Final Payment Vouchers Index for Military Pensions, 1818-1864

Pension payment records are not typically found in pension application files. These cards were created as an index for the final payments made to either the veteran or his widow. They provide additional details on where a family may have moved in the early- to mid-19th century, death dates of veterans, widows, or dependent children, and sometimes the maiden name of a widow.

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Source Information

Publication Title

Final Payment Vouchers Index for Military Pensions, 1818-1864

Total Records

Records: 66,737 · Complete: 100%

Content Source

The National Archives

Record Group:

217

Published on Fold3

January 12, 2010

Last Updated

August 23, 2010

Description

These slips serve as an index to final and last payments to over 65,000 veterans of the Revolutionary War and some later wars.