William Hinds And The Pension Statute

An explanation of Military Pensions from the University of Delaware Library blog, including:

Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835...Alternate Title: Pension Roll of 1835.

William Hinds was found on the list on the blog post 755 Heirs of 11 States-War of 1812.  I believe his widow and children relinquished the right to bounty land for the five years of half pay (though I have yet to find an application for claiming those benefits).

The Act of April 16, 1816 (3 Stat. 285) is entitled "An Act making further provision for military services during the late war, and for other purposes."

"SEC. 2. ...That when any non-commissioned officer, musician or private soldier of the regular army of the United States shall have been killed in battle, or have died of wounds or disease, while in the service of the United States...and have left a child or children under sixteen years of age, it shall be lawful for the guardian of such child or children, within one year from the passing of this act, to relinquish the bounty land...and, in lieu thereof, to receive half the monthly pay to which such deceased person was entitled, at the time of his death, for and during the term of five years...".  Army and Navy Pension Laws, and Bounty Land Laws of the United States (See Page 125).