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→Step 5 - Search for Pension Files and Bounty Land Warrants
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If your ancestor survived the war he may have applied for a pension or a bounty land warrant. His widow may also have applied after his death. The National Archives has a card index to pension applications, 1887-1926. | If your ancestor survived the war he may have applied for a pension or a bounty land warrant. His widow may also have applied after his death. The National Archives has a card index to pension applications, 1887-1926. | ||
Service pensions were first granted to [https://www.archives.gov/research/military/mexican-war Mexican War] veterans and widows based on the act of January 29, 1887. Eligibility requirement included 60 day service, or were actually engaged in battle, honorably discharged and at least 62 years of age. The act included widows who had not remarried. Veterans may also have received bounty land. [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1104361 The pension files are located at the National Archives.] The soldiers served between 1846 and 1848. The records are a part of Record Group 15 Records of the Veterans Administration and is NARA microfilm publication T317. The event date and place represent the earliest filing of either the veteran or widow. | Service pensions were first granted to [https://www.archives.gov/research/military/mexican-war Mexican War] veterans and widows based on the act of January 29, 1887. Eligibility requirement included 60 day service, or were actually engaged in battle, honorably discharged and at least 62 years of age. The act included widows who had not remarried. Veterans may also have received bounty land. [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1104361 The pension files are located at the National Archives.] The soldiers served between 1846 and 1848. The records are a part of Record Group 15 Records of the Veterans Administration and is NARA microfilm publication T317. The event date and place represent the earliest filing of either the veteran or widow. | ||
*The card index to available on FamilySearch see {{RecordSearch|1979390|United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926}} | *The card index to available on FamilySearch see {{RecordSearch|1979390|United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926}} | ||
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{{HR Tip|Copies of pension files are available from the National Archives. To request copies follow the instructions in the following link. [http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/pre-ww-1-records.html Requesting Pre-WWI Service Records]}} | {{HR Tip|Copies of pension files are available from the National Archives. To request copies follow the instructions in the following link. [http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/pre-ww-1-records.html Requesting Pre-WWI Service Records]}} | ||
See also [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/567388 Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, ca. 1800–ca. 1900 also located at the National Archives] | |||
=== Step 6 - Decide what else you want to find. === | === Step 6 - Decide what else you want to find. === | ||