United States, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions

Most of the records in the files are dated between 1800 and 1900, although there is some correspondence dated as late as 1940. These records cover about 20 percent of American military, naval, and marine officers and enlisted men who served in the Revolutionary War. Pensions and bounty land warrants were issued to compensate Revolutionary War veterans for their service. Later, widows of veterans also received benefits. Information recorded on pension and bounty land warrant applications is generally reliable, but its accuracy depended on the memory of the applicant and the records he or she had access to. Some applications were rejected if the information could not be verified in federal records or if the claim was suspected of being fraudulent.

*{{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 973 973 M2bLd}}

*{{FSC|334133|item|disp=Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. ''Revolutionary War bounty land grants : awarded by state governments'' Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1996 FS Library 973 R2bo}}