Mohawk Valley Revolutionary War Pension Abstracts

vi, 112 pp. Careful review of pension records has resulted in these abstracts for more than 400 Revolutionary War veterans from the Mohawk Valley in east-central New York. Mohawk Valley citizens of 1776 were in mounting conflict with England, pressured by Loyalists, and fearful of Indian tribes loyal to the Crown. As a result, the Tyron County Militia was formed, comprising five geographically based regiments. The veterans whose pensions are abstracted here were members of these regiments, although a few also served in the New York Line. This volume includes vital genealogical data on these veterans and their families, as well as personal accounts of the hardships they endured.