In order to qualify for a pension one had to meet a set of criteria, maybe she didn't meet that criteria. If he was killed in the war he may have qualified but if he died after the war of unrelated causes than he probably wouldn't unless it was after 1832. By 1832 most of those who had served and hadn't been killed or maimed and who finally qualified for a pension had already died. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "MJK" <lender@netrox.net> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: [A-REV] REJECTED PENSIONS > One of my ancestor's widow applied for a pension and was denied...even > though her brother ,a pensioner, testified regarding her husband's > service.........a shame, since her husband did indeed serve in PA and > VA...... > now available in this day and age, his records are in the PA archives and I > have a certificate of service from PA for him............I wonder how many > failed to get a pension because of this?? It was a wonder that anyone was > still alive to even offer any proof! > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I've always wondered why people think *everything* somehow has to be on the Internet somewhere! You can find the text of the pension acts of 1789 (1 Stat. 95), 1792 (1 Stat. 243), 1806 (2 Stat. 376), 1818 (3 Stat. 410), 1820 (3 Stat. 569), the two pension acts of 1823 - 3 Stat. 782 and 4 Stat. 269, as well as the one of 1832 (4 Stat. 529), in any large law library. Best regards, Ed -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG