PS. There are nearly 400,000 men from Illinois who served. Marty Crull -----Original Message----- From: Debbi Geer [mailto:dgirth@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:36 PM To: ILJERSEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILJERSEY] war between the states There probably aren't lists of those who "paid someone else to take their place" any war. This even took place in the Rev War. The bad thing about it is that the person whose name was used could get apply for the pension and usually got it. The person who did the actual service couldn't get any pension because there was no record of their service since they didn't use their own name. Debbi Geer __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ==== ILJERSEY Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx