Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Reg. 210493-1855, Lathrop Allen, Conn.
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Conn.
Allen, Lathrop
B.L.Reg. 210493-1855

National Archives Stamp:
Bounty Land Files
Act of: 1855- Rejected 210493
Veteran: Lathrop Allen
1781 Grade: Private
Service: Captain Prentice
Conn Ma.
Can No. 1748 Bundle No. 149
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210 493 Act March 3
Serv[?] 21. /11
Lathrop Allen, pri.
Conn. Prentice,
Conn. Ma.
[illegible] Serv[?] 1781
Revy. war

N.Y. No Papers
Care of O.E. Allen [Claimant- stricken]
Ithaca N.Y. [Groton NY - stricken]

Right side:
Let O.E. Allen Aug 26/56
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210.493
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Ithaca Sept 20th 1855 
Coms. &c [?]
Dear Sir
Herewith please find affidavit & application of Lathrop Allen for bounty lands under Act of Congress passed March 3d 1855. Mr Allen you see states that he served over two months & it may be he served three months if so he would be entitled to a pension.
Perhaps in examining the records it might appear that he did serve (3) three months, if so please inform me at your earliest convenience.
When the warrant is issued upon the enclosed application you will be kind enough to forward the same to my address at Ithaca Tompkins Co. N.Y 
I am &c[?]
Very Respectfully 
Your Obt Svt. 
[Signed] O. E. Allen 

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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State of New York,} 
County of Tompkins} ss. 
On this Nineteenth day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Lathrop Allen, aged 88 years, a resident of Groton, in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical to Lathrop Allen, who was a Private, in the company commanded by Captain Prentice of Stoneingtown [sic], Conn in the [blank] Regiment of [blank] commanded by [blank] in the war ^of the revolution, that he was at Fort Griswold on or about the [blank] day of September A.D. 1781 for the term of over two months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at Fort Griswold on the [blank] day of [blank] A. D. [blank]. 
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. I performed service at Fort Griswold daily & on board of prison ship in the harbour
[Signed] Lathrop Allen 
We, Isaac Miller and Oscar Allen residents of Groton in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lathrop Allen in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
[Signed] Isaac Miller
[Signed] Oscar Allen [cut off] 

[On top of the application, which is picked up again below:]
State of New-York,}
Tompkins County Clerk's Office,} ss.
I, EZRA WEAVER, Clerk of said county, and also Clerk of the Courts in and for said county, do hereby certify that W. D. Mount Esquire, before whom the preceding declaration was subscribed and sworn, and whose name appears to the Jurat thereto, was at the date of the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly elected, sworn, and authorized to act as such, and to take the same: And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the preceding Jurat is genuine. 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the said county and Court, at hand, this Twentieth day of September 1855
[SEAL]
[Signed] Ezra Weaver Clerk 

[application again]
the prison ship anchored in the harbour near Fort Trumbull in the harbour of New London I was also regular drilled night & morning in the Fort when not on guard on board the prison ship 
[Signed] Lathrop Allen
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 19th day of Sept 1885 
[Signed] W.D. Mount Justice of the Peace
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State of New York,} 
County of Tompkins} ss. 
On this Nineteenth day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Lathrop Allen, aged 88 years, a resident of Groton, in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical to Lathrop Allen, who was a Private, in the company commanded by Captain Prentice of Stoneingtown [sic], Conn in the [blank] Regiment of [blank] commanded by [blank] in the war ^of the revolution, that he was at Fort Griswold on or about the [blank] day of September A.D. 1781 for the term of over two months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at Fort Griswold on the [blank] day of [blank] A. D. [blank]. 
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. I performed service at Fort Griswold daily & on board of prison ship in the harbour
[Signed] Lathrop Allen 
We, Isaac Miller and Oscar Allen residents of Groton in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lathrop Allen in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
[Signed] Isaac Miller
[Signed] Oscar Allen  

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
[Signed] W.D. Mount Justice

In the revolutionary war shortly after the Massacre at Fort Griswold at New London Connecticut I commenced service as a substitute who was regularly drafted & I served the term of over two months taking my turn every two weeks in standing guard over English Prisoners on board the prison ship anchored in the harbour near Fort Trumbull in the harbour of New London I was also regular drilled night & morning in the Fort when not on guard on board the prison ship 
[Signed] Lathrop Allen
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 19th day of Sept 1885 
[Signed] W.D. Mount Justice of the Peace