Two years ago, the Tennessee State Library and Archives launched a program that provides helpful information for family history researchers. The staff is analyzing more than 2,000 Revolutionary War ...

How many times did David Beach apply for his Revolutionary War pension? How much did Joseph Smead of Massachusetts receive for his? Did Ephraim Blackmer ever get the land warrant he applied for after ...

Mary Linville spent 36 years in nursing, but her passion has always been history. Now retired, she’s begun digging into Revolutionary War pension files, where she uncovered the story of her fourth ...

Robert Brown, born about 1755, in Massachusetts, served as a private in the Massachusetts Line and received a pension under the 1818 Pension Act. His pension was approved for $93 ...

Tunis Cole was obviously proud of his service in the war and his role in the fight for American freedom. And the Revolutionary War veteran hoped that he could have some measure of financial security ...

UNDATED (CNN Newsource/CNN/WKRC) - Volunteers have been working with the National Archives to transcribe pension files from the Revolutionary War, discovering new insights into the lives and stories ...

How many Revolutionary War veterans would you think are buried in Cape Girardeau County? I was very incorrect when I thought the entire bunch would fit neatly into a pamphlet, biographical information ...

In today's society, retirement programs are anticipated and expected. Petitioners for pensions of the American Revolution, however, had to lobby Congress to get pension laws created and then had to ...