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Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrants

Civil War Cannon

This article helps you access the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrants for free. Following two simple steps, one to search, and the other to browse the actual microfilms, you can quickly find your ancestors Revolutionary War pension record, or Bounty-Land record and download the images. During 1800-1900 the United States issued more than 80,000 pensions and bounty-land-warrants to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, their spouse, or their children. Was your ancestor one of them?

Chronicling America Historical Newspapers

Winchester Star

Chronicling America is a Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). NDNP, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC), is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages. Supported by NEH, this rich digital resource will be developed and permanently maintained at the Library of Congress. An NEH award program will fund the contribution of content from, eventually, all U.S. states and territories.

Delaware World War 2 Casualties – Army, Air Force

World War 2 Casualties - Army, Airforce

This database contains War Department casualties (Army and Army Air Force personnel) from World War II for Delaware. Information provided includes serial number, rank and type of casualty. The birthplace or residence of the deceased is not indicated. An introduction explaining how the list was compiled, a statistical tabulation, and the descriptions of the types of casualties incurred are also included.

Small Town Newspapers

Winchester Star

Small Town Papers gives you free access to the people, places and events recorded in real time over the decades or even centuries! Browse and search the scanned newspaper archive from 1846 up to the current edition! Their archives contain millions of names of ancestors not found anywhere else. Enhance your Ancestry research with their high resolution scanned newspaper archive. Find distant relatives and discover your ethnic heritage by reading the articles about family and friends written back in the day.

Map of Zwaanendael

Vinckeboons Map of Delaware-Bay

Nautical chart of Zwaanendael (“Swanendael”) and Godyn’s Bay in New Netherland. Zwaanendael was a patroonship founded by Samuel Godyn, a director of the Dutch West India Company, in 1629. Godyn made his land claim to the West India Company under jurisdiction of the Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions. After a short time, the initial 32 inhabitants were murdered by local Indians and Godyn sold his land back to the West India Company. The West India Company kept the names of the local area, including Godyn’s Bay, which eventually became Delaware Bay. The text in Dutch at left side of the … Read more

Delaware Genealogy at Ancestry

Ancestry is the largest provider of genealogy data online. The billions of records they provide have advanced genealogy online beyond imagination just a decade ago. The following is but a small sample of what they provide for Delaware genealogy at Ancestry. While some of these databases are free, many require a subscription. You can try a 14 day free trial and see if you can find any of your Delaware genealogy at Ancestry! Delaware Genealogy Databases – Subscription May be Required Ancestry Free Trial Delaware Statewide Genealogy at Ancestry 1800 census, Delaware A history of the original settlements on the Delaware Allied … Read more

Biography of John H. Townsend

John H. Townsend was born at Smyrna, Costa (now Kent) county, Delaware, March 16, 1843. When seven years of age his parents removed to Madison county, Indiana, and settled at Collinsville, where he lived with them until he reached the age of eighteen years, and was there educated. On leaving home in 1861 he went to Placerville, California. On his arrival there he had but six dollars. On the first day after his arrival he was employed as a clerk by B. Meacham, a dry goods merchant, at a salary of six hundred dollars per year and board, and remained … Read more

Delaware World War 2 NMCG Casualty List

Inclusion of names in this Delaware World War II Casualty List has been determined solely by the residence of next of kin at the time of notification of the last wartime casualty status. This listing does not necessarily represent the State of birth, legal residence, or official State credit according to service enlistment. Casualties listed represent only those on active duty in the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, resulting directly from enemy action or from operational activities against the enemy in war zones from December 7, 1941, to the end of the war. Casualties in the United States … Read more

Delaware County Courthouse Addresses

Division of Public Health P.O. Box 637 Dover, DE 19903 (302) 739-4721 Fax: (302) 739-3008 Kent County 414 Federal Street Dover, DE 19901 (302) 744-2305 Sussex County 2 The Circle, PO Box 589 Georgetown, DE 19947 (302) 855-7742 New Castle County 87 Reads Way New Castle, DE 19720-1648 (302) 395-8383

Delaware Vital Records

Vital records, as their name suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil authorities, they are prime sources of genealogical information; but, unfortunately, official vital records are available only for relatively recent periods. These records, despite their recent creation in the United States, are critically important in genealogical research, often supplying details on family members well back into the nineteenth century. The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking. Event: Birth, Death Cost of copy: $10.00 Address: Office of Vital Statistics Division of Public Health P.O. Box 637 Dover, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Matthew Bushby

Matthew Busby, of Ireland, was a weaver by trade. He came to America and settled first in Delaware, from whence he removed to Bath Co., Ky., at an early date. He had seven sons, one of whom, James, married Nancy Lewis, of Delaware, by whom he had eleven children Isaac, Rolley, John, James, Hiram, Lewis, Granville, Elizabeth, Lucretia, Amanda, and Malinda. Lewis and James settled in Missouri. The former married Eliza McClannahan, of Kentucky, and settled in Missouri in 1835.

Biography of A. P. Johnson

A. P. Johnson. Among the learned professions there are, probably, none that demand so much tact, judgment, patience, natural executive ability and specialized knowledge as that of the educator. The individual who enters into this field, selecting it as his chosen life work and calling, must be prepared to make many sacrifices, to endure numerous disappointments, to often spend himself for others without apparent return of gratitude, and to give the best years of his life often without the emoluments that equal efforts would in all probability bring in any other profession. It is a vocation for which there are … Read more

Delaware WW2 NMCG Casualty List – B Surnames

BARAN, Stephen, Seaman 1c, USN. Mother, Mrs. Anna Baran, 1220 Pearl St., Wilmington. BENNETT, Ralph Harris, Seaman 1c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Sarah Bennett, R. F. D. 1, Dover. BOWMAN, Harry S., Pfc., USMC. Mother, Mrs. Bertha C. Bowman, Tyrone Ave., Minquadale, Wilmington. BOYD, John Raymond, Gunner’s Mate 3c, USN. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Franklin Boyd, 217 E. Ayre St., Newport. BRANGS, Arthur Ward, Machinist’s Mate 2c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Kathryn Deborah Brangs, 704 Jackson St., Wilmington. BRITTON, Richard Lindsay, Lt., (jg), USNR. Wife, Mrs. Betty W. Britton, 2002 Monroe Place, Wilmington. BROWN, John Joseph, Ship’s Cook 2c, USN. Children, … Read more

Delaware WW2 NMCG Casualty List – C Surnames

CAMPBELL, James G., Sgt., USMC. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Campbell, 606 Ohio Ave., Brookland Terrace, Wilmington. CAREY, Russell George, Seaman 2c, USNR. Wife, Mrs. Edna Mae Carey, Millsboro. CASSON, Arthur L., Pfc., USMC. Wife, Mrs. Arthur L. Casson, 37 Atkins Ave., Wilmington. CAULK, Charles Leonard, Jr., Seaman 2c, USNR. Father, Mr. Charles L. Caulk, Sr., 2137 Linden St., Wilmington. CAULK, Paul L., Sgt., USMC. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Caulk, Sr., 2137 Linden St., Wilmington. CHADICK, George, Lt., (jg), USNR. Mother, Mrs. Gertrude Chadick, 1018 Read St., Wilmington. CHALMERS, William John, Seaman 2c, USN. Father, Mr. John Chalmers, … Read more

Delaware WW2 NMCG Prisoners of War

McMAKIN, Benjamin Lee, Capt, USMC. Wife, Mrs. Mada F. McMakin, Dupont Hotel, Wilmington. WILLIAMS, Francis Hubert, Major, USMC. Wife, Mrs. Florence Williams, 205 So. Jackson St., Wilmington.

Delaware WW2 NMCG Casualty List – M Surnames

MARVEL, Robert Edward, Gunner’s Mate 2c, USNR. Father, Mr. Joseph Burton Marvel, R. F. D. 1, Georgetown. MARVEL, Thomas Henry, Chief Machinist’s Mate, USN. Mother, Mrs. Margaret A. Vickers, 13 E. 25th St., Wilmington. MARZIE, Jesse Joseph, Gunner’s Mate 3c, USNR. Sister, Catherine Mareno, 312 Cedar St., Wilmington. MASDEN, Charles Francis, Coxswain, USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Henry Masden E. Hazeldale Ave., Minquadale, Wilmington. McWILLIAMS, Harold Scott, Jr., Electrician’s Mate 2c, USN. Mother, Mrs. A. H. McWilliams, 211 Market St., Seaford. MECALE, John, Boatswain’s Mate 2c, USNR. Father, Mr. Angelo Mecale, 220 No. Harrison St., Wilmington. MELLEN, Winthrop Warren, … Read more

Delaware WW2 NMCG Casualty List – W Surnames

WALKER, James Charles, Aviation Ordnanceman 3c, USN. Mother, Mrs. William Gears, 23 Buena Vista St., Wilmington. WALLACE, Percy Harry, Seaman 1c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Caroline Muhlberger Wallace, Odessa. WEBB, George Truitt, Motor Machinist’s Mate 1c, USNR. Father, Mr. William Coverdale Webb, Port Penn. WEST, Wallace R., Jr., Pvt, USMCR. Wife, Mrs. Wallace R. West, Jr., 1230 King St., Wilmington.