Failing to qualify
Johann Georg Peifer of Pennsylvania submitted these frakturs to prove his age and his marriage to Maria Schaferin, in support of his claim to a pension based upon...
Guarding West Point
This illustrated family record, drawn by William Murray in 1804, records the family of William Potter, a Revolutionary War soldier. Potter, from Upton,...
Henrich Muskenug
This fraktur was filed with Pvt. Henry Moosknug's (Muskenug in German) application for a Revolutionary War pension. A tailor from Maxadonia, Pennsylvania, he served...
Illustrated family record of Abijah Stow
This family register was filed with Fife Maj. Abijah Stow's pension application. He enlisted as a musician in Col. Moses Hazen's regiment in Albany in 1777 and...
James Runnals
Sgt., later Ensign, James Runnals, served six months in 1779 in Col. Mooney’s New Hampshire Militia regiment. James began receiving a pension of $50.34 in 1833 for...
Land grant at age 92
Pvt. Theophilis Swain, who died in 1819, served in the New Hampshire Militia for three months in 1780 defending West Point, New York. His widow, Elizabeth, filed this...
Musician, Singer, and Singing Teacher
Pvt. Francis Adam Drew served 36 months as a fifer in Col. James Reed’s Second New Hampshire Regiment. In civilian life Drew was a musician, singer, and teacher....