For anyone who has not attempted to find a Rev. War pension application or know of their existence, they are a terrific source of info. I had looked for years to extend my Colby family line with nothing but dead ends. I located a reference in an unrelated county history that got me closer. It mentioned Rev. War service. I checked an index at a state library and he had a pension application on file. He had been denied once or twice, so info had to be resubmitted. I copied each microfilm page and later transcribed it. It had his signature from 1818. He was only 16 when enlisting in 1776. It documented his entire household value in a single column. Great reading. Named his wife, children at home, including a daughter with children that had been abandoned by her spouse. This helped me extend my line to the immigrant ancestor b. 1605. Sue Gurk from MI