United States, Mexican War Pension Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
The collection consists of a card index to Mexican War pension files located at the National Archives for service between 1846 and 1848. The records are a part of RG 15 Records of the Veterans Administration and is NARA microfilm publication T317.

Record Content
The key genealogical facts found in the pension files may include the following information:

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 * Name of Soldier
 * Name of spouse (sometimes)
 * Rank
 * Date enlisted and discharged
 * Additional Services
 * Date of Filing
 * Class
 * Application Number
 * Certificate Number
 * File Number
 * Filing date

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 * “Delaware Marriage Records,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 4 March 2011), entry for William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, married 23 November 1913; citing marriage certificate no. 859; FHL microfilm 2,025,063; Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.


 * “El Salvador Civil Registration,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 21 March 2011), entry for Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, born 9 April 1880; citing La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal de San Salvador.

Citation for This Collection
The following citation refers to the original source of the data and images published on FamilySearch.org Historical Records. It may include the author, custodian, publisher, and archive for the original records.

"United States, Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926." FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org). NARA T317, Record Group 15. National Archives and Records Center, Washington D.C. FLH microfilm, 14 reels. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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