United States, Indexes to Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During Indian Wars and Disturbance - FamilySearch Historical Records

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What Is in the Collection?
This collection includes National Archive film indexes to compiled military service records for volunteer soldiers who served during the Indian Wars and Disturbances from 1815-1858. It includes individual states indexes for Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, and Tennessee for the Cherokee Removal, Creek War, Florida War, Patriot War, and the War of 1837-1838. These indexes are part of RG 94 Records of the Adjutant General's Office.

What Can This Collection Tell Me?
These records may contain the following information:
 * Soldier’s name
 * Soldier’s rank and unit
 * Name of the war or disturbance

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search you will need to know:
 * The name of the soldier.
 * The unit of service.
 * The rank of the soldier.

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s service record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the information in the index to obtain a copy of the soldier's full military record from the National Archives.
 * Use the soldier's name and location of the military unit to find the soldier’s family in census, church, and land records.
 * Continue to search the index and records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have served in the same unit or a nearby unit.

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names.
 * Look for another index. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records.
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby counties.
 * Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor.

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Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Don Rickey, Forty miles a day on beans and hay : the enlisted soldier fighting the Indian Wars Norman, Oklahoma : University of Oklahoma Press, c1963 FHL 973 M2ri
 * George W. Webb, Chronological List of Engagements between the Regular Army of the United States and various tribes of hostile Indians which occurred during the years 1790 to 1898, inclusive Reprint. Originally published: St. Joseph, Mo. : Wing Print. and Pub. Co., 1939;New York, New York : AMS Press, 1976
 * Office Memoranda, Adjutant General's Office, Chronological list of actions, &c., with Indians from January 1, 1866 to January, 1891Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office (United States), 1891 FHL 973 M2cLo
 * Indian Battles and Skirmishes on the American Frontier,1790-1898
 * John D. McDermott, A guide to the Indian Wars of the West Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, c1998 FHL 970.1 M143g
 * Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during Indian wars and disturbances, 1815-1858. NARA M629
 * Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served from 1784 to 1811, M694
 * Index to compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served from the state of Michigan during the patriot war, 1838-1839, NARA pub, M630
 * Compiled military service records of Michigan and Illinois volunteers who served during the Winnebago Indian disturbances, 1827

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926
 * Utah Applications Indian War Service Medals, 1905-1912
 * Utah, Indian War Service Affidavits, 1909-1917

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Edward S. Ellis, The Indian wars of the United States : from the first settlement at Jamestown, in 1607, to the close of the great uprising of 1890-91 : with numerous illustrative incidents New York, New York : Cassell Pub. Co, ©1892

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Estados Unidos, Índices de Registros de Serviço de Soldados Voluntários que Serviram Durante Guerras e Perturbações Indígenas (Registros Históricos do FamilySearch)