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 Richard Aston. Richard Aston was a sergeant in the War of 1812. He enlisted in what is now Floyd County, Indiana, and served from August 16, 1812, to September 24, 1812, and from December 5, 1812, to January 12, 1813. He reportedly died on August 16, 1850. Richard reportedly married Mary Carson in what is now Clark County, Indiana, on February 26, 1807. In March 1871, Mary (Carson) Aston applied for a widow's pension. At that time she was residing in New Albany, Floyd County, and was 85 years old. In May 1872, her application was rejected on "the informality of the application. Claimant not having subscribed an oath to support the constitution of the United States as required by the Act."