Revolutionary war pension and bounty-land warrant application files

""On the rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced an estimated 80,000 pension and bounty-land-warrant application files based on the participation of American military, naval, and marine officers and enlisted men in the Revolutionary War. Most of the records in the files are dated between 1800 and 1900."--Introd."@en
""Bounty-land warrants--rights to free land in the public domain--were granted under acts of the Continental Congress and of the Federal Government to veterans and to heirs of veterans for Revolutionary War service of specified periods of time. The promise of bounty-land during the Revolutiuonary War was another inducement to enter and remain in service; after the war, bounty-land grants became a form of reward. Most warrants were issued to servicemen or their heirs who met common eligibility standards established by public acts passed by Congress. The records reproduced in this microfilm publication pertain only to bounty-land warrants made available under acts of the U.S. Government."--Introd."@en