So interesting for me!! Loved it!!Īnother 4th grandfather in his pension file stated how he came to Kentucky with Daniel Boone to help build Fort Boone. History tells about their capture & release from Quebec. Oh my didn’t realize how much they were involved in the War & that Daniel Morgan was uncle to Daniel Boone!! My grandfather stayed with the Morgans. Which I then did research on the Militia. He talked about being captured at Quebec & escaping. Awesome!! Learned he had joined Daniel Morgan’s Virginia Rifle Militia.
Just 6 months ago I found my 4th grandfather’s Revolutionary Pension file. This has made it so much easier in my research. Before I would send away to the National Archives for records. That’s quite a bit of information from one file!įind out what you can discover about your own Revolutionary War ancestors in Fold3’s Revolutionary War Pension Files. Abigail, who was 74 in August 1838, applied for a widow’s pension under the acts of 18 and received $269.33 per year, which was then increased under the 1844 act to $334.33. Jonathan died in Maine on March 21 ( or 15), 1805, at the age of 52, and his wife never remarried. They had 10 children together, 3 of whom predeceased their parents. While serving as a sergeant, ensign, lieutenant, and then captain, we learn from the journal included in his file that he participated in the battles of Hubbardton, Saratoga, White Marsh, Monmouth, and Stony Point before being discharged on 18 March 1780.įrom the file, we also learn that Jonathan and Abigail were married on Janu(or 1784) in Scarborough, Maine, and that Abigail’s maiden name was also Libby, being a “ remote relative” to Jonathan. As we dig deeper into the file, we discover that although Jonathan was living in Scarborough, Maine, he enlisted in the Massachusetts Line in March 1777, with Richard Maybery (or Mayberry) as his company captain and Colonel Francis-and later Colonel Tupper- his regimental commander. Let’s look at an example of one of these application files-that of Jonathan Libby-and see what kinds of things we can learn from it.Īs we skim through the pages, we quickly find that this file contains three separate widow’s pension applications submitted by Jonathan’s widow, Abigail, over the course of about seven years. Because veterans and their widows or heirs often submitted certain documents along with their pension or bounty land applications, within the Revolutionary War Pensions you may also find commissions, discharges, military orders, muster rolls, deeds, wills, receipts, diaries, journals, letters, marriage certificates, and newspaper clippings. In addition to details of a veteran’s military service, these types of applications are a rich source of genealogical information, such as a veteran’s age or date of birth, residence, birthplace, and even information about his wife (or widow) and children. With roughly 80,000 files, this collection (via the National Archives) contains applications for veterans’ pensions, widows’ pensions, and bounty land warrants, organized by state and then by veteran surname. If you have ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War, Fold3’s Revolutionary War Pension Files can be a valuable resource for finding detailed information about them and their families.
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