Compilation of genealogical data pertaining to Virginians and West Virginians who served in the Revolutionary War as derived from the pension and bounty land warrant files in the National Archives. It is not limited to men who served for Virginia in the war, but includes all men who the records show resided in Virginia or West Virginia either before or after the war, or whose immediate family lived in either of these two states. Abstracts include all of the genealogical data that could be culled from the microfilm records. In addition to the name of the principal, they usually provide some of the following: date and place of birth, marriage, and death; names of parents, siblings, children or other relatives; places of residence, occupation, and military service.