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Two particularly helpful sources for West Virginia ancestors who participated in the Revolutionary War are: | Two particularly helpful sources for West Virginia ancestors who participated in the Revolutionary War are: | ||
Johnston, Ross B. ''West Virginians in the American Revolution''. 1959. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977. (Family History Library | Johnston, Ross B. ''West Virginians in the American Revolution''. 1959. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977. (Family History Library {{FHL|49792|title-id|disp=book 975.4 M2j; the 1959 edition is on fiche 6087736}}). This includes sketches of over 1,300 soldiers who lived in West Virginia at some time in their life. | ||
Reddy, Anne Waller. ''West Virginia Revolutionary Ancestors Whose Services were Non-military''. 1930. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1963. (Family History Library | Reddy, Anne Waller. ''West Virginia Revolutionary Ancestors Whose Services were Non-military''. 1930. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1963. (Family History Library {{FHL|49221|title-id|disp=book 975.4 N2r; film 1321057 item 6}}.) This book lists persons in the Revolutionary Public Claims records who gave aid and support, “provisions and other necessaries”, to the revolutionary forces. Most of these patriots do not appear in other Revolutionary War sources. | ||
=== Civil War (1861-1865) === | === Civil War (1861-1865) === | ||
For an excellent discussion of West Virginia's part in the Civil War see Boyd B. Stutler, ''West Virginia in the Civil War.'' Charleston, West Virginia: Educational Foundation, 1963. (Family History Library | For an excellent discussion of West Virginia's part in the Civil War see Boyd B. Stutler, ''West Virginia in the Civil War.'' Charleston, West Virginia: Educational Foundation, 1963. (Family History Library {{FHL|359152|title-id|disp=book 975.4 M2s}}.) | ||
'''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1471019 FamilySearch Record Search]. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included. | '''Civil War Pension Index Cards''' - A free Internet index to pension applications of veterans who served in the US Army between 1861-1917 is available on [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1471019 FamilySearch Record Search]. Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. Other wars, of that time period, may be included. | ||
'''Union.''' Indexes to service and pension records of Union volunteers are available at the Family History Library and the National Archives. The library also has 261 microfilms of the Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of West Virginia. The records are arranged alphabetically by the soldiers' names within each unit. Use the index (Family History Library | '''Union.''' Indexes to service and pension records of Union volunteers are available at the Family History Library and the National Archives. The library also has 261 microfilms of the Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of West Virginia. The records are arranged alphabetically by the soldiers' names within each unit. Use the index (Family History Library {{FHL|484391|title-id|disp=films 881595-607}}) to learn which unit your ancestor served in. The pension records are available only at the National Archives, however the Family History Library has the index on microfilms. | ||
'''Confederate.''' West Virginia did not organize any confederate regiments nor did they grant pensions to confederate veterans. The approximately 9,000 West Virginians who chose to fight for the Confederate States of America generally joined the confederate regiments of Virginia. Virginia's 22nd Infantry was composed almost entirely of soldiers from West Virginia. The 31st and 46th Infantry also had large numbers from West Virginia. Some confederate veterans may have received pensions from Virginia (records, with an index, are on 219 Family History Library films beginning with | '''Confederate.''' West Virginia did not organize any confederate regiments nor did they grant pensions to confederate veterans. The approximately 9,000 West Virginians who chose to fight for the Confederate States of America generally joined the confederate regiments of Virginia. Virginia's 22nd Infantry was composed almost entirely of soldiers from West Virginia. The 31st and 46th Infantry also had large numbers from West Virginia. Some confederate veterans may have received pensions from Virginia (records, with an index, are on 219 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|474918|title-id|disp=1439763}}.) | ||
The Archives and History Library has a list of Confederate soldiers and an alphabetical card index to Confederate graves. | The Archives and History Library has a list of Confederate soldiers and an alphabetical card index to Confederate graves. | ||