Cleon has written that he is transcribing the Rev War pension claims for persons who may have been associated with the Harrises [of colonial and Revolutionary Virginia, I am assuming]. [For those not acquainted with the Harrises of Hanover Co., Louisa Co. and Albemarle Co. and perhaps adjoining counties, this info may be of help to you also.] There were many Rev War pension acts, and the ones which appear in most of the online databases, such as HeritageQuest and Footnote.com, etc. were probably the Act of 1832, after the death of a good many men who participated in the Revolution. I saw a chart one time of ALL the acts, but the 1832 was the most generous and that is when widows could make claims. One book which MAY be in your favorite genealogical library was published years ago and pertains to Rejected Rev War pensions. Look for it. I found one of my ancestors listed in that book, which lists are broken down by States/Colonies. Pensions are a good way to establish whether or not one or many of our ancestors were participants, but those are NOT the only evidences. Sometimes in a court records of a county, you will read that the county is making an allowance for a wife and her children because the man of the house is participating in the war. I don't recall that it was called the Revolution at that time, but then I don't remember everything I read. For Virginia, there are books of what were called Virginia Publick [sic] Claims. Janice Luck Abercrombie and Richard Slatten compiled lists of these claims, and in the past, I have written to the Library of Virginia for photocopies of these accounts in what are called *county bookslets.* Here is the a description of these records, taken from the Family History Library catalog. Do a search in the Family History Library catalog [or your State library, or your local library] for the authors' names and see if you can borrow the book[s] I believe my FH Center had an index compiled by the same authors. As I remember, the books were published by the Iberian Press, of Athens Ga. Iberian is now called New Papyrus and this is the website: _http://genealogyresources.org/_ (http://genealogyresources.org/) . Here is Family History Library catalog's description of the transcript of these booklets: Information extracted from court booklets in the Public Service Claims, Record Group 48, at the Virginia State Library and Archives. During the Revolutionary War supplies were procured from the citizens by purchase, borrowing, impressment or force. After the war citizens submitted claims to local county courts. Reports about these claims compiled and sent to Richmond by the courts and became the court booklets. Hope this helps!!! E.W.Wallace **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)