Hello Lists, Sharing a new source I've only recently learned about. In addition to the 1840 US Census, there was a separate 1840 pensioner list. To determine how much money to allocate for Military Pensions for soldiers of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, etc., Congress deemed it necessary to have military pensioners specially enumerated in the 1840 census. Enumerators were directed to list the names and ages of each pensioner in a given household, even if those pensioners were NOT the head of the household. The information on military pensioners was published for the Census Department in 1841 by Blair and Rives, a Washington printing company. Although availabe in print form and microfilm since that time, it was not easy to obtain or access, according to Bryon C. Bray who wrote an article in the National Genealogical Society's NewsMagazine, Sept/Oct 2003. The 1840 Census of Pensioners has been indexed and placed on the Web as a searchable database. Be AWARE that any location in what is now Wyoming County, New York, will be under Genesee County, as Wyoming County was not formed until 1841. www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840 Good luck! Patricia Boddy Tharp