I too have found a difference with what you get on HQ for the Revolutionary War soldiers. I know for sure they don't put up every single document that might be available. If you know the unit he belongs to, you need to get the NARA films for the soldiers of that unit. It's been awhile since I've researched revolutionary war stuff, so I forget the film series and that sort of thing, but I'm sure you can find it either by going to the National Archives nearest where you live or checking on line at the NARA website. But, if you have found the person on the HQ, by going to the NARA website you can order copies of the entire file. It's been awhile and I know the fees have jumped considerably much, so you have to weigh your options as to whether it is worth it to you to get the pay and muster stuff and maybe the pension stuff. It is the pension stuff, if it is available that will be of value as it will be the applications and whether or not they received bounty lands or not. Be aware that sometimes all you will ever get from NARA will be pay and muster rolls. Not every soldier who served applied and received bounty land warrants;not every soldier applied for a pension. They served their time and went home and their service was completed. Christie Trapp

At 10:27 PM 12/4/2006, Ruy Cardoso wrote: >Alas, he does not appear to be listed in Heritage >Quest (HQ) under the Revolutionary War pension info, >nor does he appear in the Index to Revolutionary War >Pension Applications published in NGSQ back in 1943. He also does not appear in my copy of the DAR Patriot Index. I do not have Berthold Fernow, "New York in the Revolution" (Albany, NY: 1887) which is cited as a source in the MF6 entry for Thatcher's family. That entry, for Thatcher's father, Jonathan Sr., says that "The DAR has credited Jonathan Hopkins Sr. with Revolutionary War service as a private from New York. Serving in the same company of a Dutchess Co. Regt. were Jonathan, Joseph, Thatcher and Thomas Hopkins." Of all of those family members MF6 cites a pension application only for Jonathan Jr. Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS and MA Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project http://members.cox.net/plymouthcolony/index.shtml