Service Records of Volunteers, 1784-1811

The compiled service records consist of a jacket-envelope for each soldier with card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original muster rolls, payrolls, receipt rolls, returns, and lists. Unit information precedes the records of the soldiers within each unit. The unit cards typically include information on when, where, and under whom the unit operated.

Example Records

Source Information

Publication Title

Service Records of Volunteers, 1784-1811

Total Records

Records: 20,818 · Complete: 99%

Content Source

The National Archives

Publication Number:

M905

Record Group:

94

Published on Fold3

January 12, 2012

Last Updated

June 22, 2015

Description

NARA M905. Compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served between the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.