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*Pension files for 1775 to 1916 are available at the National Archives in Record Group 15, Records of the Veterans Administration. Only those for the [[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants|Revolutionary War]] have been microfilmed. | *Pension files for 1775 to 1916 are available at the National Archives in Record Group 15, Records of the Veterans Administration. Only those for the [[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants|Revolutionary War]] have been microfilmed. | ||
*Lists of federal and state military pensioners have been published for the years 1792 to 1795, 1813, 1817, 1818, 1820, 1823, 1828, 1831, 1835, 1840, 1849, 1857, 1883, and 1899. Most of these lists are found in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, available at federal repository libraries and major university libraries. See Angela McComas, ''[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/Mid_Continent_Library/Congress_and_My_Family_History/Player.html Congress and My Family History]'' ( | *Lists of federal and state military pensioners have been published for the years 1792 to 1795, 1813, 1817, 1818, 1820, 1823, 1828, 1831, 1835, 1840, 1849, 1857, 1883, and 1899. Most of these lists are found in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, available at federal repository libraries and major university libraries. See Angela McComas, ''[http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/fhd/Community/Mid_Continent_Library/Congress_and_My_Family_History/Player.html Congress and My Family History]'' (12 minute online video) [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/education/frameset_education.asp?PAGE=education_research_series_online.asp%3FActiveTab=2 FamilySearch Research Classes Online, and Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center], 2010. The lists can provide the soldier’s name and his heirs, age, death date, and service information. Some have been reprinted including: | ||
:*''The Pension Roll of 1835''. Four Volumes. 1835. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968, 1992. (FHL 973 M24ua; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=287874&disp=The+Pension+roll+of+1835++ 6046995].) Entries contain name, rank, annual allowance, sum received, description of service, when placed on the pension roll, commencement of pension, age, and so on. Includes many death dates. | :*''The Pension Roll of 1835''. Four Volumes. 1835. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968, 1992. (FHL 973 M24ua; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=287874&disp=The+Pension+roll+of+1835++ 6046995].) Entries contain name, rank, annual allowance, sum received, description of service, when placed on the pension roll, commencement of pension, age, and so on. Includes many death dates. | ||