Did your Revolutionary War Harris family migrate to Kentucky? Some Harrises who served in North Carolina, in Pennsylvania, and in Virginia (of course) appear on this list: _http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/state/military/kypen.txt_ (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/state/military/kypen.txt) If you wish to read the pension records for any of these persons, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City has almost 3,000 reels of film (from National Archives) of these very interesting pension records. Of course, the branches of National Archives have these also, I am sure. To find the proper reel, I believe you have to do an Author search in the online catalog at _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) Type in United States Veterans Administration go down the list until you see Revolutionary War [etc] You want the films which are numbered M 804 The ones numbered M 805 are not as detailed. There may be more films than you want to know about--but keep looking. You do not want to order the WRONG film to your local Family History Center. Remember, many widows (second or third wives in many cases) filed, and those files are especially full of interesting genealogical info. Nearly always you will learn the veterans age and his birthplace (which may be wrong, but it may be better information than you now have. One veteran said he was born in Fauquier Co., VA, but that county was not in existence at the time he was born-- so it must have been the parent county.) Send this info to other lists to which you subscribe. Get the word out!!! E.W.Wallace

Having an ancestor's Revolutionary War pension record is great. In general, though, you're not going to find such a record unless the ancestor or his widow lived long enough to file for a pension. (I'm fortunate to have the records of three great-great-great-great-grandfathers who settled in KY - Richard Oldham, Henry Wigginton, and Henry Foster.) Before you order a microfilm, there is a superb resource worth consulting, if you can find a copy in a nearby library. It's Virgil D. White's GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION FILES (The National Historical Publishing Company, Waynesboro, Tennessee, 1992). I moved recently, and don't currently have access to the work. If you can find it, you'll see that it gives an excellent summary of the genealogically relevant information in the pension files. This can guide you as you decide whether or not to order a particular microfilm. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 1:08 PM Subject: Revolutionary War Veteran in Kentucky > Did your Revolutionary War Harris family migrate to Kentucky? Some > Harrises > who served in North Carolina, in Pennsylvania, and in Virginia (of > course) > appear on this list: > > _http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/state/military/kypen.txt_ > (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/state/military/kypen.txt) > > If you wish to read the pension records for any of these persons, the > Family > History Library in Salt Lake City has almost 3,000 reels of film (from > National Archives) of these very interesting pension records. Of course, > the > branches of National Archives have these also, I am sure. > > To find the proper reel, I believe you have to do an Author search in the > online catalog at _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) > Type in United States Veterans Administration go down the list until > you > see Revolutionary War [etc] You want the films which are numbered M 804 > The > ones numbered M 805 are not as detailed. > > There may be more films than you want to know about--but keep looking. > You > do not want to order the WRONG film to your local Family History Center. > Remember, many widows (second or third wives in many cases) filed, and > those > files are especially full of interesting genealogical info. Nearly > always you > will learn the veterans age and his birthplace (which may be wrong, but > it may > be better information than you now have. One veteran said he was born in > Fauquier Co., VA, but that county was not in existence at the time he was > born-- > so it must have been the parent county.) > > Send this info to other lists to which you subscribe. Get the word > out!!! > > E.W.Wallace > > > ______________________________