Virginia Military Records: Difference between revisions

Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Virginia's Colonial Soldiers''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1988. (Family History Library book 975.5 M2bl.) This is a comprehensive list compiled from numerous primary and secondary sources. May give the soldier's name, military unit, residence, age, description, and occupation.  

Crozier, William A. ''Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776''. 1905. New York, NY: Genealogical Association, 1905. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982. (Family History Library book 975.5 M2c 1982; 1954 reprint on fiche 6048997.) This includes published rosters of soldiers listed in many sources such as land bounty certificates, militia rosters, or service records.  

Eckenrode, H. J. ''List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia''. 1917. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1974. (Family History Library book 975.5 M2vl 1974; 1917 ed. on fiche 6046993.) This is an alphabetical directory of 6,700 soldiers and transcripts of the original sources of information.  

Taylor, Philip F. ''A Calendar of the Warrants for Land in Kentucky, Granted for Service in the French and Indian War''. 1917. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967. (Family History Library book 976.9 R21t; fiche 6019959.) This contains an alphabetical list of soldiers (mostly from Virginia) who received warrants for bounty land in what is now Kentucky from about 1774 to 1789. The original warrant records are at the Kentucky Land Office (see the Kentucky Research Outline).  

''Virginia Military Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1983. (Family History Library book 975.5 M2vm.) This contains reprints and an index of articles originally printed in periodicals. Most of the articles deal with the colonial and revolutionary periods. May show the soldier's residence, enlistment, unit, pension application, and declaration.