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== What is in This Collection? == | == What is in This Collection? == | ||
The collection consists of images of [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300022 revolutionary war pensions] for the years 1800 to 1900. It is part of Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007 and is | The collection consists of images of [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300022 revolutionary war pensions] for the years 1800 to 1900. It is part of Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007 and is {{FSC|306844|item|disp=National Archive Microfilm Publication M804.}} | ||
The pension and land warrant applications consist of about 80,000 files. Each file may be a single card or may contain from 1 to 200 pages or more. A typical file is about 30 pages and includes an introductory card, an application, sworn affidavits, and other supporting documents that verify a veteran’s identity and service. The file also includes papers that show decisions made concerning the claim. In 1912 the Survivor, Widow, Rejected, and Bounty Land Warrant files were consolidated into a single alphabetical series. | The pension and land warrant applications consist of about 80,000 files. Each file may be a single card or may contain from 1 to 200 pages or more. A typical file is about 30 pages and includes an introductory card, an application, sworn affidavits, and other supporting documents that verify a veteran’s identity and service. The file also includes papers that show decisions made concerning the claim. In 1912 the Survivor, Widow, Rejected, and Bounty Land Warrant files were consolidated into a single alphabetical series. | ||
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{{HR Tip|This collection contains searchable content in the NARA Catalog. They can be accessed by clicking on the National Archives identifier [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300022 NAID 300022] in the Record Description. Once inside the Catalog, click on the "Search Within This Series".}} | {{HR Tip|This collection contains searchable content in the NARA Catalog. They can be accessed by clicking on the National Archives identifier [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300022 NAID 300022] in the Record Description. Once inside the Catalog, click on the "Search Within This Series".}} | ||
{{HR Tip|Images are also available in the FamilySearch Catalog at | {{HR Tip|Images are also available in the FamilySearch Catalog at {{FSC|306844|item|disp=Revolutionary war pension and bounty-land-warrant application files}}.The files are arranged in alphabetical order. click on a reference to find a camera icon to see images.}} | ||
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=== FamilySearch Catalog === | === FamilySearch Catalog === | ||
* | *{{FSC|306844|item|disp=Revolutionary war pension and bounty-land-warrant application files, NARA M804}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|573816|item|disp=Central treasury records of the Continental and Confederation governments relating to military affairs, 1775-1789, NARA M1015}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|573842|item|disp=Correspondence of the War Department relating to Indian affairs, military pensions, and fortifications, 1791-1797 M1962}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|602360|item|disp=United States. War Department. Office of the Secretary of War. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of the names, rank, and line of every person placed on the pension list, 1818-1819}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|719688|item|disp=U.S. Treasury, Department, Accounting, Final Revolutionary War pension payment vouchers, Georgia}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|77488|item|disp=Daughters of the American Revolution, Revolutionary War pension papers, 1776-1850, 44 rolls}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|201149|item|disp=Pension files, service records, land warrants, 1775-1913}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|772761|item|disp=Daughters of the American Revolution. Brigham Young University. Harold B. Library. D.A.R. Revolutionary War burial index. FS Library 8 rolls}} | ||
''' Publications''' | ''' Publications''' | ||
* | *{{FSC|367492|item|disp=Howard H. Peckham, ed. ''The Toll of independence : engagements & battle casualties of the American Revolution.'' Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press, 1974 FS Library 973 M2ti}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1057575|item|disp=Christine Rose, ''Military pension laws, 1776-1858 : from the journals of the Continental Congress and the United States statutes-at-large'' San Jose, California : Rose Family Association, c2001 FS Library 973 M2rm}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1911942|item|disp= Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck,''Revolutionary War pensions : awarded by State governments 1775-1874, the General and Federal governments prior to 1814, and by private acts of Congress to 1905'' Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c2011 FS Library 973 M2bLd}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|334133|item|disp=Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck. ''Revolutionary War bounty land grants : awarded by state governments'' Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1996 FS Library 973 R2bo}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|463831|item|disp=Murtie June Clark, comp. ''The pension lists of 1792-1795 : with other Revolutionary War pension records'' S. l. : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1991 FS Library 973 M2cmj}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|578023|item|disp=Murtie June Clark ''Index to U.S. invalid pension records, 1801-1815'' Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1991 FS Library 973 M22c}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|767486|item|disp=Craig Robert Scott. ''The lost pensions, settled accounts of the Act of 6 April 1836''Lovettsville, Virginia : Willow Bend Books, c1996 FS Library 973 M2sL}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1054915|item|disp=Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck. ''Naval pensioners of the United States, 1800-1851'' Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c2002 FS Library 973 M38b}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|287898|item|disp=''Index to Revolutionary War pension and bounty land records of the veterans' administration archives : the National Archives, Washington, D. C'' 3 vols. Washington, D.C. : National Genealogical Society Bookstore, 1942-1963}} FS Library 973 M24n | ||
* | *{{FSC|235757|item|disp=1813 Pension List}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|731683|item|disp=1818 Pension List}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|463823|item|disp=1820 Pension List}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|287874|item|disp=1835 Pension Roll}} | ||
'''Bounty Land ''' | '''Bounty Land ''' | ||
* | *{{FSC|1949572|item|disp=Christine Rose. ''Military bounty land 1776-1855'' San Jose, California : CR Publications, c2011 FS Library 973 M27r}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|253710|item|disp=Clifford Neal Smith,'' Federal land series : a calendar of archival materials on the land patents issued by the United States government, with subject, tract, and name indexes'' 4 volumes. Chicago, Illinois : American Library Association, 1972-}} FS Library 973 R2scn v. 1. 1788-1810 -- v. 2. 1799-1835, Federal bounty-land warrants of the American Revolution -- v. 3. 1810-1814 -- v. 4, pt. 1-2. Grants in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. | ||
* | *{{FSC|314740|item|disp=Registers of Revolutionary War land warrants, act of 1788 : military district of Ohio, 1789-1805, NARA T1008}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|249409|item|disp=Register of Revolutionary War land warrants, act of 1788; Military District of Ohio : entries for the years 1799-1805}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|267780|item|disp=U.S. Revolutionary War bounty land warrants used in the U.S. military district of Ohio and related papers, acts of 1788, 1803, 1806, 16 rolls, M289}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|8635|item|disp=Donation lands or military tracts granted to the officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary Army, 1780-1800}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|414179|item|disp=Virginia. Office of the Governor. Bounty warrants, 1779-1860}} | ||
* | *{{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|758280|item|disp=Ohio. Auditor of State. Virginia Military District lands of Ohio ; indexes}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|723941|item|disp=Virginia. Land Office. Military certificates, A-Z : July 14, 1782-August 5, 1876}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|412793|item|disp=Virginia. Land Office. Military certificates, nos. 1-9926 : July 14, 1782-August 5, 1876}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|583036|item|disp=Virginia. Land Office. List of military land bounty warrants : September 1, 1833-September 1, 1834}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|406376|item|disp=Virginia. Land Office. Register of military certificates located in Ohio and Kentucky, nos. 1-6899, 8701-8850}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|583024|item|disp=Virginia. Land Office. Military warrants, nos. 1-1320, 1328-5020, 8780-9969 : August 8, 1782-September 21, 1889}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1175964|item|disp=Virginia. Rockingham County. Land grants, Revolutionary War, 1783-1832}} | ||
'''State Sources''' | '''State Sources''' | ||
* | *{{FSC|980334|item|disp=Jana Sloan Broglin, ed. ''Kentucky abstracts of pensions : Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian wars'' 4 volumes. Indianapolis, [Indiana}} : Heritage House, c1999 FS Library 976.9 M28b] | ||
* | *{{FSC|209076|item|disp=New Jersey Revolutionary War pension claims, 12 rolls}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|432565|item|disp=Pennsylvania. Revolutionary War pensions, 1785-1809}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|283665|item|disp=Pennsylvania, Revolutionary War pension file, 1809-1893}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|432573|item|disp=Pennsylvania, Adjutant General's Office, Revolutionary War pension accounts, 1807-1883}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|8635|item|disp=Donation lands or military tracts granted to the officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary Army, 1780-1800}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|422979|item|disp=Accounts audited of claims growing out of the Revolution in South Carolina}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|414074|item|disp=Virginia State Library, Revolutionary War pensions and index, 14 rolls}} | ||
'''Local Sources''' | '''Local Sources''' | ||
* | *{{FSC|1881490|item|disp=Maine, Hancock County, Revolutionary War pension applications, 1818}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1779329|item|disp=Maine, Lincoln County, Revolutionary War, pensioners applications, 1820-1824, 1818-1824}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1881493|item|disp=Maine, York County, Revolutionary war pension applications, 1818-}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|596149|item|disp=Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Revolutionary War pension papers, 1818-1825}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|248984|item|disp=New Jersey, Morris County, Court records concerning Revolutionary pensions, 1779-1795}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|427615|item|disp=New York, Delaware County, Revolutionary War pension applications, 1820-1832}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|379387|item|disp=New York, Otsego County, Revolutionary War pensioners, Otsego County, New York, 1832-1844}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|710818|item|disp=New York, Suffolk County, Revolutionary War pension request, 1790-1837, War of 1812, 1820, 1858}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|548963|item|disp=Pennsylvania, Berks County, Revolutionary War soldiers' pension applications, 1785-1786}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|460644|item|disp=Pennsylvania, Centre County, Revolutionary War pension declarations, 1819-1835}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|104124|item|disp=Pension records of the Revolutionary War veterans of the United States}} Chester County Historical Society | ||
* | *{{FSC|420368|item|disp=Pennsylvania, Cumberland County, Petitions for Revolutionary War pensions, 1783-1800}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|7267|item|disp=South Carolina, Laurens County, Revolutionary war pension applications, 1820-1830}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|241776|item|disp=Tennessee, Roane County, Revolutionary War pension applications, 1793-1855}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|162559|item|disp= West Virginia, Revolutionary soldier's applications for pensions, Harrison County}} | ||
=== FamilySearch Historical Records === | === FamilySearch Historical Records === | ||
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=== FamilySearch Digital Library === | === 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|599248|item|disp= Mabel E. Deutrich, comp. ''Preliminary inventory of the War Department collection of Revolutionary War records : record group 93.''Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Service, 1962}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|599018|item|disp=Thayer M. Boardman, Myra R. Trever, and Louise W. Southwick, comps. Preliminary inventory of the administrative records of the Bureau of Pensions and the Pension Service, (record group 15). Washington, D.C. : National Archives & Records Administration, 1953}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|170431|item|disp=Robert K. Wright, Jr. ''The Continental Army'' Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1983}} | ||
* | *{{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|72773|item|disp=Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, ''Revolutionary war records : Virginia army and navy forces with bounty land warrants for Virginia Military District of Ohio, and Virginia military script, from federal and state archives'' Washington, D.C. : s. n., 1936}} | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/85940-the-last-men-of-the-revolution-a-photograph-of-each-from-life-together-with-views-of-their-homes-printed-in-colors-accompanied-by-brief-biographical-sketches-of-the-men?offset=1 Rev. E. B. Hillard. ''Last Men of the Revolution''] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/85940-the-last-men-of-the-revolution-a-photograph-of-each-from-life-together-with-views-of-their-homes-printed-in-colors-accompanied-by-brief-biographical-sketches-of-the-men?offset=1 Rev. E. B. Hillard. ''Last Men of the Revolution''] | ||
* | *{{FSC|309454|item|disp=American state papers : documents, legislative and executive of the Congress of the United States Class Nine Claims}} | ||
'''Pension and Bounty Land Publications''' | '''Pension and Bounty Land Publications''' | ||
* | *{{FSC|1006837|item|disp=''Revolutionary War invalid pension claims, 1792-1794 : House of Representatives document 32, Second Congress, second session, 1792 ; House of Representatives document 51, Third Congress first session, 1794''Signal Mountain, Tennessee : Mountain Press, [19--?}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|834654|item|disp=''Pensions granted for military service under an Act of the Fourth Congress of the United States, 1795''Washington, D.C. : , 1796}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|602360|item|disp=''Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of the names, rank, and line of every person placed on the pension list, 1818-1819''Washington : Printed by Gates & Seaton, 1820. reprint published: Baltimore : Southern Book, 1955}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|3714354|item|disp=''Letter from the Secretary of War : transmitting a report of the names, rank, and line, of every person placed on the pension list, in pursuance to the act of the 18th March, 1818, &c. January 20, 1820''Washington, D.C. : Gales & Seaton, 1820}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|282860|item|disp=Census of Pensioners 1840 Census}} | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/499437-report-of-the-secretary-of-the-interior-with-a-statement-of-rejected-or-suspended-applications-for-pensions-february-16-1852?offset=1 Rejected or Suspended Applications for Pensions, 1852] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/499437-report-of-the-secretary-of-the-interior-with-a-statement-of-rejected-or-suspended-applications-for-pensions-february-16-1852?offset=1 Rejected or Suspended Applications for Pensions, 1852] | ||
* | *{{FSC|2684644|item|disp=Catalogue of: Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land-warrant application files; American Revolutionary War service records; and general index}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|2213140|item|disp=''The Balloting book, and other documents relating to military bounty lands in the state of New York''Albany, New York : Packard & VanBenthuysen, 1825.}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|274858|item|disp=Charles J. House, comp. ''Names of soldiers of the American revolution : who applied for state bounty under resolves of March 17, 1835, March 24, 1836 and March 20, 1836, as appears of record in land office'' Augusta, Maine : Burleigh & Flynt, 1893}} | ||
* | *{{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 == | ||
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