The information I have for War of 1812 veterans: Up to 1842 Bounty Land of 160 acres could be obtained in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri for honorable discharge or heirs. Up to 1852 Bounty Land could not be sold or transferred. After 1842 Bounty Land was available in any state or territory where there was public land. In 1855 requirements for Bounty Land were reduced to 14 days service or were in a battle. Pensions were issued for those disabled and heirs of officers killed in action got a pension for five years. Pension law passed in 1871 allowed a pension for those with 60 days service or widows of servicemen if they had married before 1815. Pension law passed in 1878 changed the service requirement to 14 days, were in a battle or had a widow (no time frame for marriage). Scott Baker -----Original Message----- From: Mary in Georgia [mailto:granmary@webtv.net] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 5:07 PM To: WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Pension I have a general question for the list. What was the year a pension was approved for the War of 1812? Can someone point me to a website on good general information like that? Thank you, Mary in Georgia, USA granmary@webtv.net http://community.webtv.net/granmary/family ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== MESSAGE HINT: Delete all the unnecessary material before you reply or resend any message. DELETE:taglines,empty lines,etc. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
Both militia and regulars killed, died of wounds or died of disease were eligible for five year half-pay pensions under the act of 16 April 1816. Not just officers, but enlisted also. The records for these pensions are found in RG 217, Records of the Accounting Officers of the U.S. in several series. They are not a part of the material that is normally described as War of 1812 pensions in the National Archives. C. Craig R. Scott, CGRS Willow Bend Books 65 East Main Street Westminster, MD 21157-5026 www.WillowBendBooks.com WillowBend@WillowBendBooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Baker" <hsbaker@udata.com> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 6:32 AM Subject: RE: Pension > The information I have for War of 1812 veterans: > > Up to 1842 Bounty Land of 160 acres could be obtained in Arkansas, Illinois > and Missouri for honorable discharge or heirs. Up to 1852 Bounty Land could > not be sold or transferred. > > After 1842 Bounty Land was available in any state or territory where there > was public land. > > In 1855 requirements for Bounty Land were reduced to 14 days service or were > in a battle. > > Pensions were issued for those disabled and heirs of officers killed in > action got a pension for five years. > > Pension law passed in 1871 allowed a pension for those with 60 days service > or widows of servicemen if they had married before 1815. > > Pension law passed in 1878 changed the service requirement to 14 days, were > in a battle or had a widow (no time frame for marriage). > > > Scott Baker > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mary in Georgia [mailto:granmary@webtv.net] > Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 5:07 PM > To: WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Pension > > > I have a general question for the list. What was the year a pension was > approved for the War of 1812? Can someone point me to a website on good > general information like that? > > Thank you, > > > Mary in Georgia, USA > granmary@webtv.net > http://community.webtv.net/granmary/family > > > > ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== > MESSAGE HINT: Delete all the unnecessary > material before you reply or resend any > message. DELETE:taglines,empty lines,etc. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ______________________________