Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 86789-160-55, John Allison, Not Rev. Va. Service
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(8-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Not Rev  Allison, John B. L. Wt. 8679-160- [] T
about 1807
CONTENTS
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295128 [   ] MCu 3/12  [    ]
[ ] 26/08
John. Allison
Private
Capt Va Vols
Wm Bowden Chesapeake Va
Maj. 1804
John McRae.
Cer A [ ] 16/08
Setts Maj [  ]
Chesapeake Dist 1807
160 Aeus Slch 31/[]9
Heaton
S.D. Watkins
Claimant    M
Petersburg 
Va Vol A. Page 72.
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29J/28
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State of Virginia 
City of Petersburg [  ]
On this 25 day of October
1858. personally appeared before me as Justice of the 
Peace within and for the City and state
aforesaid John Allison aged Eighty Three years
a resident of said City and State aforesaid. who
being duly sworn according to law, disclosed that
he is the identical John Allison, who was a private
in the Company commanded by Captain William
Bowden in the Regiment of commanded
by Maj. John McRae in what has usually
been called the Chesapeake war that the said
Company tendered their services as a Volunteer Corps.
under the proclamation of President Jefferson in the 
year 1804 which term of service was
accepted and they marched from Petersburg Vigia
for Norfolk on the 9th day of July 1804, that the
Company was stationed at Portsmouth and remained
in actual services 'till the 5th day of August 1804
a period of 29 days and was honorably discharged
at Portsmouth on the day above mentioned. this 
affidavit refers the Commissioner of Pension to the
Muster and Pay roll of said Company which must
be in the proper office of the Department at Washington.
he would further refer to the Certificate of [  ]
General Winfield Scott, which is here to attached for
further proof of his services in said Company.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining
the bounty land to which he maybe entitled under
the Act approved 3rd March 1855. He also declares
that he has not received a warrant for bounty land
under this or any act of Congress, nor made any other
application therefore
John Allison
Witness
Wm T Peterson
C Ledbetter
Mr William Peterson and C. Ledbetter residents of the City and
State aforesaid, upon our oath, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by John Allison in our
presence, and that we believe from the appearance and 
testimonials of the applicant that he is the identical person
he represents himself to be.
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The forgoing declaration and affidavit was
sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the
affidavit to be a credible person; that the affidavit is the person he represents himself to be, and that
I have no interest in this claim.
C.F.Couch J.P.
State of Virginia City of Pittsburg, to wit:
I David M. Bernard, Clerk of the Court
of [  ] for the said City in the State of Virginia. do hereby
certify that C.F. Couch, whose genuine signature appears
to the above certificate is now, and was at the time of
his signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for
the said City, duly elected and qualified as such. The same
appearing from the record of the said Court.
In testimony where of I have here to
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court this 25th day of
October AD. 1858
D.M. Bernard cc
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State of Virginia
City of Petersburg [ ]
The Affidavit of John Allison of the City and State 
aforesaid do [ ] his oath declare that he was a private
in the troop of Cavalry commanded by Capt. Wm. Bowden
& Capt. John Hart. that said Company volunteered &
tendered their service to the United States under the proclamation
and call of President Thomas Jefferson in the year 1804 on
the occasion [   ] [   ] Genl. Winfield Scott certificate
here to annexed, that we volunteered at Petersburg and were called
into active services on the 9th of July marched to Portsmouth
and were stationed there in actual service till the 5th. August
1804, every member of the Company, that I know name
and will recollect a period of over fourteen
days most of those 27 days. [ ] Charles Cosling
Nathaniel Snelson, Walker Jones, Christopher Jones, Robert
K Jones, John L Mertins, John Hinton, [  ]
John F May, Archibald Thweatt, John Dejarnett,
Benjamin M Harrison [    ] Gen. W. Scott, these
private of said Corps that they were all honorably
discharged __ [ ] under my hand this 25th day of October 1858. John Allison
Witness
Wm T Peterson
C Ledbetter
The above affidavit was sworn to and Subscribed by
John Allison before me __ also the affidavit of Wm
T Peterson and C Ledbetter the subscribing
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to said affidavit that they saw said John Allison
sign the foregoing affidavit and that he certified
the same. and in addition to swearing to the 
same do now subscribe their names__ and I do
Certify that [  ] affidavit are [  ] persons
Given under my hand this    Wm T Peterson
25 day of October 1858        C Ledbetter 
Sworn to and subscribed, before me this day 
year last above written.   __
C. F. Couch J.P.
State of Virginia City of Petersburg. to wit
I David M Bernard. Clerk of the
Court of Findings for the said City in the state of Virginia
do hereby certify that C. D. Couch whose genuine signature
appears to the preceding certificate is now and was at the
time of his signing the same a Justice of the Peace in
and for the said City duly elected and qualified as
such the same appearing from the record of the said office
In testimony whereof I have here to set
my hand and affixed the seal of the
said Court, this 25th day of October 
AD 1858.
D.M. Bernard
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Head 2s. of the Army
New York, Oct. 21, 1838.
This is to certify that immediately after
the proclamation of President Jefferson, in June
1807, interdicting all communication between
certain British Ships of War, then lying in
our waters & our shores, consequent on the
then recent attack on the American frigate
the Chesapeake, made by one or more of the
said ships __ the Petersburg troop of home
(volunteers) tendered its service to enforce the
said proclamation, which tender being accepted
by the President, the said troop duly marched,
under order, to the neighborhood of the said
ships then lying at anchor in Hampton
Roads, or Lynhaven Bay. I joined the said
troop, as a private for the special service,
at the moment of it leaving Petersburg.
Having soon after our arrival at
Portsmouth (or Norfolk) been formally detached,
with a few others of the same troop, for service
as a picket, on the shore of Lynhaven
Bay, opposite to the British squadron, having
been very little in Petersburg in the last fiftyone
years __ I can recall, with certainty, but
very few of my brother troopers. These are;
Captain Bowden Lieut. Hart; John Allison,
John F. May, John L. Heartens & Robt. K. Jones
who
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who, generally, marched with the troop from
the beginning. John Hinton, I am sure,
was absent from Petersburg at that 
moment; but he joined soon after.
Winfield Scott.
It will be easy to ascertain
the beginning & termination of the term of
service by the muster & pay rolls of the
troop which if not burnt by the British
in September 1814 with the War office,
may be found at Washington.
W.S.
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86,989
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To The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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RE-EXAMINED BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
No. 295128.
Treasury Department,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE
Dec 8,1858.
served in Captain
Company Militia
from the until the
No roles for 1807 On file in this office
R J Winner
Auditor
Commissioner of Pensions
Department of the Interior,
Examined by