A number of 1812 pension and bounty land applications for veterans of the War of 1812 are available free of charge at www.fold3.com. The information noted below was abstracted by Randi Richardson from the documents available online for William Aston. In 1855, William Aston, age 64 and a resident of Floyd County, Indiana, made application for additional bounty land based upon his participation in the War of 1812. He had previously received 40 acres of land. Aston indicated that enlisted from what is now Clark County, Indiana, and served as a private under Capt. Norris from September 11, 1811, to November 24, 1811. At the time of the application he was married to Amanda (Shields) Aston to whom he was married on July 17, 1854, in New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana. In 1871, while still a resident of Floyd County, Aston applied for a pension.