Hi W'tons, Thanks to Bill King, our list's best friend, and to Southern
Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements:
http://southerncampaign.org/pen/index.htm
"We would like to post your transcriptions of Southern Campaign pension
applications here. Why? So that we can create a searchable library which,
with the passage of time and the posting of many more applications, will
become an invaluable asset for researchers interested in history or
genealogy. Please submit your transcriptions in MS Word, OpenOffice or other
text rich file (RTF) format or as a PDF file and we will post it here free
of charge. Submit your transcriptions by email to: revwarapps(a)bellsouth.net.
"
"Click here for formatting suggestions for the transcriptions you wish to
submit. Corrections are welcomed: Please submit corrections to the same
email address. We have decided to limit postings to only pension
applications filed either by participants in the Southern Campaign or to
claimants who resided in Virginia, the Carolinas or Georgia at the time they
entered any term of service regardless of where they served. "
"John Abbott S32089 . . . . . Daniel Witherington S7932 Joseph
Witherington S1938 Solomon Witherington S7936 William Witherington
S7953" [See more below]
"SCAR SEARCH NUMERICAL INDEX SEARCH TIPS WORD LIST
SUBMISSIONS LEGISLATION "
Barry
Barry Wetherington
PS: Thomas Carothers S35809, John Caruthers S32163, William Easterling
(Esterling) R14028 Cornelius Whittington S7892 Grief Whittington S7883
Jarratt (Jared) Whittington R11491 Nathaniel Whittington S9527
Richard Whittington W535 , Thomas Parrott S21918
http://southerncampaign.org/pen/index.htm
"
Searchable Pension File Library Now On-Line
As part of our mission of sharing information about the Revolution,
Southern Campaign of the American Revolution (SCAR) has added this link on
its website for the posting of transcriptions of pension applications filed
by Revolutionary War veterans, their widows and descendants. Everyone is
invited to submit their transcriptions of pension applications for posting
on the website. Will Graves is the librarian. No attempt will be made to
edit the submissions. Consequently, please review and edit your submissions
as thoroughly as possible: they will only be as useful as they are accurate.
To assure that the transcriptions are as useful as possible, the following
guidelines for submissions are suggested:
Correct the spelling of proper names of people and places to reflect the
modern spelling. This should be done by inserting the modern spelling in
parentheses or brackets after the name as spelled in the original. For
example: ".Col. Thomas Brannon (sic, Brandon) commanded the regiment." It is
important, however, to preserve the original spelling in order not to
compromise the authenticity of the transcription of the original and as a
safeguard against misinterpretation by the transcriber.
Indicate whether punctuation, grammar and/or spelling have been modified
from the pension application originally filed with the War Department.
Begin each submission as follows: "Pension Application of [insert the
name of the soldier using first name, middle name or initial, if any, and
last name]: [insert the applicable National Pension Claim number]:
transcribed [and annotated, if applicable] by [insert the name of the
transcriber]."
In the event of submission of more than one transcription of an application,
the submission judged to be the most complete and accurate will be posted
and substitution of more accurate or complete transcriptions of already
posted applications will be made when deemed appropriate.
Each transcription should be in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, a "text rich"
format or Adobe PDF format and submitted to Will Graves by email at
revwarapps with the words "Pension Application" in the subject line.
All submissions will be converted to Adobe PDF format prior to posting.
All pension application transcriptions are welcomed regardless of whether
or not the pensioner claimed service in the Southern Campaigns. Annotated
transcriptions are particularly welcomed. Help make these valuable sources
of eyewitness accounts more freely available on the Web."
http://southerncampaign.org/pen/submissions.htm