Virginia Military Records: Difference between revisions

*Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. ''Virginia's Colonial Soldiers''. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1988.) {{FHL|47143|item|disp=FS Library book 975.5 M2bL}}. Online at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48434/ Ancestry] ($). 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''. (New York, NY: Genealogical Association, 1905. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982.) {{FHL|72797|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6048997; book 975.5 M2c}} 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.) Online at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48410/ Ancestry] ($). {{FHL|73202|item|disp=FS Library book 975.5 M2vl}} 1974; 1917 ed. on fiche {{FHL|73202|item|disp=6046993}}). Alphabetical directory of 6,700 soldiers and transcripts of the original sources of information.  

*Kegley, Mary B. ''Soldiers of Fincastle County, Virginia, 1774''. (Dublin, Virginia: M. B. Kegley, 1974) {{WorldCat|1325026|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|62113|item|disp=FS Library book 975.5 A1 no. 12}}) The record is arranged by companies and gives name, number of days served, rate, and amount paid. This record includes an index.  

*Neville, John Davenport. ''Bacon's Rebellion. Abstracts of Materials in the Colonial Records Project''. (Richmond, Va., 1976.) {{WorldCat|2624359|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|454985|item|disp=FS Library book 975.5 H23b}}  

*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.) {{FHL|85944|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6019959; book 976.9 R21t}} 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 [[Kentucky Land and Property]]).  

*''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.) {{FHL|306495|item|disp=FS 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.

*Johnston, Hugh Buckner and Ransom McBride. "Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia and Its Sufferers, 1676-1677," ''The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal,'' Vol. 9, No. 1 (Feb. 1983):2-13. {{FHL|41760|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.6 B2s v. 9}}.

*Addington, Luther F. and Emory L. Hamilton. ''Indian Raids and Massacres of Southwest Virginia.'' Kingsport, Tenn.: Cecil L. Durham, [1981?]. {{FHL|488344|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 H2ai}}.

*Hamilton, Emory L., Jeffrey C. Weaver, John C. Mullins, and Betty R. Mullins. ''Indian Forays on the Holston & Clinch.'' Clintwood, Va.: Mullins Printing, 1992. {{FHL|652993|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 H2i}}.

**1915 edition online at [http://archive.org/details/chronborderwarfa00withrich Internet Archive] - free; {{FHL|216614|item|disp=FS Library Film 1033633 Item 2}}.

*Sanchez-Saavedra, E.M. ''A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787''. (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1978.) {{FHL|79781|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 M2s}}.<br>

*Gwathmey, John Hastings. ''Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775-1783''. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Press, 1938. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48423 Ancestry] ($); {{FHL|72802|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 M23g}} This lists approximately 64,000 individuals, including those individuals identified in the earlier publication by Eckenrode (below). Both the Gwathmey and Eckenrode sources must be used, because although they list the same individuals, Gwathmey refers to the Eckenrode index for source information.  

*Eckenrode, H. J. ''List of the Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia''. Richmond, Va.: D. Bottom, 1912. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/listofrevolution00virg Internet Archive]; {{FHL|73127|item|disp=FS Library book 975.5 M23v 1912, film 928145 item 14, fiche 6051268}}; 1913 supplement: {{FHL|73152|item|disp=FS Library film 547176 and fiche 6051262}} This helps identify approximately 35,000 Revolutionary soldiers from Virginia.  

*[[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants#Pension_and_Bounty_Land_Warrant_Applications|Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files]] These files include pension applications from all the states. A published index to these files is ''Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications, Revised'' (Washington, DC: National Genealogical Society, 1976; {{FHL|566624|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 M22ng 1976}}  

*Dorman, John Frederick, comp. ''Virginia 1958-1995 Revolutionary Pension Applications''. 51 volumes. Washington, DC: N.p., 1958-1995. {{FHL|154352|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 M28d}} This abstracts the files of Virginia soldiers who received pensions or bounty land from the federal government. Only partially completed, with surnames A through Ha.  

*White, Virgil D. ''Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension File''s. Four Volumes. Waynesboro, Tenn.: National Historical Publishing, 1990-1992. {{FHL|476517|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 M28g}} Abstracts based on selected records of pension application files. Some entries were from supplements to the complete files. Includes cross references to the Virginia Half Pay Claims and other state pensions or bounty land awards. Volume 4 is an every-name index for the 339,096 entries mentioned in the selected abstracts.  

*''Revolutionary War Pensions and Index (Virginia''). {{FHL|414074|item|disp=FS Library Film 29866}} A published index is Virginia Revolutionary War State Pensions (1980; Reprint, Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1982) {{FHL|85580|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.5 M2v}} This abstracts the information found in the pension files of about 600 soldiers who received pensions from the state.

*{{FHL|48464|item|disp=FS Library Films 1024434-42}} These records relate only to officers from Virginia. They help identify names that might appear in other military records.

Applications for Virginia bounty land warrants are at the Library of Virginia and on microfilm at the Family History Library. The approved application files are in Bounty Warrants, 1779-1860 {{FHL|414179|item|disp=FS Library Films 29821-51}}; index on {{FHL|414179|item|disp=FS Library Film 29850}} for A-Payser and {{FHL|414179|item|disp=FS Library Film 29851}} for Pea-Z). These applications are also indexed by the Eckenrode source above. (Note that although these are titled “warrants” they are actually the papers submitted to receive a warrant.) Rejected applications are in Revolutionary War Rejected Claims and Index of Soldiers from Virginia, 1811-1851 {{FHL|474926|item|disp=FS Library Films 29867-82}}, index on {{FHL|474926|item|disp=FS Library Film 29882}} These manuscripts include certificates, powers of attorney, affidavits, and vouchers.  

If an application was approved, the veteran or his heirs received a certificate that could be exchanged for a warrant. The Library of Virginia and the Family History Library have Virginia Land Office, Military Certificates, A-Z: July 14, 1782-August 5, 1876. These records are in alphabetical order on 38 Family History Library films, {{FHL|723941|item|disp=FS Library films 1889181-218}}. These certificates are also filmed by number on {{FHL|412793|item|disp=FS Library films 29635-7}}. The certificates often give the number of acres, warrant number, and sometimes the solder's heirs—wife, children, grandchildren, brother, etc.  

*[[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants#U.S._Military_District_Bounty_Land_Warrants|Bounty Land Warrants for the U.S. Military District of Ohio]] (for land in the United States Military District of Ohio and the Virginia Military District of Ohio). Two indexes are on {{FHL|267780|item|disp=FS Library film 1025141.}} Applications to the federal government for bounty land are interfiled with the pension application files described above (also see [[Revolutionary War Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants#Pension_and_Bounty_Land_Warrant_Applications|Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files]]). Those who received warrants for bounty land from the federal government could claim land in the Military Districts of Ohio and later in other areas of the public domain.

Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 {{FHL|241747|title-id|disp=FS Library films 272809-17.}} The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky.  

*Brookes-Smith, Joan E. ''Master Index: Virginia Surveys and Grants, 1774-1791''. Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1976. {{FHL|193613|item|disp=FS Library film 1320833 item 6; book 976.9 R22b.}}  

*Jillson, Willard Rouse. ''The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924''. Louisville, Kentucky: Standard Printing, 1925. Online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/274893-the-kentucky-land-grants-a-systematic-index-to-all-of-the-land-grants-recorded-in-the-state-land-office-at-frankfort-kentucky-1782-1924?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. {{FHL|94433|item|disp=FS Library book 976.9 R22ji.}}

Copies of the warrants are found in ''Military Warrants, 1782-1788 ''{{FHL|439115|item|disp=FS Library films 272979-80}}. The original records are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. These are indexed by Willard Rouse Jillson, ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants''. 1926. Louisville, Kentucky : Standard Printing Co. Online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/526299-old-kentucky-entries-and-deeds-a-complete-index-to-all-of-the-earliest-land-entries-military-warrants-deeds-and-wills-of-the-commonwealth-of-kentucky?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. 1978, c1969 reprint at {{FHL|489197|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6051260; book 976.9 R22j.}}

*Clifford Neal Smith, ''Federal Land Series: A Calendar of Archival Materials on the Land Patents Issued by the United States Government''. . . . Chicago, Illinois: American Library Association, 1972. {{FHL|253710|item|disp=FS Library book 973 R23s.}} This book indexes land grants in the Virginia Military District of Ohio and may show survey number, acreage, survey book page numbers, county, or township.

Those who served in the Virginia state or continental line may be listed in Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War {{FHL|484382|item|disp=FS Library films 1485281(first of 1,097)}} and in ''General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers'' {{FHL|484382|item|disp=FS Library films 882841(first of 58)}} This is at the National Archives and the Family History Library. May provide the soldier's or sailor's unit which can help to find pension records but does not give information about other members of the soldier's family.  

*White, Virgil D. ''Index to Revolutionary War Service Records''. Four Volumes. Waynesboro, Tennessee: National Historical Publishing, 1995.{{FHL|745712|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M22wv}}

*Sanchez-Saavedra, E. M. ''A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787''. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1978. {{FHL|79781|item|disp=FS Library book 975.5 M2s}} This book may provide information useful for obtaining pension records.

*''Revolutionary War Public Service Claims Recorded in County Court Booklets''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954. {{FHL|414149|item|disp=FS Library films 029809-12}}; indexes on films {{FHL|414149|item|disp=FS Library films 29813-18.}}

*''Revolutionary War Public Service Claims, Commissioners Books, 1783.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1954. {{FHL|412767|item|disp=FS Library films 029819-20}} The index to both sets of films is on {{FHL|414149|item|disp=FS Library films 029813-18}}. The original records are at the Library of Virginia.

*''Mexican War Index to Pension Files, 1887–1926''. (NARA T317). {{FHL|0537000|item|disp=FS Library films 0537000–13}} Alphabetically arranged and includes the veteran’s name, rank, and unit; names of dependents; date of filing and application; certificate numbers; act filed under; and state from which application was made. Also available at:<br>

*Robarts, William Hugh. ''Mexican War Veterans&nbsp;: A Complete Roster of the Regular and Volunteer Troops in the War Between the United States and Mexico, from 1846-1848…'' Washington, D.C.&nbsp;: Brentano’s, 1887. {{FHL|1854496|item|disp=FS Library book 973 M2rwh}} Digital version available at [http://archive.org/details/mexicanwarvetera00roba Internet Archive].<br>

*United States. Selective Service System. Virginia, ''World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918''. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1987-1988. {{FHL|754900|item|disp=FS Library films 1984203 (first of 85)}} Also available at:

:*Haulsee, W. M., F. G. Howe, and A. C. Dayle, comps. ''Soldiers of the Great War''. Three Volumes. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Association, 1920. {{FHL|285556|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6051244; book 973 M23s}}.) Virginia soldiers are listed in Volume 3. Gives the soldier's name, residence, rank, cause of death, and includes pictures.

*Hemphill, W. Edwin, ed. ''Gold Star Honor Roll of Virginians in the Second World War.'' Charlottesville, Va.: Virginia World War II History Commission, 1947. {{FHL|700157|item|disp=FS Library book 975.5 M2g.}} County-by-county list of the soldier's name, rank, service branch, and nearest surviving relative.