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British colonies in North America have provided pensions for soldier's years prior to the Revolutionary War for more than a century. [1] It wasn't until the war broke out that the United States government provided three types of pensions for soldiers during the war: A disability pension was granted to a soldier who was injured in the line of duty, a service pension was granted to any veteran ...
The 1832 Pension Act, formally titled "An Act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.", 4 Stat. 529 (1832) was passed June 7, 1832 by the 22nd United States Congress as a final supplementary pension act for Revolutionary War veterans.
Those records range from Revolutionary War pension records to the field notes of Charles Mason of the Mason-Dixon Line to immigration documents from the 1890s to Japanese evacuation records to the ...
In 1867, the committee assumed the role of administering to pension issues related to the War of 1812 to reduce the workload of the Committee on Invalid Pensions. The committee on Revolutionary Pensions was subsequently dissolved in 1880 following the creation of the Committee on Pensions. [1]
The first government pensions in American history were awarded to naval officers in 1799. Naval pensions were administered by a commission composed of the secretary of war, secretary of the Navy, and secretary of the Army from 1799 to 1832. The commission dissolved in 1832, and the Secretary of the Navy administered the pension plan alone until ...
In 1789, the federal government started paying for some pensions as well. [2] In 1818, the federal government under President James Madison passed a large pension bill for veterans of the Revolutionary War at his urging. The bill didn't require applicants to provide evidence of poverty or disability to be granted benefits, unlike previous programs.
Esther Sumner Damon (August 1, 1814 [1] – November 11, 1906) was cited as the last widow of the American Revolutionary War to receive a state pension. Esther was born in Bridgewater, Vermont. [2] The family had eight or nine children. [1] Esther's father was killed by a falling tree when she was eight years old.
Historical Documents (1789-1980): Military records, casualty lists, Revolutionary and Civil War pension requests, widow's claims, orphan petitions and land grants are in this collection. Also included is the U.S. Congressional Serial Set – 13,800 volumes of reports, documents, and journals from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives ...