Saturday, March 25, 2017

1840 Census Veteran's Census

This article tells of a secret hidden in the 1840 census.  Click below to go to the link.

https://mykithnkin.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-secret-hiding-on-1840-us-census.html?m=1

Here is a quick summary.  On the back of the 1840 census, they listed veterans.  This would include Revolutionary War veterans.  In addition, if it was a widow receiving the pension, she would be listed.

An additional resource given is a published book with lists according to state.  You can find this at archive.org.  Here is a link to the book.  https://archive.org/details/censusofpensione00usce