Revolutionary War Records

1775 - 1783

• Digital Documents at FootNote

  • Revolutionary War Pensions - $
    This collection of records includes digital images of the entire pension file for soldiers and sailors who served during the Revolutionary War. These records reveal more details about the veteran's history and service unlike selected service records chosen for genealogical content. They also contain more specific information about a soldier's family, state of health, and life after the war.

  • Revolutionary War Service Records $
    Found here are digital images of the compiled service records for the regular soldiers of the Continental Army, and also for the militia, volunteers and other who served alongside them. The records contained here are arranged under the designation "Continental Troops" by state name, then organization, and then alphabetically by the soldier's surname. Records consist of card abstracts of entries relating to a soldier from original records. Also found here are regimental lists including muster rolls, pay lists, and caption cards.

  • Revolutionary War Rolls $
    These digital image rolls should be browsed by state and then name of the organization (regiment, battalion, guard, company, etc. Here you will find names of soldiers with the help of annotations supplied by other users and you will be able to add your own. 138 rolls of microfilm contain thousands of records and provide the names and details of the men who fought for independence.

• Pensions and Pension Applications

  • By State

• Books, CD's and Videos

  • Ancestry.com

    • Military Records: Revolutionary War Muster Rolls CD (Windows)

• Databases at Ancestry

  • Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots $

  • Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) $

  • Land Grants to Georgia Revolutionary War Veterans $

  • Muster and Pay Rolls of the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783: Miscellaneous Records $

  • Revolutionary War Courts-Martial $

  • Revolutionary War Heroes $

  • Revolutionary War Officers $

  • Revolutionary War Pension Index $

  • Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions $

  • Revolutionary War Service Records, 1775-83 $

  • Sons of the American Revolution $

• Rosters By State

  • Pennsylvania

    • USGenWeb Pension Archives

      • Schuylkill County Pennsylvania Patriots

• Muster Rolls By State

  • Massachusetts

    • Historical Records of Dukes County, Massachusetts

      • Martha's Vineyard Soldiers and Sailors

  • Pennsylvania

    • Valley Forge National Historic Park

      • Valley Forge Muster Roll Database

      • General Washington's Staff

      • Commander Biographies

    • McManus-McManis-McMannis Families Found on the Frontier of Western Pennsylvania

      • Captain William Harrod's Company

    • American Experience

      • First Battalion Militia, General Muster Roll for June 18, 177

      • Second Battalion Militia, General Muster Roll for May 14, 1778

      • Third Battalion Militia, General Muster Roll for June 18, 1777

      • Sixth Battalion Militia, General Muster Roll for May 14, 1778

      • Second Battalion of Associations

      • Militia raised at Forks Township

      • Captain Thomas Craig's Company

      • Captain Adam Deal's Company

      • Captain Abraham Miller's Company

      • Captain Adam Serfass' Company

      • Captain Henry Shade's Company
      • Captain Johannes Van Etten's Company
  • South Carolina
    • Horry County Historical Society
      • Muster Roll of Capt. Richard B. Roberts' Company, Continental Corps of Artillery

• Loyalists

  • Ancestry.com

    • Loyalists in the American Revolution

    • Loyalists in the American Revolution: Miscellaneous Records

• Maryland

  • Maryland Loyalist Muster Roll (hosted at Maryland Loyalism in the American Revolution)

• New Jersey

  • Loyalist Muster Roll Index (hosted at On the Trail of Our Ancestors)

• North Carolina

  • North Carolina Loyalists (Page maintained by Debi Polen)

    • List of Loyalists

    • Land Confiscated

    • Loyalist Claims

    • Pension Rolls

Alabama

• Pension Applications, Individuals

• Ancestry.com

  • Alabama Revolutionary War Soldiers

• Alabama Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

• Alabama Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Connecticut

• Ancestry.com

  • Connecticut Revolutionary War Military Lists, 1775-83

• Heritage Books

  • Heritage Books Archives: Rolls and Lists of Connecticut Men

• Connecticut State Library

  • Research Guide to Revolutionary War Sources

• The Revolutionary War

  • Connecticut Units in the Revolutionary War

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-B  C-D  E-F  G-H  I-J  K-L  M-N  O-P  Q-R  S-T  U-V  W-X  Y-Z

Delaware

• 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services (hosted at American Local History Network)

• Service Records

  • Slavan, Joseph (hosted at Slavens.net)

Florida

• Territory of Florida, 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services (hosted at American Local History Network)

Georgia

• Pension Applications, Individuals

• Heritage Books

  • Heritage Books Archives: Georgia Volume 1

• USGenWeb Pension Archives

  • Georgia Pension Roll of 1835

  • Revolutionary War Loyalists

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-L  U-Z

Illinois

• Ancestry.com

  • Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services

    • Surnames A-L

    • Surnames M-Z

Indiana

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services

    • A-L  E-H  I-L  M-P  Q-T  U-Z

Kentucky

• Pension Applications, Individuals

• Heritage Books

  • The Calendar and Quartermaster Books of General George Rogers Clark’s Fort Jefferson, Kentucky, 1780

• Revolutionary War Soldiers

  • USGenWeb Pension Archives

    • Adair and Allen Counties

    • Anderson, Barren & Bath Counties

    • Boone, Bourbon & Bracken Counties

    • Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler & Caldwell Counties

    • Caldwell County

    • Calloway, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Casey & Christian Counties

    • Estell & Fayette Counties

    • Franklin, Callatin & Garrard Counties

    • Grant, Graves, Grayson, Green, Greenup & Hancock Counties

    • Hardin, Harlan, Harrison, Hart & Henderson Counties

    • Harlan County

    • Henry, Hickman & Hopkins Counties

    • Hopkins County

    • Jefferson, Jessamine, Kenton, Knox, Laurel & Lawrence Counties

    • Jessamine County

    • Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan & McCracken Counties

    • Madison, Marion, Mason & Meade Counties

    • Montgomery, Monroe & Mercer Counties

    • Nicholas, Nelson, Muhlenberg & Morgan Counties

    • Ohio through Pendleton Counties

    • Perry through Rockcastle Counties

    • Rockcastle County

    • Russell and Scott Counties

    • Shelby through Trigg Counties

    • Trimble through Washington Counties

    • Wayne through Woodford Counties

• Bounty Land Recipients

  • USGenWeb Pension Archives

    • Part 1

    • Part 2

    • Part 3

    • Part 4

    • Conclusion

• War Memorials

  • USGenWeb Pension Archives

    • Robertson County - Battle of Blue Licks Memorial

    • Bourbon County Revolutionary War Memorial

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-C  E-H I-L M-P  Q-T  U-Z

Louisiana

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services

Maine

• Ancestry.com

  • Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Applications, 1835-36

• USGenWeb Pension Archives

  • Abbott Veterans Buried in Maine

  • Bridgton Veteran Burials

  • Cumberland Co. Muster Rolls - 1775

  • Kennebec Veteran Burials

  • Otisfield Veteran Burials

  • The March of Benedict Arnold Through Maine - Part 1

  • The March of Benedict Arnold Through Maine - Part 2

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-D  E-H  I-L  M-P  Q-T  U-Z

Maryland

• Ancestry.com

  • Maryland Revolutionary War Records

  • Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church from Original Sources Vol. I

• Heritage Books

  • Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services

Massachusetts

• Ancestry.com

  • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-D  E-H  I-L  M-P  Q-T  U-Z

Michigan

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services

Mississippi

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services

Missouri

• 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services (hosted at American Local History Network)

New Hampshire

• Heritage Books

  • Heritage Books Archives: New Hampshire Revolutionary War Rolls

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-D  E-H  I-L  M-P  Q-T  U-Z

New Jersey

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-L  M-Z

New York

• Pension Applications, Individuals

• Ancestry.com

  • New York in the Revolution (Book)

  • New York Military in the Revolution

• USGenWeb Pension Archives

  • Albany County 8th Regiment Militia

  • Albany 11th Regiment Militia

  • Albany Associated Exempts

  • Albany Return of Levies McCrea

  • Albany Return of Levies Van Ness

  • Ontario County Revolutionary War Pension Lists

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y-Z

North Carolina

• Pension Applications, Individuals

• Ancestry.com

  • North Carolina Revolutionary War Soldiers

• Heritage Books

  • North Carolina 1780-81: Being a History of the Invasion of the Carolinas by the British Army

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-D  E-H  I-L  M-P  Q-T  U-Z

Ohio

• Pension Applications, Individuals

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-D  E-H  I-L  M-P  Q-T  U-Z

Pennsylvania

• Pension Applications, Individuals

• Pennsylvania State Archives

  • Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File Indexes
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

  • Militia Officers Index Cards, 1775-1800 Indexes
    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-D  E-H  I-L  M-P  Q-T  U-Z

• Ancestry.com

  • Pennsylvania Women in the Revolutionary War

Rhode Island

• Heritage Books

  • General Orders, Rhode Island: December 1776-January 1778

• USGenWeb Pension Archives

  • Cumberland, Providence County, 1777 Military Census

  • North Providence 1777 Military Census

  • Officers Chosen December 10, 1776

  • Officers to command the several Trained Bands, or Companies of Militia , June 1775

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-L   M-Z

South Carolina

• Pension Applications, Individuals

• Women of South Carolina in the Revolution (hosted at

• Prison Ship Forbay , Charles Town Harbour (hosted at South Carolina USGenWeb Project)

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-L   M-Z

• Chester County

  • Soldiers of the Catholic Presbyterian Church (hosted at USGenWeb Pension Archives )

• Marlboro County (hosted at Marlboro County USGenWeb )
  • Revolutionary War Soldiers
  • Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
  • The Swamp Fox

Tennessee

• Pension Applications, Individuals

• Ancestry.com

  • Tennessee Soldiers in the Revolution (Book)

• USGenWeb Pension Archives

  • Tennessee Pension Roll of 1835

  • Fort Womack - 1776

• American Local History Network

• 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services

  • A-D  E-H  I-L  M-P  Q-T  U-Z

• Confederate Pension Applications: Soldiers and Widows (hosted at Tennessee State Library and Archives)

  • By County

  • By Pensioner

• Sullivan County TNGenNet

  • 1835 Pension Roll

Vermont

• 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services (hosted at American Local History Network)

  • A-D  E-H  I-L  M-P  Q-T  U-Z

• Wheelock Soldiers in the Revolutionary War (hosted at Wheelock Family Genealogy)

• Barlow/Burlew in the Revolutionary War (hosted at Barlow Clearinghouse )

Virginia

• Pension Applications, Individuals

• Ancestry.com

  • Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War

  • Virginia Navy in the Revolution

  • Virginia Revolutionary War Records

• Heritage Books

  • Exiles in Virginia: With Observations on the Conduct of the Society of Friends During the Revolution

  • Catalogue Of Revolutionary Soldiers And Sailors Of The Commonwealth Of Virginia

  • The First Virginia Regiment Of Foot, 1775 - 1783

  • A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations in the American Revolution, 1774-1787

  • Buckingham County

    • Revolutionary Patriots of Buckingham County, Virginia

• Library of Virginia

  • Bounty Warrants

  • State Pensions

  • Rejected Claims

  • Public Service Claims

  • Military Land Certificates

• American Local History Network

  • 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services
    A-D  E-H  I-L  M-P  Q-T  U-Z

• WVGenWeb Archives

  • Muster Rolls of Virginia Militia

• USGenWeb Archives

  • Muster Roll Of The First Virginia Regiment

• West Virginia State Archives

  • Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestor

• 1835 Pension list (hosted at Marshall County West Virginia USGenWeb )

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West Virginia

• Pension Applications, Individuals

  • Berkeley County

    • Berkeley County Revolutionary War List

  • Marshal and Ohio County

    • Revolutionary War Patriots

Wisconsin

• American Local History Network

  • Wisconsin Territory 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services

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