Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37661, Robert Allen, Va.
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[Document is a standard government form]

SERVICE                                   NUMBER
VA           Allen, Robert              S37661
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[Please note that the document is damaged, taped, and very hard to read.]

19.184 [illegible]
Alabama
Robert Allen
of Madison Co in the state of Alabama, was a sergeant in the company commanded by Captain [illegible page is torn] by Colonel {illegible] Henry in the [illegible] line, for the term of [illegible] August 1776.

Inscribed on the of Alabama at the the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20th of October 1823.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th of June 1823 and seal ending 4 November 1824   $36.00

Revolutionary cla [page torn] 
Acts March 18, 18 [page torn]
and Mar 1, 1820.
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Robert Allen
Declaration

Allown [illegible]
J C  C
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State of Alabama [illegible]
Madison County Court Octr 20th 1823.  This day came Robert Allen a resident of Madison County Alabama, an applicant for a pension under the acts of Congress and now about Seventy five years of age   Came personally into open Court (the Said Court being a Court of record and proceeding according to the Course of the common law with a Jurisdiction imlimited [unlimited] in amount and Keeping a regular record of its proceedings & from the Judgment of which court a Writ of Error lies to the Circuit & Supreme Courts) and being first Sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the benefit of the provisions of made the [words from the second use of "benefit" though "the" are lined out, so the sentence reads "...obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the acts of the 18th of March..."] acts of the 18th of March 1818, the 1st of May 1820 & the 1st of March 1823.  That he the said Robert Allen enlisted for the term of one year on [in] the month of August 1775 in the state of Virginia Amelia County in the Company of ["of" is lined out] Commanded by Capt John Markham in the Regiment commanded by Co. Patrick Henry, & Wm Christee Lieut. Colonel & Francis Epps as Major in the Line of Virginia on the Continental establishment—  That he was soon after his enlistment promoted to the rank Sergeant & Served faithfully as such until the 27th of August 1776 as well as he [illegible] when he was discharged honorably at Williamsburg Virginia by Capt Campbell to whose command he had been transfered [transferred].  That ^his discharge was destroyed by fire in his Sons ^William Allens house when it was burnt, while in the Service aforesaid, he  was detached
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from his regiment lying before Norfolk to burn some wind mills which were in the possession of the British & some Tory houses which he affected completely - was in the Skirmish at the long bridge in which Capt. Fordyce was killed and most of his men and the balance of them captered.  That he was on the 18th of November 1818 a resident Citizen of the United States & infact had been ever since the existance of the government, and that on the said 18th of November he was destitute of property, that since that time he has had one horse which he obtained by marriage worth about seventy five dollars  which he was compelled to part with to pay a debt and to procure a subsistence, something upwards of two years ago.  That he has owned no property since, and did not part with him to entitle himself to a pension but from necessity as beforestated.  That he is now unable to labor from the infirmity of age and entirely destitute of the use and of Support & entirely dependent on the charity of his descendants, That his children have all been of [illegible]  & have families of their own to support.  That he now applies for the aid of his Government from the extreme and urgent necessity of his situation having no other dependance [dependents] for support.

Sworn to in open Court    {signed} Robert X Allen his mark


Octr. 20th 1823
Th. Brandon C, C, C  
William J. Allen the son of said Robert came also into open court, under oath that he had frequently [illegible] the discharge of said Robert, that he read it but does not now recollect
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particularly its content or by whom it was signed - He knows also of the destruction of said discharge by fire.  It was burntd in the house of this deponent in the year 1820 - He makes oath also that his said father is at this time entirely destitute of property & is incapable to labour.  That the statement in his affidavit in relation to his property & the horse therein spoken of this deponent knows to be true.
Sworn to in open court
Octr 20th 1823
[signed] Wm. J. Allen
Tho [Thomas] Brandon, C, C, C [Clerk of County Court]

The State of Alabama
Madison County
Thomas Brandon
Clerk of the County Court for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy and correct transcript of the declaration made by Robert Allen in open court taken from this records in my office.  
In testimony where of I have hereto set my hand and affirmed the seal of said county at office this 13th day of January 1824 and of our Independance the 48th  year. 
Tho,s Brandon CMCC [Clerk of Madison County Court]


[This appears to be a second testament]
State of Alabama
Madison County
I Samuel Chapman Judge of the county court for said county do hereby certify that Thomas Brandon whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate is and was at the time the same appears to have been made clerk of the county court for said county and that full faith and credit are given to his official acts as such and that the said is in due form. Given under my hand and seal this 13th of January 1824
[signed] 
 Saml [Samuel] Chapman Seal [seal is surrounded by a hand-drawn curly circle]
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Pension Office
Jany {January] 28th, 1824
I hereby certify that I drew up the original application of Robert Allen from which the within is copied - That I had the acts of congress before me, and intended  to insist the 18th of March  1818  in the stead of  the 18th of Novr [November] 1818- That  your way [illegible] by and by mistake or has miscopied by the clerk - That I am fully satisfied that the applicant was an inhabitant of this United States on this 18th of March 1818, & was then entirely destitute of property & is at this time without any means of subsistence, except the charity of his ascendants  &,  he is unable to labor.
[signed] Wm Kelly


[written at an angle on the page]
Robert Allen
Declaration
A Movid   ICC
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF/eel
February 6, 1930

Mrs. Arthur H. Allen
357 Ponce de Leon Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Madam:
  I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary war pensions claim, S. 37661, it appears that Robert Allen enlisted in Amelia County, Virginia, in August 1775, served as a sergeant in Captains John Markham's and Campbell's Companies, Colonel Patrick Henry's Virginia Regiment, was in the battle of Great Bridge, and was discharged August 27, 1776.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 20, 1823, at which time he was aged seventy-five and resided in Madison County, Alabama.

In 1823, he referred to his children and their families, no names stated except so, William S., name of his wife no shown.

The above is the history of the only soldier names Robert Allen who served with the Virginia Troops found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.

Very truly yours
Earl D. Church
Commissioner.
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37661
INVALID.
File No.  37661
Robert Allen
Serg {Sargent] Rev [Revolutionary] War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 8
[Arrangement of 1870.}

1914. May 29:  history to
Mrs  Ada Peter. MBH
1920 Feb.7. Hist to S. L. Lightfoot and
1920 Mar. 17. S.L. Lightfoot 
notified of cost of copies and
1920 April 2 Photocopies mailed to S. L. Lightfoot  212 Church St. Paris Texas.
__________________________
1930 Feb 6 - History by Mrs. Arthur H. Allen
See letter in John Prior S. 36242 [illegible]
1938, May 5, info. to Hon John
Sparkman   re 6-21 soldiers
from Mrs. H. C. Jonas
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Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir - Could you give me any information concerning the war record of one Robert Allen a solider in the Revolutionary War and supposed to have enlisted from this point of the State of Virginia and known as Macon
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or Fleming Co. Ky.?
AAny information concerning 
his miliary record will be of great assistance to me and much appreciated.  Thank you for any information I need.
Very truly
Mrs. Ada Peter
#330 Elm St.
Quincy, Ills.

[Pension stamp reading]
Pension U.S. Office
May 27 1914
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Pension Office
War Department
Washington 
D.C.
I am very anxious to
trace my genealogy
in order to join
the D.A. R. - and will appreciate any
information you can give me concerning

[Receipt stamp affixed]
Pension U.S. Office
Jan 20 1920
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my great-great grandfather ______ Allen - I do not know his first name —
He was born in Virginia but I do not know the date —   He received a pension for his services in the Revolution of 1776 and it was sent to him in Lawrence County Alabama at the home of his daughter (Mrs. Thomas Lightfoot, who was Sarah Allen) —
This was between 1830 and 1840 - for my aunt who was a child then, remembers seeing him receive it —
He died at this same place about 1840 —
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Please let me know if there is any expense in looking this matter up —
Very truly
Sallie Lee Lightfoot
Jan - 22 - 1920 —

Miss Sallie Lee Lightfoot
212 South Church St
Paris Texas —

[written vertically at the left margin:]
Serial S. 37661 b. in Va. res in Ala
There was only one other pensioner of Ala —
that was David but as he was born 
in N.J. & moved from Ala to Miss
he could not be one
whose record she wants
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Jan - 23 - 1924 [underlined]

MISS SALLIE LEE LIGHTFOOT
212 CHURCH STREET
PARIS, TEXAS

Chief of Division of Accruals
Dept of Interior (Rev. War Pension Sec)
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir — Will you kindly refer to last ["last" is underlined] payment of pension paid Robert Allen - S-37661 ["S-37661" is underlined] who died in Lawrence Co. Alabama between 1840 and 1845 —
Please tell me who
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MISS SALLIE LEE LIGHTFOOT
212 CHURCH STREET
PARIS, TEXAS

collected it — & names of all parties ["all parties" is underlined] (Children or others,) appearing on that voucher, including name of administrator —
Thanking you for this information —
I am, most cordially
Sally Lee Lightfoot
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3
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Mar 25 1920                    19__
Chief of Rev. [REVOLUTIONARY] War Section
Sir:
I have this day received from Mrs. Sallie Lee Lightfoot [ word "draft" struck out]
[illegible] M.O.
NO. 4,214,350 for $1.70
requesting copy as per letter herewith

Law Division notified of mailing of photos 
V.L.U.
Apr. 2. 1920
Very respectfully,
W [illegible] Campbell
Chief of Division
J.J.C.
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Date March 31, 1920
Name Robert Allen     No . S.F.'37661
Rev. War

Photographic copies wanted of 1 
pieces, consisting of 4 pages.
Remarks:

Exr. W. E. Wilson   Chief : Robert  Johntson

J.F. Dennis
Law Clerk.

Serial 1172   [a stamped number]
No.
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[illegible] Money Order needed.

212 CHURCH STREET
PARIS, TEXAS
Bureau of Pensions -
Washington. D. C.
Rev. [Revolutionary] War Section 
I want to thank you very much for your letter of 
March 17th and as 
I am most anxious 
for the complete
records of [illegible]
my great grand
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grandfathers —  Thomas Mc Kissack File no - 164—  and Robert Allen File no - 37,661
I am enclosing money order for copies of original application papers — and also fifty cents extra for certification—
There are four pages to be copied of Robert Allen's — and as you did not state the number of pages in Thomas Mc Kissack's application I am sending the same amount for his - and if that does not cover it please let me know and I shall remit at once —
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I shall appreciate very much every bit of available data in regard to both ancestors —
Thanking you again —
Very truly
(Miss) Sallie Lee Lightfoot —

March 20th ["th" is a superscript] 1920

U. S. PENSION OFFICE A MAR 25 1920 [circular stamp or postmark which reads from top to bottom as:  PENSION A MAR U.  25  S.  1920  OFFICE]  

[ Reading circular receipt stamp]
U.S.A. PENSION OFFICE
MAR 25 1920

[illegible] PENSION
MAR 25 1920
BUREAU of PENSIONS [rectangular stamp]
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Revolution

U. S. PENSION OFFICE D MAR 1 1920 [circular stamp or postmark, reads from top to bottom: PENSION D MAR U.  1  S. 1920  OFFICE]

212 CHURCH STREET
PARIS, TEXAS

The Pension Office Washington D.C.

Please see if there is an [sic] record in the Pension Office Thomas Mc Kissick of North Carolina —  He fought in the Revolutionary (1776) & was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine —
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He moved after the Revolution to Giles County Tennessee — & died & was buried there —  I am not sure of the date of his death — nor am I sure that he received a pension but he was certainly eligible for one —  He was one of my great great grandfathers and I am tracing this line in order to join the D.A.R —  I received a few weeks ago ^ from the Pension Office ["from the Pension Office is inserted between "ago" and "the"] the record of Robert Allen (another great great grandfather)   Kindly tell me just how to get a
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[Page 2 of Lightfoot letter]

Copy of his application for pension & the cost —
He enlisted under Patrick Henry from Amelia Co Va— & received his pension in Lawrence & Madison Cos Alabama —   4 pages
Very truly —
(Miss) Sallie Lee Lightfoot
Feb 25th ["th" is a superscript] 1920
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[handwritten note at the top of document] I kept this list as my notations are on it & all the names are repeated in our reply to Hon J. S. [Honorable John Sparkman]
[initialed ] W. H J.

The following men made application for pensions while residents of Madison County, Alabama.    Were they residing in that county when they died?  Please say yes or no; that will suffice.

1818 Allen Robert Place of death not shown / S.37661 - Va Ser [Segreant]

1832 Bacon, Richard / Place of death not shown / S.16625 - Va Pr  [private]

1832 Beville, Edward / Place of death not shown /S. 16697- Va Ser [sergeant]

1832 Caruthers, Hugh / Place of death not shown /S 16697 - Va S

Caulk, Jacob not on list.  Madison Co S.37824 /Place of death not shown /Del. pr [private]

Cotton, James / a resident of McNairy Co. Tenn at the time of his death.

1832 Davis, Thomas [illegible] S.1509./Place of death not shown.

1832 Dean, Richard /Place of death not shown/. S16761 - N.C. S.C [illegible]

[date illegible] Harris, Henry / Place of death not shown / S.16379 -Va Sr {Sargeant]

Hillsman, Jose  [illegible] 1835/ or Joseph died in Madison Co, Alabama / W. 7854 - Va Sr [Sargeant]

Latty, John / not found /not on list 1835 not in  Rev - nor off

1818 McIkeny, James or perhaps McIlheny / Place of death not shown / S.38188 -Va

Maples, William C / not found / not on list was in Rev - nor Off

1832 Nail, Matthew {written above the name "or Neal as filed"] / Place of death not shown S.14004-Ga, N.C. & S.C. ser [sergeant]

1832 Nelson, Joseph Va / Place of d not shown / 32413 - Va Sar [sergeant]
Parker, William 4th [illegible] not Rev War pensioner / [illegible] File 25355

1832 Pigg, Charles / Place of d not shown /S.17633 - cont (va)

1818 Ready, Shadrach /Place of d. not shown /S.39035 - Va ser [sergeant]

1832 Smith, John / Place of d. not shown / S.14688 - N.C. ser [sergeant]

1832 Walling, William /Place of d. not shown / S.11642 - SC ser.

Mrs.  H. C. Jones,
New Market, Ala.
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[handwritten above the first line "Not  Revolution pension/
A publication by the Alabama Archives Dept. lists pension application by one John Wright of Madison County, Alabama, inferring it is for Revolutionary service.  However I have notes from the census of pensioners published about 1840 showing John Wright, Madison County, Ala. aged 48. From this I assume his pension was not  ["not" underlined] for service in the Revolution but some later war.  Will you please advise if this surmise is correct, as we do not wish to list him on the marker for soldiers of the Revolution if he does not belong there.

Mrs. H. C. Jones,
New Market, Ala.

[written in the margin] 
War of 1812
Hamilton's wild [illegible] 
on  [illegible]
Dec. 22 31
Com Dec 15-31
Act April 24 1816
[initialed] S of H.
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[page contains an official circular stamp with numbers around the outside]

Received 
Apr 30 1938
MAIL 
[The rest is illegible]
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[left side]
JOHN SPARKMAN
8TH Dist. Alabama

ED. Creel
SECRETART

MERLE FREEMAN
CLERK

[on right side]
COMMITTEES:
    ACCOUNTS
    CIVIL SERVICE
    IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
    ROADS

[in center]
Congress of the United States
  House of Representatives
  Washington, D. C.

  April 29, 1938

Revolutionary and 1812 War Sections
Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C. 

Gentlemen:
  A few days ago I talked with your office
with reference to obtaining some information about
Revolutionary soldiers.  I am enclosing a letter I
have received from an organization which desires
to know whether certain soldiers were residing in Madison County, Alabama, when they died.  I am also enclosing a list of the soldiers.

   I will appreciate your securing this in-
formation, of possible, and sending it to me.

Yours very truly,
[signed] John Sparkman

Enclosures
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, C. C. , ................., 19.........
In reply to your request of ............., received.......
for a statement of the military history of Robert Alllen 
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his window's) [Or his widow's has been crossed out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S.37661

[this appears to be a standardized form with columns]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Aug 1775
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Aug 27 1776
RANK.
Sgt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
John Markham
& Campbell
COLONEL.
Patrick Henry
STATE.
Va
Battles engaged in, Great Bridge
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted in Amelia Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct 20, 1823. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Madison Co. Ala.
Age at date of application, 75
Remarks:  In 1823 soldier refers to his children and their families no names stated except so William S.  Name of his wife not stated
The above is the only Robert Allen of Va. found on the Rev. War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
[left side of form has the number] 6-2856
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Photostat copies of the original papers in the Revolutionary
War pension claim of Robert Allen, Survivor File No.
37,661 will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act
of August 24, 1912, at the rate of fifteen cents per page,
with twenty-five cents extra, for certification, if that is desired.  The number of pages to be copied is four.
 The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau, by  
money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior,

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

[illegible handwriting on the left side of the page.]
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May 5, 1938

Honorable John Sparkman
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
BA-J/MMHF:MLB [on the right side]

My dear Mr. Sparkman:
Reference is made to your letter of April 29, in [sic]behalf of Mrs. Howard Criner Jones, of New Market, Alabama, who, in behalf of the Twickenham Town Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, request information in regard to certain Revolutionary War soldiers.
With Mrs. Jones' letter, which you enclosed, she has submitted a list of names of twenty-one persons who, she states, applied for pensions which residing in Madison County, Alabama, and she desires to know one fact in regard to each (if he were [was] a Revolutionary War soldier), did the applicant die in Madison County, Alabama?

The pension records of this office have been searched and the findings in the pension claims are as follow in regard to each person listed by Mrs. Jones:
Allen, Robert - Place of death not shown
Bacon, Richard - Place of death not shown
Beville, Edward - Place of death not shown
Caruthers, Hugh - Place of death not shown
Caulk, Jacob - Place of death not shown
Cotton, James - "A resident of McNairy County, Tennessee, at the time of death".
Davis, Thomas - Place of death not shown
Dean, Richard - Place of death not shown
Harris, Henry - Place of death not shown
Hilleman, Jose or
     Joseph - Died in Madison County, Alabama.
Latty, John - Not found
McIlkeny  or
McIlheny, James - Place of death not shown
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List of soldiers continued -
Maples, William G. - Not found
Nail or Neal, Matthew - Place of death not shown
Nelson, Joseph - Place of death not shown
Parker, William - Not Revolutionary War pensioner
Pigg, Charles - Place of death not shown
Ready, Shadrach - Place of death not shown
Smith, John - Place of death not shown
Walling, William - Place of death not shown
Wright, John - Not Revolutionary War pensioner
The pension records which cover the period of service from 1775
to 1840 have been searched and no claim for pension found based upon service of John Latty and William C. Maples, of Alabama.  If Mrs. Jones will site the list or volume in which she found them recorded there, another search of the records will be made.  Her letter is returned herewith.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant 
too the Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

February 26, 1924.
Sallie Lee Lightfoot,
212 Church St.,
Paris, Texas.

Madam:
I have to advise you that for the date of last payment of pension and name of person paid and date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, S.37661, Robert Allen, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 2800 e. Street, W. W., Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data:
  Robert Allen, Certificate 19187, issued Jane 29, 1823, rate $8 per month, commenced October 20, 1823, Act March 18, 1818, Alabama Agency.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.