Index To War Of 1812 Pension Files

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This revised edition also contains a cross-reference index of 58,126 entries to the wives, widows and other family members as shown in the main index. The wives and widows are indexed under their maiden name when same was available.Many of the entries will contain all or most of the following; name of veteran and any aliases used, maiden name of widow or wife also maiden name of previous wife or wives, name of widow's or wife's previous or subsequent husbands, date and place of marriage, date and place of death of both veteran and widow or wife, application number or if the claim was approved the certificate number is provided for both the veteran and widow when applicable, application numbers are also given for applications for pension based on service in other wars and conflicts when same was shown in the records which was really quite often, Bounty Land Warrant numbers are given for applicants who applied for Bounty Land but did not apply for a pension and whose records were interfiled with the War of 1812 pension applications, name of unit or units served in, counties and states of residence of both the veteran and widow also sometimes the name of the city will be given. A few claims were filed from foreign countries and the name of the country is provided as shown in the War of 1812 Pension Application Files. There is also other miscellaneous information provided as shown in the microfilm records.Some of the entries give the rank of the veteran during his military service, some give the name of a person hiring another as a substitute for his military service. There are cross-references to files in other series as well as cross- references for entries under more than one spelling. The surnames are in BOLD CAPITALIZED PRINT. This is really a beautiful set of books. There is a tremendous amount of genealogical data supplied in this index. Every library' as well as all historical and genealogical societies should have a copy of these books.