Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 133, Patrick Allen, Md. Penn.
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Service
MD
Penn

Name
Allen, Patrick

Number
R.133
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18.830
In court of Common Pleas of Franklin County Pennsylvania of April Term 1823 Copy from the record of the application of Patrick Allen for a pension from the United States of America.

Rejected - all militia since
see letter to Frederick Smith Chambersburg, Penna 22 May 1823

Prothy fees filing application 
Copy seal & certificate $1 12-1/2
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District of Pennsylvania ss. 

At a court of Common Pleas holden at Chambersburg in and for the County of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania on the twenty-eighth day of April AD one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three before John Reed Esquire President & Archibald Bard & Isaac Eston Associate Judges of the said court personally appeared in open court the said court being a court of record by the constitution and laws of Pennsylvania in and for the said county of Franklin, Patrick Allen aged eighty-three years and eight months resident in the township of Guilford in said county who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows - that in the year 1776 he enlisted as a private soldier at the head of Elk in the State of Maryland under Captain Walter Alexander for the term of five months in the Flying Camp in the regiment commanded by Col Richardson and under Brigadier General Bell. That during the said term of five months he was at the siege of Fort Lee at the Battles of the White Plains and Fort Washington. That at the expiration of the time of his enlistment he was discharged but his discharge is either worn-out so as to be illegible or lost. That in the year 1777 he served in Captain Souths company of militia in the regiment commanded by Col Hollingsworth for the term of two months at a place called Barn Brook where they had several skirmishes with the enemy - at the expiration of the said time of two months he was discharged in the State of New Jersey. That he served two months in the militia of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain Evans in the regiment under Col Evans. They set out from New London at the Crossroads in Chester County Pennsylvania & went to Wilmington where they lay for some time, they then marched up the Brandywine River. That he was at the battle of Brandywine & Germantown and several other engagements during the said time. That he was discharged after having served out the full time. That he served also in the company of Captain Blackburn in 1778 in the Pennsylvania militia in the county of Chester in Pennsylvania in protecting the property and the inhabitants of the county from the incurrence of the enemy for the term of two months. That he was out in the militia of Chester County under Captain Allen Cunningham in protecting the citizens and property making his service eight months and in the flying camp five months. This this applicant [illegible]. That he has no other evidence in his power to produce. That he is altogether destitute of property. That he now lives in the poorhouse of Franklin County Pa as a pauper on the charity of the inhabitants of the county. That in his opinion he merits something from the gratitude of his county on account of his services and if a pension is granted him it will enable him to live in comfort the remainder of his life. He never made application from a pension and has received noe.

Signed
Patrick Allen
His X Mark

Signed in open court April 28th 1823.
John Shyrock - Prothy
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I Patrick Allen do solemnly swear that I was resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner whatever disposed of my property or any  part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.

Signed 
Patrick Allen
Hix X Mark

April 28th, 1823, sworn in open court before me.
John Shryock - Prothy

The applicant has no property whatever being a pauper in the poorhouse of Franklin County. From age and infirmity he has become altogether incapable of bodily labor. He has two children married neither of whom are able to support him.

Signed
Patrick Allen
His X Mark

Acknowledged & signed in open court 28th April 1823.

John Shryock - Prothy

On due proof the court is satisfied the within named applicant has no property.

By the Court April 23r 1823
Archibald Bard

In the ninth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Franklin County - I John Shryock Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid it being a court of the aforesaid district comprised of the counties of Perry, Cumberland, Adams, & Franklin do hereby certify the foregoing oath of schedule with all other matters contained on this paper to be truly copied from the records of our Court of Common Pleas, which is a court of record for the county of Franklin in the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and I do further certify that Archibald Bard whose signature above appears is one of the Judges of our said court.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of our said court at Chambersburg in the county aforesaid this fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.

John Shryock - Prothy
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Mr. Cass
133
Patrick Allen
Franklin County
Pen

Fredk Smith Esq
Chambersburg
Pen
Rec'd May 20, 1823

Rejected
22 May 1823


Chambersburg
19 May

John C Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington City
D.C.
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Chambersburg, 17th May 1823

Sir - enclosed in the application of Patrick Allen for a pension from the United States. It there is any deficient in the record of information of it may be given to me and it will be supplied as soon as possible. Any communication on the subject to be directed to me at Chambersburg, PA.

Yours
Fredk Smith

J C Calhoun
Secretary of War
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REJECTED
Patrick Allen