I thought I'd clarify since it wouldn't be clear to me from what others have said -- your guy MIGHT have had an actual pension, but I'd say that most did not. It's the bounty land APPLICATION that gives some details about the service of the soldier. He told what he'd done and under whom he'd served, etc., in order to qualify. Sometimes it's not much, but it's so much better than absolutely nothing. Those bounty-land applications are filed alphabetically. So even though they may not be and are probably not on any list anywhere, they can be searched for a particular soldier. <div>
<br></div><div>Patti<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Joel S. Russell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joelsr@gmail.com">joelsr@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Have you checked Pension and Bounty Land records from the NARA? I've had very good luck with information on War of 1812 Veterans in both of these record sets. I even found on man who received Bounty Land, which led me to his Pension file that had been disallowed because he'd not served enough days. On another his widow applied for a got Bounty Land after the man's death.<br>
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Where would the best place be to find information of a War of 1812 veteran? I have an ancestor that served in the War of 1812, according to a marker on his grave. He is buried in Ohio (d. 1847) and purchased land here in 1817. I have found two Service Records for a man of his name on Ancestry, which may or may not be the same man. One served with the 37 Regiment (Noble's), New York Militia and the other was the 2 Regiment (Fifield's) Vermont Militia. He came from Essex County, NY, so either one of those could possibly fit him. Any suggestions would be most welcome.<br>
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