Military Pension Accounts and Related Papers (PA) circa 1789-1883

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About This Collection

The file consists of various pension books and lists of the names of Pennsylvania veterans who served between 1795 and 1883. Most of the accounts concern pensions granted by special legislative acts and usually provide the pensioners' names and counties of residence, dates on which pension payments were either due or made, the amounts of money paid, and the act governing the allotment. Sometimes the claimants' approximate dates of death are also recorded. Images are arranged alphabetically by surname of pensioner. Indexed externally, alphabetically by surname of pensioner. This collection is part of the Office of the Auditor General which audits the fiscal affairs for the Commonwealth.
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Military Pension Accounts and Related Records (Roll 6951)
Pennsylvania. Department of the Auditor General, Military pensions, Veterans, Special legislation
Department of the Auditor General, Records Relating to Military Service, Military Pension Accounts and Related Records: Pension Court Minutes, May 1812-December 1817. Court established by Act of 31 March 1812 to relieve the distresses of the disabled or infirm and poor Officers and Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line. Indexed; Pension Court Minutes, 1812-1832; Pensions decreed by Orphans' Court per Act of 24 March 1790 and Special Acts of Assembly, 1795-1821. Partial Index; Pension Ledger, Special Acts of Assembly, 1846-1874; and Index to Pension Ledger, 1866-1874.
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