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*''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=Virginia+half+pay+and+other+related+Revolutionary+War+pension+application+files%2C+ca.+1778-1875&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Virginia Half Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files]''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M910. (FHL films 1024434–42.) Records include the name; rank; amount of pension; death date; widow and children, if any; pension file number; some dates for wife and children, especially date of death of wife, and so on. Contains 279 pension application files.  
*''[https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=keywords&searchCriteria=Virginia+half+pay+and+other+related+Revolutionary+War+pension+application+files%2C+ca.+1778-1875&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Virginia Half Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files]''. National Archives Microfilm Publication M910. (FHL films 1024434–42.) Records include the name; rank; amount of pension; death date; widow and children, if any; pension file number; some dates for wife and children, especially date of death of wife, and so on. Contains 279 pension application files.  
*''Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files''. (On 2,670 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|306844|item|disp=film 970001}}. 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|413696|item|disp=FHL Book 973 M22ng 1976}}  
*[[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|413696|item|disp=FHL 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=FHL 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.  
*Dorman, John Frederick, comp. ''Virginia 1958-1995 Revolutionary Pension Applications''. 51 volumes. Washington, DC: N.p., 1958-1995. {{FHL|154352|item|disp=FHL 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=FHL 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.  
*White, Virgil D. ''Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension File''s. Four Volumes. Waynesboro, Tenn.: National Historical Publishing, 1990-1992. {{FHL|476517|item|disp=FHL 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.  
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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|title-id|disp=1889181-218}}. These certificates are also filmed by number on Family History Library films {{FHL|412793|title-id|disp=29635-7}}. The certificates often give the number of acres, warrant number, and sometimes the solder's heirs—wife, children, grandchildren, brother, etc.  
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|title-id|disp=1889181-218}}. These certificates are also filmed by number on Family History Library films {{FHL|412793|title-id|disp=29635-7}}. The certificates often give the number of acres, warrant number, and sometimes the solder's heirs—wife, children, grandchildren, brother, etc.  


'''U.S. Revolutionary War Bounty Land Warrants . . . 1788, 1803, 1806''' (for land in the United States Military District of Ohio and the Virginia Military District of Ohio). (Family History Library films {{FHL|267780|title-id|disp=1025142-56}}; two indexes are on film {{FHL|267780|title-id|disp=1025141}}.) Applications to the federal government for bounty land are interfiled with the pension application files described above (see Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files in the “Pension Records” section, above). 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.  
*[[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 film {{FHL|267780|title-id|disp=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.  


'''Bounty Land Grants.''' The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. See [[United States Land and Property]] and [[United States Military Records]] for more information about the process of obtaining a land grant.  
'''Bounty Land Grants.''' The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. See [[United States Land and Property]] and [[United States Military Records]] for more information about the process of obtaining a land grant.  
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