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Some good general sources to search include:  
Some good general sources to search include:  


*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. {{FHL|282860|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL US/CAN Film 2321}}. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google books] ''et. al''. [Tennessee section begins on page 152.]  
*''A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census''. 1841, reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. {{WorldCat|oclc|2648500}}{{FHL|282860|item|disp=FHL film 2321; book 973 X2pc 1840}}. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google books] ''et. al''. [Tennessee section begins on page 152.]  
*Armstrong, Zella. ''Twenty-four Hundred Tennessee Pensioners: Revolution–War of 1812.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1987. (Family History Library book {{FHL|626287|title-id|disp=976.8 M2az}} 1987). This lists pensioners, their ages, where they served, and where their pension was drawn.  
*Armstrong, Zella. ''Twenty-four Hundred Tennessee Pensioners: Revolution–War of 1812.'' Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1987. {{FHL|626287|item|disp=FHL book 976.8 M2az}}. This lists pensioners, their ages, where they served, and where their pension was drawn.  
*Bates, Lucy Womack. ''Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee''. Brentwood, Tennessee: Tennessee Society, NSDAR, 1979. (Family History Library book {{FHL|159728|title-id|disp=976.8 V3b}}). The record is arranged alphabetically by surname, then given name. Most entries give name, birth date and place, marriage date and place, death date and place, rank, and unit; and spouse’s name, birth date and place, and death date and place.  
*Bates, Lucy Womack. ''Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee''. Brentwood, Tennessee: Tennessee Society, NSDAR, 1979. {{FHL|159728|item|disp=FHL book 976.8 V3b}}. The record is arranged alphabetically by surname, then given name. Most entries give name, birth date and place, marriage date and place, death date and place, rank, and unit; and spouse’s name, birth date and place, and death date and place.  
*''Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution''. 1933. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1975. (Family History Library book {{FHL|334399|title-id|disp=976.8 M2so nos.1–5 1975; film 1036620 item 2}}). This contains abstracts of pension applications.
*''Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution''. 1933. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1975. {{FHL|334399|item|disp=FHL film 1036620 item 2; book 976.8 M2so nos.1–5 1975; }}. This contains abstracts of pension applications.


Information varies for each person listed. It may contain the veteran’s name and age, where he served, and where his pension was drawn.  
Information varies for each person listed. It may contain the veteran’s name and age, where he served, and where his pension was drawn.  
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Many county genealogical societies have published lists of Revolutionary War veterans from their area in their journals. See "Military Records" under relevant Tennessee county pages.  
Many county genealogical societies have published lists of Revolutionary War veterans from their area in their journals. See "Military Records" under relevant Tennessee county pages.  


See also [[Tennessee Census]], which lists other sources for the 1840 Revolutionary War veterans’ schedules.  
See also [[Tennessee Census]], which lists other sources for the 1840 Revolutionary War veterans’ schedules.


=== War of 1812 (1812-1815)  ===
=== War of 1812 (1812-1815)  ===
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