During a recent presentation I reflected on the different research sources at which we find tidbits of information we might not have expected to find.  One case in point is my ancestor Jonathan Marney. A search for Jonathan Marney at the General Land Office, Bureau of Land Management website glorecords.blm.gov , shows that Jonathan made cash purchases in Missouri beginning in 1833 and as late as 1850 in Iowa.  In 1851 he received a warrant for land because of his service with the Virginia Volunteers during the War of 1812. Searches at Ancestry and Fold 3 for military files gave me Jonathan's service  records from March to October, 1813 and his marriage to Ann P. Oliver in Montgomery County, Tennessee June, 1817..  Jonathan died in Missouri, 1854 and his widow, Ann is active in land and pension files as late as 1878.  In one of the last documents in the pension file is a statement explaining why she had not signed with a clear signature as she had done previously...