Posts in February 3, 2024

If your ancestor’s widow survived him, ask yourself the following questions: Could she have applied for a widow’s pension based on his military service? Could she have applied for a military land warrant based on his military service? If her husband owned real property, how was it disposed of after his death? Did the wife get a life estate in any of her husband’s property? Did the wife get married after her husband died? Did the wife move after her husband’s death to live with a child a distance away?