United States, Claim Agency, Records, ca. 1862-1879, 1890 A&M 1456

United States, Claim Agency, Records, ca. 1862-1879, 1890 A&M 1456


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1456
Title
United States, Claim Agency, Records ca. 1862-1879, 1890
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198320
Quantity
2.25 Linear Feet, 2 ft. 3 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (9 ledgers, 1 ft. 4 1/2 in.); (loose papers, 1/2 in.)
Creator
United States. Claim Agency
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Records of a pension, bounty land, and bounty money agency in Orange, Massachusetts, operated by Damon E. Cheney, include the War of 1812 military service rosters of the Delaware, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia militias; record of the Georgia and Florida militias in the Second Seminole War, 1835-1843; and an "Index to Militia in the Florida War; and the New York Militia, Northern Frontier Disturbance, 1837-8." Other records include applications for bounty lands under the Act of 3 March 1855, and applications for invalid pensions under the Act of 14 July 1862.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], United States, Claim Agency, Records, A&M 1456, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Cheney, Damon E.
  • Delaware. Militia
  • Florida. State Troops
  • Georgia. Militia
  • Land.
  • Maryland. Militia
  • Militia
  • Militia - New York.
  • Militia - Ohio.
  • Militia - Virginia.
  • Pennsylvania. Militia
  • Seminole War.
  • United States - Claim Agency.
  • United States -- History -- War of 1812

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • United States -- History -- War of 1812