United States, Claim Agency, Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], United States, Claim Agency, Records, A&M 1456, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2.25 Linear Feet 2 ft. 3 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (9 ledgers, 1 ft. 4 1/2 in.); (loose papers, 1/2 in.)
Creator:
United States. Claim Agency
Abstract:
Records of a pension, bounty land, and bounty money agency in Orange, Massachusetts, operated by Damon E. Cheney, include the War of 1812 military service rosters of the Delaware, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia militias; record of the Georgia and Florida militias in the Second Seminole War, 1835-1843; and an "Index to Militia in the Florida War; and the New York Militia, Northern Frontier Disturbance, 1837-8." Other records include applications for bounty lands under the Act of 3 March 1855, and applications for invalid pensions under the Act of 14 July 1862.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], United States, Claim Agency, Records, A&M 1456, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard