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State | Title | Content | Link | Availability |
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all | 1776 Regiments Table | links to categories by commander or regiment | Link | Free |
all (naval related) | American Revolution at Sea | records of naval units, vessels, and personnel | Link | Free |
all | RevWar 1775 Chronology | chronology of events during the war | Link | Free |
all (loyalists) | On-line Institue for Advanced Loyalist Studies | information and genealogies of loyalists | Link | Free |
all | AmericanRevolution.org | Revolutionary War culture, media, books, etc. | Link | Free |
all | Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units, 1872, Berg | book with directory of units | Link | $[1] |
MD | Maryland's Warriors of the Revolution | history of the organization of Maryland's military; by Jim Moore (pre-print of an article intended for publication) | Link | Free |
ME | Maine in the Revolutionary War | Who were the Maine soldiers and sailors? Where did they fight? Includes rosters and patriot lists. By Darryl Rowles | Link | Free |
SC | The American Revolution in North Carolina, | searchable lists of soldiers and untis | Link | Free |
NC | The American Revolution in North Carolina, | searchable lists of soldiers and units | Link | Free |
N J | N J in the Revolution, Lists, Pensions | Sources compiled on WikiTree | Link | Free |
N J | 1840 Census: A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services | 1840 Census published and digitized by the Census bureau. | Link | Free |
all | The Official Federal Land Records Site | search to find Bounty Land Grant numbers used to acquire Military Records for a soldier at the National Archives | Link | Free |
all | 1840 Census Pensioner Report to Congress (unofficial) | Tables by State showing pensioner's names, age, and places of residence | Link | Free |
all | Revolutionary War Pension Transcriptions by Will Graves | searchable transcripts of Pensions with images of signatures | Link | Free |
all | Ancestry.com US Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 | Searchable index | Link | $[2] |
VA | Papers of George Washington Digital Edition by Theodore J. Crackel, | browsing of papers with index | Link | Free[3] |
all | National Society, Sons of the American Revolution Database (NSSAR) | searchable Patriot and grave registry | Link | Free |
all | FindAGrave.com | Searchable database of tombstone records compiled by users | Link | Free |
all | WikiPedia.org | Biographies of famous soldiers and battles | Link | Free |
all | Wikitree Space:American Revolution Conflict & Battles | American Revolution conflicts & battles | Link | Free |
all | Wikitree Space:Kitty's Library | Bibliography of Sources, including Revolutionary War | Link | Free |
all | Wikitree Space:Historical Place Names | search for colonial place names used in Wikitree | Link | Free |
VA | Virginia Soldiers of 1776 | google book, search for names of soldiers and genealogical information | Link | Free |
all | National Archives Service Records of the Revolutionary War | searchable catalog | Link | Free |
VT | State of Vermont, Rolls of Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783 | searchable index ? | Link | Free |
NY | New York in the Revolution, 1898, by Roberts, James A. | pdf searchable book | Link | Free |
NY | New York in the Revolution, Vol I 1898, by Roberts, James A. | Archive.org format | Link | Free |
NY | New York in the Revolution, Vol II 1898, by Roberts, James A. | Archive.org format | Link | Free |
NY | New-York Historical Society, N-YHS Digital Collections, Duane family papers, 1665-1916 | Manuscripts, James Duane and Gen. William North | Link | Free |
NY | A history of Schenectady during the revolution, by Hanson, Willis T. (Willis Tracy), 1916 | Archive.org format | Link | Free |
all | Journal of the American Revolution | background information, searchable ? | Link | Free |
all | New Horizons Genealogy | books with military records, Pension Rolls submitted to Congress, burials, deaths | Link | Free |
DE GA MD NC SC VA | Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements and Rosters | searchable transcripts and rosters | Link | Free |
NC | Craven County NC Census Records | table of Census data | Link | Free |
NC | Historical sketches of North Carolina, from 1584 to 1851, by John H Wheeler, pub in 1890? | searchable book, includes many Rev War familities | Link | Free |
NC | Reminiscences and memoirs of North Carolina and eminent North Carolinians, by John H Wheeler | searchable book, includes many Rev War families | Link | Free |
NC | The North Carolina historical and genealogical register | searchable book | Link | Free |
NC | Heads of families at the first census USA 1790 North Carolina | searchable ? tables | Link | Free |
VT | Groton during the revolution, by Samuel Abbot Green, pub ? | searchable book | Link Download | Free |
all | Known Military Dead During the American Revolution, 1775-1783, Clarence Stewart Peterson, 1967 | searchable tables | Link | Free |
CT | 'The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 2009 | searchable book | Link | Free |
all | National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution Database (DAR) | searchable by ancestor name or no, contains public lineage information with birth, death, marriage dates and places | Link | Free |
all | American Revolution genealogy | Search Archive.org | Link click on Genealogy in the left side column | Free |
VA | Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia | Link | Free | |
VA | Captain McCorkle's History of Montgomery County Virginia | searchable history | Link | $ |
VA | Virginia's Colonial Militia, 1651-1776 | Link | Free | |
VA | Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War, McAllister's data | Link | Free | |
VA | Virginia Pension Abstracts of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars | Vol26 | Free | |
NJ | Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War | Link | Free | |
NJ | The Battle of Monmouth - An Oration | Link | Free | |
NJ | The engagement at Freehold (Battle of Monmouth, NJ | Link | Free | |
NJ | The Battle of Monmouth. Letters of Alexander Hamilton and General William Irvine, Describing the Engagement | Link | Free | |
NJ | Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey | book published in 1891 | Link | Free |
KY | Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky | contains roll of the officers of Virginia line who received land bounties | Link | Free |
KY | Historic Families of Kentucky, by THOMAS MARSHALL GREEN | book | Link | Free |
KY | GEORGE ROGERS CLARK AND THE PIONEERS OF KENTUCKY, American Historical Magazine | online magazine | Link | Free |
PA | Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania Vol II | book | Link | Free |
NH | The State of New Hampshire, | Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to May 1777, Embracing the Diaries of Lieut. Jonathan Burton | Link | Free |
MA | Massachusetts Magazine | Link | Free | |
MA | Massachuesetts Revolutiorary Soldiers | books listing soldiers | Link | Free |
all | Rolls of Soldiers | Link | Free | |
all | Rev War Talk | Revolutonary War History | Link | Free |
all | American Revolution American Heritage | Link | Free | |
all | FamilySearch.com | searchable 1790-1940 Census, Rev War pension payments, pay vouchers, pension ledgers, marriage, birth, death, and user supplied records; family genealogies | Link | Free password required |
all | Ancestry.com | searchable 1790-1940 Census, Rev War pension payments, pension ledgers, state rosters, marriage, birth, death, and user supplied records; family genealogies | Link | $ password required[4] |
NC | Wikitree Space:Iredell County, North Carolina Revolutionary Soldiers | list of profiles of soldiers living in Iredell County, North Carolina | Link | Free |
all | The Continental Army by Wright | book | Link | Free |
all | Fold3 Revolutionary War Collection | searchable database of military records of soldiers | Link | $ |
all | Fold 3 Papers of the Continental Congress | searchable database of references to soldiers | Link | free |
NC | Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, 1932, DAR | book with lists | Link | Free |
DE NC | 1835 Pension List | book | NC | Free |
NC | The Loyalists in North Carolina in the Revolution | book | Link | $ |
all | FamilySearch.com Revolutionary War Records | guide with links to on-line sources and books | Link | Free |
all | Located graves of soldiers and patriots of the American revolution 1974-1977 (NSDAR) | book | Link | $[5] |
all | DAR Lineage Book 1908 | Ancestry.com copy of book | Link | $ |
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ALL States
- The Road to Guilford Courthouse, by John Buchanan. Book
- The Revolutionary War in the Southern Backcountry, by James Swisher, Book
- "The Journal of the American Revolution" Free subscription site detailing many items of historical significance during the Revolution. Well researched, New articles all the time. [1]
- Virginia soldiers of 1776 Vol 1 &2
- [https://revwarstudy.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/connecticut-in-the-american-revolution.pdf
- Peter Force, American Archives Series IV (6 Volumes) Series V (3 Volumes).Contains. Creation of units, Orders and Officers commissions. Available on Archive.org Sample:[2]
- Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. Multiple Volumes. Contains Creation of units orders and Officers comissions Available on Archiver.org Sample[3]
- List of Free African Americans in the Revolution
- Chevalier de Pontgibaud (Robert Douglas, ed.) A French Volunteer of the War of Independence (1898) , PDF, [4]
- Muster Roll for Valley Forge - https://valleyforgemusterroll.org/ Provides a search feature.
CONNECTICUT Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and naval Service of the American Revolution]
- "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors" Digital Images of books at Museum of the Revolution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.("Familysearch.org" Digital Images, searchable)
- [Space:WikiTree_Genealogy_Guide:_Founding_Fathers WikiTree Genealogy Guide: Founding Fathers]
- Correspondence and other writings by George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. Over 182,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative Founding Fathers Papers projects.
- Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters FREE https://revwarapps.org
- Fold3 Revolutionary War documents
- Revolutionary War Pensions Free July1-july 15, 2018
- Fold3 Revolutionary War Service Records Free July 1-15, 2018
- Fold 3 Revolutionary War War Rolls Free July 1-15, 2018
- Fold 3 Revolutionary War Payment Vouchers Free July1-15, 2018
- Fold3 Revolutionary War Miscellaneous Records Free July1-15, 2018
- All, HETRINA, Hessian Troops in America, HETRINA is a database of all German soldiers hired by the British crown to serve in the American Revolution, https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/subjects/index/sn/hetrina, Free
- https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=UvwxAQAAMAAJ&rdid=book-UvwxAQAAMAAJ&rdot=1
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17250490/letters_from_gen_greene_about_the/?utm_source=tmih&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tmih-march-2018
- Fold3 Revolutionary War documents
- Revolutionary War Pensions Free July1-july 15, 2018
- Fold3 Revolutionary War Service Records
- Fold 3 Revolutionary War War Rolls Free July 1-15, 2018
- Fold 3 Revolutionary War Payment Vouchers Free July1-15, 2018
- Fold3 Revolutionary War Miscellaneous Records Free July1-15, 2018
- Link
- Located graves of soldiers and patriots of the American revolution 1974-1977 (NSDAR) book
- http://web.archive.org/web/20020208235213/http://members.home.net/teylu/woodlief/eatons.html
- http://www.rafert.org/colonial/Eaton1773.htm
- https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/nc_patriot_military_lieutenants.html
- https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/nc_patriot_military_privates_s.html
- https://smithharper.org/north-carolina-revolutionary-soldiers-sailors-patriots-descendants-vol-1/
- https://www.influencewatch.org/movement/1776-project/
- https://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/patriot_military_sc_privates_s.htm
- http://www.ncgenweb.us/cumberland/civilwardead.pdf
- http://www.ncdar.org/EdentonTeaParty_files/html/patriots.html
- http://www.huntersofnansemond.info/military/
- Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut and Public Records of the State of Connecticut. Multiple volumes. Contains Unit Creations, Orders and Officers Commissions. Available on Hathitrust.org. Sample [5]
MASSACHUSETTSMassachusetts Soldier and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- The Revolutionary Journal of Col. Jeduthan Baldwin 1775-1778. North Stratford, NH: Ayer Company Publishers, Inc, Reprinted 1995, 2001. LC#73-140853; ISBN 0-405-01223-3. Eyewitness Accountes of the American Revolution, Series III (ISBN for complete set: 0-405-01100-8).
NEW JERSEY
- Official register of the officers and men of New Jersey in the revolutionary war by New Jersey. Adjutant-General's Office; Stryker, William Scudder, 1838-1900
- Revolutionary war index : a compilation of Revolutionary war slips and documented materials from other sources, FamilySearch Catalog with access restricted to FamilySearch Center (formerly Family History Center) or FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Original data: New Jersey State Archives. Dept: Genealogical Society. Rec: Revolutionary War Index.
- Revolutionary war slips, single citations of the New Jersey Department of defense materials, FamilySearch Catalog with access restricted to FamilySearch Center (formerly Family History Center) or FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Original data: New Jersey State Archives. Dept: Genealogical Society. Rec: Revolutionary War Slips.
- Revolutionary war manuscripts, New Jersey numbers 1-10811, FamilySearch Catalog with access restricted to FamilySearch Center (formerly Family History Center) or FamilySearch Affiliate Library. Original data: New Jersey State Archives. Dept: Genealogical Society. Rec: Revolutionary War Manuscripts.
NEW YORK
- New York Revolutionary War Records
- Journal of the Provincial Congress ... of the State of New York. Contains unit Creations, Orders and Officers Commissions. availbable of Archive.org. Sample [6]
OHIO
- Website download-http://ohssar.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Revolutionary-War-Patriots-Buried-in-Ohio-1.pdf
- OHIO, Ohssar.org
- "Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in Ohio", 1244 online pages of Documents, Includes the Roster that was started by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the WPA -State of Ohio, amendments to the docs were done, and notations of amendments can be found at the end of the records. -Edited by Ohio Society of Grave Comittee Chairman, Michael B. Gunn & Vice Chairman, Michael Blum- 2015
NORTH CAROLINA
- NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA table of Revolutionary War Soldiers
SOUTH CAROLINA
- American Revolution South Carolina Loyalists
- WHIG MILITIA COMMANDERS' ENEMIES LISTS OF 1783, Spartanburg District.
- NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA table of Revolutionary War Soldiers
- https://www.ourfamtree.org/soldier/search.php?page=1&
SOUTHERN STATES
- Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774 $ Ancestry.com
- Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774 pdf version
VIRGINIA
- Contact me at thamesbecky"@"gmail.com - I have the complete 3 volume set of Ambercrombie and Slatten's Virginia Publick Claims (claims for supplies and services made during the Revolutionary War, all VA counties).
CANADA
FRANCE
- Nelson, Ralph D., Jr., "French-Source Officers Who Served in U.S. or French Military Units in the U.S. Theater of the Revolutionary War," 2020-07-07
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You might be interested in this resource for Revolutionary War Pension Files that can be accessed for free from the National Archives:
Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, ca. 1800–ca. 1912; viewable online from the NARA Catalog at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/300022.
The project, sticker, project box, etc., are open to all who fought or served in the war regardless of loyalty.
Kitty was involved in the conversations with DAR so her opinion is well informed. Thanks for the advice!!
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has asked that we not link to their proprietary information without prior written approval. This includes:
Please delete all references to this proprietary information from your WikiTree profiles and do not use the former DAR template. Thank you.
Here is one g2g about the situation but I am not certain it is the first one. So if you add a page, please do not use their symbol and read this information on their preferences. Thanks!
The Revolutionary Journal of Col. Jeduthan Baldwin 1775-1778. North Stratford, NH: Ayer Company Publishers, Inc, Reprinted 1995, 2001. LC#73-140853; ISBN 0-405-01223-3. Eyewitness Accountes of the American Revolution, Series III (ISBN for complete set: 0-405-01100-8). Col. Jeduthan Baldwin was my 4X Great Uncle. My 4X Great Grandfather, Pvt. Josiah Baldwin, served as one of Col. Baldwin's Artificers at Fishkill, NY 1778-79).They were selling this journal in paperback at Mt. Independence, Orwell, VT in 2016, so I expect it is still available. Carol Baldwin (Baldwin-3428)
Also a special project in Virginia with DAR assist is, PRESERVATION OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS GRAVESITES. I found this during a google search.