Final Payment Vouchers Index for Military Pensions, 1818-1864
Records: 66,737 · Complete: 100%
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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Fold3, Final Payment Vouchers Index for Military Pensions, 1818-1864 (/title/654/final-payment-vouchers-index-for-military-pensions-1818-1864 :accessed December 2, 2020), database and images, https://www.fold3.com/title/654/final-payment-vouchers-index-for-military-pensions-1818-1864
- 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.