In a message dated 1/23/2009 8:29:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I see these are Southern pension applications. would anyone know if there is a database such as this, online, for Northern Rev. War pensions? We have already checked the actual ones at NARA, however the 'rejected' ones interest me! I do not know of any systematic effort to transcribe all the pension applications of Revolutionary soldiers who served from or only in the North. However, quite a few northern soldiers served in the South, and eventually I hope they will be included on southerncampaign.org/pen. A few transcribed pension applications of northern soldiers are scattered online and can be found by googling. In addition, _www.footnote.com_ (http://www.footnote.com) has an excellent search engine that allows one to find specific names of soldiers of the Revolution, as well as of other wars and periods. _www.footnote.com_ (http://www.footnote.com) is also the only site I know of that includes the entire pension file. HeritageQuest and even the NARA microfilms often omit important military and genealogical information. By the way, I seldom see any significant difference between the accepted applications (file number preceded by S or W) and the rejected ones (prefix R). The most common reason for rejection was that evidence of at least six-month's service was not satisfactory to the pension office, or the widow or heir who applied could not adequately describe the soldier's service. Leon Harris **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)