Vermont Revolutionary War Pension Records - 4 Sept to 4 Mch 1827 Incl.

VERMONT REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION RECORDS 4 SEPT TO 4 MCH 1827 INCL

REVOLUTIONARY 4 SEPT 1823 TO 4 MCH 1827 INCL. Total of 58 lined pages of which 44 are filled with revolutionary war participants names. There are about 150 signatures of Vermont Revolutionary War soldiers with several being Green Mountain Boys. About 75 % of the names under the column Name of Pensioners are attorney's signature while the others are actual signatures.

Each page is columned with the following column identifications. Name of Pensioners; Rank; Monthly Allowance in Doll's and Cts; From What Time Paid; To What Time Paid; For What Time Paid in Months and Days; Amt. Paid in Dols - Cts; By Whom Received; Date of Payment; Remarks. Example: Marion Adams; Private; 5; 35 1/3; 4 Sept '23; 4 Mar. 1824; 1; 0; 32;0; Marion Adams.

The Pension book is divided into Sections on Half Pay Pensions; Invalid Pensions September 4, 1824; Half Pay Pensions 4 September 1824; Invalid Pensions 4 March 1827; Half Pay Pensions 4 September 1825 (Burlington); Half Pay Pensions 4 September 1825 (Burlington); Invalid Pensions 4th March 1826 Burlington; Half Pay Pensions 4th March 1826; Burlington Invalid Pension Roll 4 September 1826; Half Pay Pensions 4 Sept. 1826; Invalid Pensions Payable at Burlington 4 March 1827; Half Pay Pensions by Commutation Represented by Guardian.

The first pension law in 1776 granted half-pay for life to soldiers disabled in the service and unable to earn a living. The first pension law based on service was passed in 1818, but was later amended to make eligible only those soldiers unable to earn a living. Fires in 1800 destroyed the earliest Revolutionary War pension applications records. As a result, pension applications papers on file at the National Archives begin after 1800.

The marbled cardboard cover and first page are loose, else tight and overall in vg cond.