Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Andrew Allen, Sea Service
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(3-1776 )
SERVICE | [star] | NUMBER
Sea Service | Allen, Andrew | Dis.
 | | No papers.
 | Perm-residence in 1794 |
CONTENTS
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aw June 14, 1906
W.J.F.
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Allen, Andrew
His name appears on a list of applicants
for invalid pension returned by the District Court
for the District of Pennsylvania, submitted to the House
of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25,
1794, and printed in the American State Papers,
class 9, page 100.
Rank: Private, marines.
Disability: Afflicted with a rupture which he received
at the fort of New Providence, and while in the actual
line of his duty in the service of the United States, in
dragging of a large cannon on the ground through the
sallyport; said cannon, by a short turn, rolled over,
and the drag-rope, taking him by the belly, so much
hurt him that it has occasioned the said rupture.
When and where disabled: November, 1775,
ship called the Columbus.
Residence: County of Berks.
To what pension entitled: Half.
Remarks: Evidence transmitted by the District
Court incomplete as to witnesses to prove the continuance
of his disability, and his place of residence since he
left the service.
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