Recent Memorial Page Contributions by hlg1776

• Updated Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Town Marriage Record Data Fold3 Topic Page.

  Pensions often reveal more than data on a pensioner, his service and family. Documents with these files sometimes reveal small yet significant facts that can assist…

  26 Feb 2010

• Added an image to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Town Marriage Record Data Page.

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  26 Feb 2010

• Added a story to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Widow of Two Veterans - Marriage Proofs Page.

  Story: Mary (Bass) Bass (1st) Richardson (2nd)

  23 Feb 2010

• Updated Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Widow Of Two Veterans - Marriage Proofs Fold3 Topic Page.

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  Several of the women applying for widows benefits were widows of more than one man. Many such widows had only one husband who was a war veteran. In rarer instances was it the…

  01 Mar 2011

• Updated a story to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions:African American Marriage Record Search Page.

  Story: Catherine (Spencer) Rhodes' Marriage Proof

  23 Feb 2010

• Updated Mining Revolutionary War Pensions:African American Marriage Record Search Fold3 Topic Page.

  Several pension files contain letters from county clerks regarding searches they conducted for evidence of marriage between Revolutionary War veterans and the women who…

  23 Feb 2010

• Added an image to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions:African American Marriage Record Search Page.

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  22 Feb 2010

• Updated a link to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: A widow forgets her marriage date Page.

  Link: Deposition of Sarah Redman 9 August 1838 Hardy County, Virginia

  22 Feb 2010

• Updated an image to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: A widow forgets her marriage date Page.

  Image: Statement from Sarah Redman's affidavit

  20 Feb 2010

• Updated a story to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: A widow forgets her marriage date Page.

  Story: Sarah Redman, wife of John Redman. Pension #W5691

  20 Feb 2010

• Updated Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: A Widow Forgets Her Marriage Date Fold3 Topic Page.

  Widows applying for benefits under various pension laws were required to provide proof of marriage in order to determine their eligibility for benefits and the rate at which…

  22 Feb 2010

• Updated Mining Revolitionary War Pensions: Discharge Certificate Of Cato Greene, An African American Soldier Fold3 Topic Page.

  A discharge certificate was one form of proof of service accepted by the US Pension Bureau. Cato Greene was fortunate in that unlike many veterans, he held onto his…

  07 Aug 2008

• Added an image to Mining Revolitionary War Pensions: Discharge Certificate of Cato Greene, an African American Soldier Page.

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  06 Aug 2008

• Added a story to Mining Revolitionary War Pensions: Discharge Certificate of Cato Greene, an African American Soldier Page.

  Story: Discharge Certificate of Cato Green signed by General George Washington

  06 Aug 2008

• Updated Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Sources For African American Wealth And Genealogical Data Fold3 Topic Page.

  Veterans applying for benefits under the Pension Law of 1818 had to provide after 1820, a schedule of their property and income. Many schedules also contain genealogical data…

  03 Aug 2008

• Added an image to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Sources for African American Wealth and Genealogical Data Page.

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  01 Aug 2008

• Added a story to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Sources for African American Wealth and Genealogical Data Page.

  Story: Schedule of Property from the pension (S37946) of Ned Freedom of Connecticut

  01 Aug 2008

• Updated Clues To Vital Data On African American Revolutionary War Veteran Frank Andrew Fold3 Topic Page.

  Military records and newspapers may provide hard to locate data on 18th century-born African Americans. Andrew Frank's pension and death notice provided incomplete but key…

  01 Aug 2008

• Updated Extract Of 18th Century African American Marriage Record Fold3 Topic Page.

  Evidence of early marriages between African American servants surface from time to time amongst the pension applications of widows of American Revolutionary war veterans.

  01 Aug 2008

• Added an image to Clues to Vital Data on African American Revolutionary War Veteran Frank Andrew Page.

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  31 Jul 2008