Saturday, September 29, 1832.New Salem, IL. | Lincoln fills out and signs a form certifying that Travice Elmore served as
a private in Lincoln's company for 48 days during the Black Hawk War and was
honorably discharged on June 7, 1832. Certificate of
Discharge for Travice Elmore, 29 September 1832, RG 15, Entry 26: Records of
the Bureau of Pensions and the Pension Service, Bureau of Pensions
Correspondence and Pension Bounty Land Case Files Relating to Military Service
Performed Between 1775 and 1861, Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application
Files, Case Files of Bounty Land Warrant Applications Based On Service Between
1812 and 1855 and Disapproved Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service,
1800-1900, National Archives Building, Washington, DC |