14. Revolutionary War Records

Revolutionary War Records are located in microfilm Drawers 133-177. Here you will find the complete microfilm collection of all Federal Revolutionary War Pensions for all states arranged in alphabetical order by the veteran’s or widow’s name and located in Drawers 133-168. To check for a pension use the published 4 vol. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files (E 255.W4). 

In Drawers 168 - 170, you will find the Accounts Audited of Claims Growing Out of the Revolution in S. C. (indexed by AA file number described in MAP KEY 12 and on the Consolidated Index and [On-Line Indexes]. These are payments to South Carolinians after the war for having fought or supplied food, etc. Also, see Bobby G. Moss, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution (E 263 .S7 M5), which is the best published source on S. C. Revolutionary War Service Records.

Drawers 170 - 177 hold additional material on the Revolution such as Continental Congress Papers, Loyalist Claims, Draper Manuscript Collection, and other important records - also see Dr. Charles H. Lesser’s guide, Sources for the American Revolution at the S. C. Dept. of Archives and History, and the Microfilm Lists Notebook.