1840 United States Census, Revolutionary War Veterans

On the back of the population schedules for the 1840 census, enumerators recorded the living pensioners of the Revolutionary War as well as other military service. The lists also noted an individual’s age and the name of the head of household in which the individual lived.

The lists were subsequently published in A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services; with their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Each result will provide you with a transcript with the following fields:

• First name(s)

• Last name

• Age

• Birth year

• Year

• Head of household’s first name(s)

• Head of household’s last name

• Subdivision

• County

• State

• State as transcribed

• Occasionally, only a first initial was recorded for a first name. If you are having difficulty locating your ancestor, try searching by the first initial of your ancestor’s first name.

• If you can’t locate your ancestor in this collection, try searching for your ancestor in United States, Revolutionary War, Pensions or in US census 1840 on Findmypast. Both are linked to in the Useful links and resources section.