin. Not all registrants served in the war. For Virginia's cards see:  

To find an individual's draft card, you must know&nbsp;the name and residence at the time of registration. The cards are arranged alphabetically by county, within the county by draft board, and alphabetically by surname within each draft board. Most counties had only one board; large cities had more.  

Hemphill, W. Edwin, ed. ''Gold Star Honor Roll of Virginians in the Second World War. ''Charlottesville, Virginia: Virginia World War II History Commission, 1947. Family History Library film 1698052 item 7.) County-by-county list of the soldier's name, rank, service branch, and nearest surviving relative.  

==== [http://www.ancestry.com/ www.ancestry.com] has World War II enlistment records. ====

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