Department of the Auditor General, Records Relating to Military Service, Revolutionary War Pension File, Surnames Davis (Continued)-Hutton, This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Arranged alphabetically by surname of pensioner. Indexed externally, alphabetically by surname of pensioner. Certifications prepared by the Orphans' Court or the State Supreme Court entitling Revolutionary War veterans or their wives to obtain state compensation such as that provided for in the Act of September 22, 1785. Information found varies with each document. While some certifications only list a soldier's name, place of residence, and military unit, others include information on rank, age, date of enlistment and wounds suffered. In those cases where the pension was paid to a veteran's widow it is not unusual to find additional information about the family and the date of the veteran's death. See also the following related series, and the online name index to the Revolutionary War pensioners documented therein: RG-2, Records of the Auditor General (2.53) Military Pension Accounts and Related Papers, (ca. 1789-1883); RG-4, Records of the Comptroller General (4.52) Revolutionary War Pension Files And Related Accounts, 1785-1809; RG-7, Records of the General Assembly (7.11) House File, 1790-1903; RG-28, Records of the Treasury Department (28.82) Revolutionary War Pension List Book, 1834-1838; RG-33, Records of the Supreme Court, (33.98) Revolutionary War Soldiers' Claims and Related Papers, 1786-1789. Disclaimer: The Pennsylvania State Archives provides digital access to a wide variety of historical documents, some of which may be considered offensive by current standards. The Archives does not endorse views expressed in these historical collections, but presents these collections to aid in scholarly research.
