Recent Memorial Page Contributions by hlg1776, 21-40

• Updated a story to Clues to Vital Data on African American Revolutionary War Veteran Frank Andrew Page.

  Story: Affidavit from Pension S21207 & Death Notice from the Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics

  31 Jul 2008

• Added an image to Extract of 18th Century African American Marriage Record Page.

  Image: Page 4

  31 Jul 2008

• Updated a story to Extract of 18th Century African American Marriage Record Page.

  Story: Extract of Marriage between Prince, servant of Jonathan Sayward & Dinah, servant of Mr. Rose, both of York County, Massachachusetts (now Maine)

  31 Jul 2008

• Updated Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Report Of Paul Ram Lee's Death Fold3 Topic Page.

  Accounts of fallen comrades occasionally surface in pension affidavits. While not always detailed, they sometimes provide the only proof of service and subsequent death of …

  07 Jul 2008

• Updated Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Slave Births (Prob. King & Queen County, VA) Fold3 Topic Page.

  Pension files contain many records of genealogical value. While a majority of the records relate to a pensioner’s family, some of these records provide genealogical…

  06 Jul 2008

• Added an image to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Report of Paul Ram Lee's Death Page.

  Image: Page 27

  06 Jul 2008

• Updated a story to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Report of Paul Ram Lee's Death Page.

  Story: Affidavit of pensioner Jim Capers (pension R1669) of the 4th SC Regiment

  06 Jul 2008

• Updated Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Marriage Record Copy - Challenge For African American Widow Fold3 Topic Page.

  Spouses of veterans had to prove that they were legally married in order to obtain benefits. In some cases, written proof was lacking due to poor record-keeping practices of…

  28 Jun 2008

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

  When widows of veterans applied for pensions, they had to present proof of marriage. Although it is common to see copies of marriage records in the applications of white…

  28 Jun 2008

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

  Image: Page 9

  27 Jun 2008

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

  Story: Marriage Record, Primus Jacobs & Dinah Smith in pension W21446

  27 Jun 2008

• Added an image to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Marriage Record Copy - Challenge for African American Widow Page.

  Image: Page 27

  27 Jun 2008

• Updated a story to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Marriage Record Copy - Challenge for African American Widow Page.

  Story: Nathaniel Sherburne to J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions

  27 Jun 2008

• Added an image to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Slave Births (prob. King & Queen County, VA) Page.

  Image: Page 4 John Newcomb Bible

  27 Jun 2008

• Added an image to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Slave Births (prob. King & Queen County, VA) Page.

  Image: Page 3 John Newcomb Family Bible

  27 Jun 2008

• Added an image to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Slave Births (prob. King & Queen County, VA) Page.

  Image: Page 2 John Newcomb Family Bible

  27 Jun 2008

• Added an image to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Slave Births (prob. King & Queen County, VA) Page.

  Image: Page 1 John Newcomb Family Bible

  27 Jun 2008

• Updated a story to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Slave Births (prob. King & Queen County, VA) Page.

  Story: Births of Slave Children Owned by John Newcomb's Family

  27 Jun 2008

• Updated Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Free Negro Registration References Fold3 Topic Page.

  Affidavits often include minor details about veterans that can lead researchers to non-traditional documentary sources.

  26 Jun 2008

• Added an image to Mining Revolutionary War Pensions: Free Negro Registration References Page.

  Image: Page 4

  25 Jun 2008