Wednesday, January 26, 2011

RESEARCHING YOUR REVOLUTIONARY WAR ANCESTOR, PT. IV

The following is a selected bibliography of materials in the SLPL collection of interest to the Revolutionary War ancestor researcher. You can find many other items in our catalog by searching this subject entry:

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Registers.

SLPL Catalog: http://www.slpl.org/

III Pension Records & Disability Payments

29. Clark, Murtie June. The Pension Lists of 1792-1795: with Other Revolutionary War Pension Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991. (Central-HG 973.34)

30. Dorman, John F. Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications, Abstracted. Washington, D.C.: J. F. Dorman, 1958-1980, 35 vols. (Central-HG 975.5)

31. United States. Department of the Interior. Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. (Central-HG, ST 929.373)

32. United States. Pension Bureau. Pensioners of Revolutionary War Struck Off the Roll. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969. (Central-HG 355.151)

33. United States. War Department. Revolutionary Pensioners: a Transcript of the United States for 1813. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1959. (Central-HG 929.373)

34. United States. War Department. Pension Roll of 1835. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. (Central-ST 973.34)

35. White, Virgil D. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files. Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Publishing Co., 1990-1992, 3 vols. (Central-HG 973.74)

Tom Pearson
Special Collections Department
St. Louis Public Library
tpearson@slpl.org
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Friday, January 21, 2011

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PROGRAMS AT SLPL

I am planning to do my program tomorrow morning as scheduled, provided we get only the "dusting" tonight the weather guy mentioned during this morning's newscast. I hope to see two or three of your smiling faces!

Here's the latest list of upcoming programs I'll be doing now through February 2011. All are sponsored or co-sponsored by St. Louis Public Library. All are free and open to the public. Please note that locations vary.

Sat, Jan 22, 10 AM-Noon--Prairie State Patriots: Researching Illinois Civil War Soldiers & Regiments. Join us as Tom Pearson discusses print, microfilm, manuscript, and Internet sources of info on our Illinois soldier ancestors. Buder Branch. Pre-registration recommended but not required. To register or for more information: tpearson@slpl.org.

Fri, Feb 4, 1 PM-2 PM-To Rally With the Hearts of Lions: the Story of the U.S. Colored Troops. Join us as Tom Pearson discusses print, microfilm, manuscript, and Internet sources of info on black Civil War soldiers. Carpenter Branch. Pre-registration recommended but not required. To register or for more information: tpearson@slpl.org.

Fri, Feb 18, 1 PM-2 PM-The Crimes of This Guilty Land: Captain John Brown's Assault on Slavery. Join us as Tom Pearson discusses print, microfilm, manuscript, and Internet sources on John Brown, the man who led a war against pro-slavery men in Kansas, and then led an ill-fated assault on Harper's Ferry in Virginia (now West Virginia). Schlafly Branch. Pre-registration recommended but not required. To register or for more information: tpearson@slpl.org.

Thurs, Feb 24, 7 PM-8 PM-Black Codes and Fugitive Slave Laws. Join us as Tom Pearson discusses the numerous restrictions placed on slaves and free black persons in the antebellum and post-Civil War periods. Buder Branch. Pre-registration recom-mended but not required. To register or for more information: tpearson@slpl.org.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

RESEARCHING YOUR REVOLUTIONARY WAR ANCESTOR, PT. III

The following is a selected bibliography of materials in the SLPL collection of interest to the Revolutionary War ancestor researcher. You can find numerous other items in our catalog by searching the following subject entry:

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Registers.

SLPL Catalog: http://www.slpl.org/

II—Bounty Lands (continued)

21. A List of Officers of the Illinois Regiment, and of Crockett’s Regiment, Who Have Received Land for Their Services: a list of officers of the Illinois Regiment, who have not received lands, for revolutionary services. Anchorage, KY: Borderland Books, 1962. (Central-HG 973.34)

22. Mayo, Robert. Army and Navy Pension Laws, and Bounty Land Laws of the United States Including Sundry Resolutions of Congress from 1776-1852. Washington, D.C.: J. T. Towers, 1852. (Central-ST 355.115)

23. Newman, Harry Wright. Maryland Revolutionary Records; Data Obtained From 3,050 Pensions Claims and Bounty Land Applications, Including 1,000 Marriages of Maryland Soldiers and a List of 1,200 Proved Services of Soldiers and Patriots of Other States. Washington, D. C.: Published by the compiler, 1938. (Central-HG 975.2)

24. Riegel, Mayburt Stephenson. Early Ohioan’s Residences From Land Grant Records. Mansfield, OH: Ohio Genealogical Society, 1976. (Central-ST 977.1)

25. Sapp, Peggy Lathrop. Kaskaskia Land Warrants, Military Certificates, Randolph County, Illinois. Springfield, IL: W. W. Allersand, E. L. Goghanour, 1986. (Central-HG 929.3773 RANDOLPH)

26. Smith, Clifford N. Federal Land Series: a Calendar of Archival Materials on the Land-Patents Issued by the United States Government, with Subject, Tract, and Name Indexes. Chicago: American Library Association, 1972-1982, 4 vols. Vol. 1 covers 1788-1810; vol. 2 covers 1799-1835; vol. 3 covers 1810-1814; vol. 4 covers land grants in the Virginia District of Ohio. Includes name and tract indexes in each volume. (Central-HG 333.16)

27. West Virginia. Auditor’s Office. Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia. Charleston, WVA: State of West Virginia, 1952. (Central-HG, ST 975.4)

28. Wilson, Samuel M. Catalogue of Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors of the Commonwealth of Virginia to Whom Land Bounty Warrants were Granted by Virginia for Military Services in the War for Independence. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967. (Central-HG, ST 973.34)

Tom Pearson
Special Collections Department
St. Louis Public Library
tpearson@slpl.org
We're on the Web at: http://www.slpl.org/