Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1610, Allen Cameron, N.C.
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Printed index card

NC
Cameron, Allen
Isabella

R 1610
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No 28.893
Petition of Mrs
Isabella Cameron
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North Carolina
Cumberland County
Before a special court sitting in

Isabella Cameron widow of Allen Cameron deceased on this the 15th day of November Anno Domini 1833 comes before us John McAllister and Daniel McCormick Justices of the Peace in and for said county by her attorney John Winslow Esquire in order to make application for a pension to which her deceased husband the said Allen Cameron as a soldier of the Revolution was entitled by act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832 to wit from the 1st of March 1821 to the 28th of October 1832 and in order to shew her title thereto offers the affidavit of Joseph Hodges of Bladen County North Carolina who has obtained a pension under the late act of Congress and the affidavit of said Hodges to shew that the said Isabella was lawfully married to said Allen Cameron and the affidavit of Daniel B Cameron to the same effect and to shew also the reason said Cameron did not apply for a pension under said act
John Winslow
Atty for Isabella Cameron
widow of Allen Cameron dec'd

On this the 15th day of November Anno Domini 1833 personally appeared before the Justices aforesaid Joseph Hodges who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following affidavit in the matter of the application of Isabella Cameron widow of Allen Cameron for whatever sum of money the War Department might have allowed said Allen Cameron for his services as a soldier in the war of the Revolution. That in or about the 20th of October ad 1780 this affiant volunteered in Captain Neill McCranie's company of horse in
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Cumberland County. Philip Hodges Lieutenant that at the time he entered the service the said Allen Cameron was a soldier of said Capt McCranie's troop that they served together until the July following to wit in the year 1781. That in the August following 1781 they joined Captain Philemon Hodges Company of Horse and that they served together until the end of the war of the revolution. This affiant further states that Isabella Cameron to the best of his knowledge and belief was married to the said Allen Cameron in or about 1784 a short time he thinks after the peace was declared. That he was invited to the marriage but did not attend. This affiant further states that a brother of the said Allen Cameron stated that the reason said Allen Cameron did not apply for a pension was that he was unable to do so having become parted by an alienated in mind and thought from the disease of mind incompetent to make oath and to [illegible] his service as required.
Jos Hodges
Sworn to and subscribed
the year and day aforesaid
John McAllister JP
David McCormick JP

Daniel B Cameron maketh oath that Allen Cameron now deceased late husband of Isabella Cameron was for eighteen months prior to his death which happened on the 28th of October ad 1832 partially alienated in mind. That for that period he was childish and attended to no business. That it is and has always been accepted in the neighborhood as having served in the war of the Revolution and that the said Cameron was looked upon as a Revolutionary soldier.

Sworn to and subscribed 
the year and day aforesaid
John McAllister JP
Daniel McCormick JP