United States Census Veterans Schedules

1840 Veterans Schedules
When the 1840 census was taken, the enumerators listed living pensioners of the Revolutionary War or other military service on the back of the population schedules. They listed pensioners' ages and persons with whom they were living.

Indexes to this material include:


 * "A General Index to a Census of Pensioners For Revolutionary or Military Service" (film 0899835; fiche 6046771) (Worldcat) The index lists alphabetically both the veteran and the head of the family with whom the pensioner resided.
 * "United States Census of Pensioners of 1840: Index of Names with Ages to the Original 1841 Government Publication" (WorldCat).

Where to Find the Records
The names are published in "A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census". This book is available from the following:

Online


 * Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1841 (Ancestry) ($)
 * FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Internet Archive
 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services... (U.S. Census Bureau)
 * Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Service, 1840 (New Horizons Genealogy)

Libraries


 * Locate these records at a library using Worldcat.
 * The FamilySearch Library

1890 Veterans Schedules
Along with the 1890 census, separate schedules were made of Union Civil War veterans or their widows. Confederate veterans were mistakenly listed as well. The "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123) (118 microfilm rolls).

Nearly all of the schedules for the states of Alabama through Kansas and those for western half of Kentucky were destroyed prior to microfilming. The schedules for the remaining half of Kentucky and the states of Louisiana through Wyoming are available in this collection.

In addition to the states mentioned above, the following miscellaneous schedules are included on roll 118 of the veterans schedules:


 * California - Alcatraz
 * Connecticut - Fort Trumbull
 * Connecticut - Hartford County Hospital
 * Connecticut - U.S. Naval Station
 * Delaware - Delaware State Hospital for the Insane
 * District of Columbia - Lincoln Post #3
 * Florida - Fort Barrancas
 * Florida - St. Francis Barracks
 * Idaho - Boise Barracks
 * Idaho - Fort Sherman
 * Illinois - Cook County
 * Illinois - Henderson County
 * Indiana - Warrick County
 * Indiana - White County
 * Kansas - Barton County

The records give name, rank, company, regiment or vessel, dates of enlistment and discharge, length of service, residence, disability, and remarks.

See the official NARA pamphlet explaining these records in detail at M123.pdf.

Where to Find the Records
The surviving 1890 Veterans Schedules are available online.

Online


 * 1890 Veterans Schedules (Ancestry) ($)
 * (FamilySearch)

Libraries


 * Locate these records at a library using Worldcat.
 * The FamilySearch Library