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The 1840 Federal Census requested information on all surviving Revolutionary War veterans. If your ancestor is of the right age to possibly have served in the Revolutionary War, and he was still living in 1840, check the 1840 census veterans schedules to see if he was marked as being a Revolutionary War veteran.

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Topics	African Americans • American Indians • Bounty Land Warrants • Cemetery Records • Census Records • Loyalist Records • Pension Records • Service Records • Society Records • Unit Histories

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ColoniesLoyal to Britain	Province of Quebec (modern-day Ontario and Quebec)

Foreign Forces	English • French • Hessians

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