Finding a Revolutionary War Veteran family member?

Question

My family has documented family history very well. I can name back to my grandfathers around the time of the Revolution, who lived in North Carolina.
What I don't know if any served in the Revolution, but I am sure they did.

I would like to join the Sons of American Revolution. I need help.

Where can I really begin looking for this information.

Are their any "roll list" for the veterans?
Is the state geneological library the best place?

I am not looking for an "ancestry.com" answer.

I need actual help.

Answer 1

I agree with the replies from the previous 2 responders to your question.



Start with finding out what genealogical resources for the era of the Revolutionary War are available to you at your local library. The family history/genealogy collection may all be at the headquarters library. Just telephone your local library and ask.



At the library, one (or more) of the librarians can help you with your research. Even tho' you don't want an "Ancestry.com" answer, you do realize that in the US most public libraries (again it may just be at the headquarters branch) subscribe to the US Ancestry.com version and provide access to it at no cost to users at the library, don't you? The databases available through Ancestry.com can prove very helpful in your search. Since most public libraries in the US are funded with local, county, and/or state tax funds, you have already paid for their collections and services. Use what you have paid for, I say. :-)



Through your local public library, there are other paid subscriptions (paid for with library budget funds) that are most helpful to a genealogy researcher. Most of them are accessible from your home computer through the library web site + your valid library card. Talk with a librarian (either in person or via phone) at the reference/information desk for information on what is available and how to obtain a no cost public library card, if you don't already have one. For example: HeritageQuest (thru my public library) has been another source of U.S. census info for me. Also, the Access NewspaperArchive, has been a great resource to me for newspaper articles about family members.



The public libraries where I have worked also have hosted regular meeting/instructional sessions offered by the local genealogical society regarding specific aspects of genealogical research. Ask about those, too, when you talk with a librarian.



In case you haven't seen and read this information (a PDF format publication) from the State of North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources Office of Archives and History, it gives info on the North Carolina Revolutionary War Records they have available:

http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/FindingAids/Circulars/AIC13.pdf



Best wishes in your research.

Answer 2

I know you said not looking for an Ancestry.com answer, but if you want to search online at home where you live now or at a library with a subscription then they do have the following database:

"North Carolina Revolutionary War Veterans" and their source cited is... " Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution. Durham, NC, USA: The North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, 1932."



This may also help you and it is free:

http://www.ncgenweb.us/tyrrell/TYRRELL.HTM



Also the LDS Family Beta Search site has "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications Files" for North Carolina as well as other states.

https://beta.familysearch.org/

Answer 3

There are Revolutionary War records in the National Archives

The North Carolina State Archives also has records to that era.

You might contact the SAR, as someone may have already completed the requirements for membership for your family or someone that is connected to your ancestors.

You should have also contacted the SAR for the application and requirements for membership.

Most historical societies are very specific about that they will accept as evidence for memberships.

Answer 4

The state genealogical library would be a wonderful place to go, if you live close to it. They may have copies of the DAR and/or SAR "Lineage Books". They may have a DAR/SAR index to who served, too.



They may have a copy of a "Biographical and Pictorial History of Tyrell County" - maybe more than one. These were commercial ventures in the 1870 - 1920 era, much like those "Who's Who of American Used Car Dealers" today. If you bought a copy, you were automatically deemed a leading citizen and worthy of inclusion in the book. You got a half page biography. Some counties got three or four versions, by different publishing houses in different years.



The genealogy society in our town charters a bus every year to go to the state genealogical library. If you can go quickly and easily, by all means do so.



Here's a tip, too - if your genealogy program can print custom reports to a text file, run a list of all your direct male ancestors with three lines per person:



Name, birth date and place,

Name, marriage date and place, wife's name

Name, death date and place



Import it into Excel, tweak it to reduce those three places to just county and place, then print two versions, one sorted by name, place and date, one sorted by place, name and date. Use the lists to scan the indexes in the books you find that may have your ancestors.

Answer 5

Sorry for an "ancestry.com" type answer, but your local public library may have access to it, and their databases do include a lot of muster sheets and enrollment records of Rev-War regiments.



I wouldn't bother with a state genealogical library until you know things like whether your ancestors served, and in which regiment(s).



If you need help locating your local library, I can help you with that too, just message me.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

*Locating the Records

The records and microfilm publications described in this article are available at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. Some microfilm publications are available at NARA's regional facilities. Consult the online Microfilm Catalog to find out which facilities may have the microfilm you are looking for.



* Compiled Service Records:

Compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. They will provide you with your ancestor's rank, unit, date mustered in and mustered out, basic biographical information, medical information, and military information.





• Pension Applications and Pension Payment Records:

The National Archives also has pension applications and records of pension payments for veterans, their widows, and other heirs. The pension records in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. are based on service in the armed forces of the United States between 1775 and 1916. Pension application files usually provide the most genealogical information. These files often contain supporting documents such as: narratives of events during service, marriage certificates, birth records, death certificates, pages from family Bibles, family letters, depositions of witnesses, affidavits, discharge papers and other supporting papers.





• Bounty Land:

Bounty land warrant application files relate to claims based on wartime service between 1775 and March 3, 1855. If your ancestor served in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, early Indian Wars, or the Mexican War, a search of these records may be worthwhile. Bounty land records often contain documents similar to those in pension files, with lots of genealogical information. Many of the bounty land application files relating to Revolutionary War and War of 1812 service have been combined with the pension files.

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