American Revolution

Types of Records which may exist:

• Service Records – include CMSR’s, rosters, muser rolls, payrolls, etc.
• Pension Records
• Bounty Land Records
• Bureal of Land Management’s General Land Office Records
• The 1840 census asked the age of Revolutionary War veterans
• Indexes to headstone applications and grave registrations

CMSR’s (Compiled Military Service Records) are available on Fold3

• Many of these records were destroyed in 1814
• All of the surviving records have been indexed, microfilmed, and digitized

Useful Websites

• Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is one of the best sources to research ancestors who fought in the revolution
  
  • The website contains three ways to search: Ancestor database, member search, and descendents database
  • The Ancestor Search Database contains the name of all known patriots established by DAR members
• Family Search Wiki contains a list of Revolutionary War resources
• Forgotten Patriots: African American and American Indian Patriots in the Revolutionary War
• Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)
  • SAR does not have a patriot index, however, Ancestry has digitized and indexed Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970