Re: [at-l] Veteran's Day Observations

[WHHAWKINS@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/11/99 10:05:57 PM EDT, bullard@northnet.org writes:

<< Congress was broke because the States wouldn't give it
 any power to raise money and the soldiers were given promissory notes when
 they were discharged. Most traded the notes to speculators for a pittance
 in order to buy a new set of clothes and go home. They weren't necessarily
 appreciated back home either and often found that their property had been
 destroyed by the British or Loyalists so they had to start all over (no GI
 Bill either). It's not trail related, >>

My 5th great grandfather was a solder in the Revolutionary War. He got, like 
a lot of others a pension. The pensions did not start until late in life.

Wildbill

Revolutionary War 1835 pension Roll Information.
WILLIAM HEDRICK  (HEADRICK)
SEVIER COUNTY
PRIVATE
PENNSYLVANIA LINE
$20.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$50.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED
AUGUST 2, 1833 PENSION STARTED
AGE 89
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