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=== Pension Records === | === Pension Records === | ||
A soldier may have been recorded in state records (see below) or in federal records (see [[US War of 1812 Pension Records|US War of 1812 Pension Records]]). <br> | |||
The [http://lineage.gradeless.com/1812PensionApplications.htm War of 1812 Pension Application Index] groups pensioners by surname, not by state in which they enlisted, and links them to the digital image of their pension card at [http://archive.org/details/indextowarof0001unit Internet Archives]. (Free). Pension cards, which exist for soldiers from all states involved in the war, may contain name of soldier and spouse, military unit, enlistment and discharge dates, bounty land warrant number, residency of soldier and widow, marriage date and place, and death of soldier and widow. Federal troops are not included. Currently being indexed by name. (Accessed 10 June 2012). | The [http://lineage.gradeless.com/1812PensionApplications.htm War of 1812 Pension Application Index] groups pensioners by surname, not by state in which they enlisted, and links them to the digital image of their pension card at [http://archive.org/details/indextowarof0001unit Internet Archives]. (Free). Pension cards, which exist for soldiers from all states involved in the war, may contain name of soldier and spouse, military unit, enlistment and discharge dates, bounty land warrant number, residency of soldier and widow, marriage date and place, and death of soldier and widow. Federal troops are not included. Currently being indexed by name. (Accessed 10 June 2012). | ||