Navy Survivors' Certificates
Records: 39,387 · Complete: 96%
A typical pension includes the application and original jacket; a brief of the case prepared by the Pension Bureau; a statement of the service record supplied by the Navy Department; affidavits, and other documentary evidence submitted in support of the claim; correspondence from interested persons; and occasionally a certificate of discharge, a death certificate, and papers relating to claims for burial expenses.
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Pension Document for Benjamin Ackard
Approved Pension Application of Jacob Falker
Approved Pension of Cornelius Johnson
Sample
Source Information
"Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Survivors' Certificates), 1861-1910" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/120/navy-survivors-certificates: accessed February 28, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Navy Survivors' Certificates
- Total Records
- 39,387 · Complete: 96%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M1469
- Record Group
- 15
- Published on Fold3
- 11 Jan 2008
- Last Updated
- 27 Feb 2015
- Description
- NARA M1469. These files document the name, age, residence, date and place of birth of Navy veterans submitted between 1861 and 1910.