Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,296, Luke Allen, Conn.
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Service: Conn
Allen, Luke
Number: S. 18,296
carded
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Connecticut 901[5?]

Luke Allen
of [East?] Windsor in the State of Connt who was a Private in the Com commaned by Captain Wells of the --- commanded by --- in the Connt line for Militia 6 mo --

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of March 1833 and sent to Jesse Charlton, [Es.?] Windsor Ct

Arrears to the 4th of March 33. $40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept. 33 "10.00
$50 00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by E D. Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3- Page 1[?]
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Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832.
State of Connecticut
County of Hartford Ss East Windsor
On the 4th day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor in the County of Hartford in State aforesaid now sitting Luke Allen a resident of East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut aged 70 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832.

I Luke Allen [crossed out:] of Luke Allen [:crossed out] was born in East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut & under solemn oath declare and affirm that I was born on said town on the 12th day of October AD 1762, according to my best knowledge and it is recorded in my Fathers Bible where I have often seen it. I entered the service of the United States about the first of July AD 1777, as a Substitute for my Father David Allen of sd [said] East Windsor in a company of Militia commanded by Capt Jonathan Wells of East Hartford in the State of Connecticut, Lieut Knox of Hartford was our Liuet. Capt Wells had a very large company of 180 men - we marched from sd [said] East Harford thro [through] Middletown to New Haven our company was employed in defending the town against any sudden incursions of the enem [enemy] thro [through] Long Island Sound, I stood one night as Sentry near the Water, two small Boats approached I hailed them & demanded the Countersign, they began a parley but gave no sign after repeating the [challenge?] & they refusing to answer I fired into one of the Boats which seemed to make some disturbance, I loaded again & was ready to fire, one of the Boats got out of the way the other surrendered; There was two per [persons?] on Board who came for  [Plunder?], & were sent to New
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Haven [?] I staid my time out which was a tour of three months was dismissed honorably by my Captain but had no written discharge that I recollect left the service & got home the 8th of October, and of this large company I do not know of a man living. [crossed out:] or any [:crossed out] My two Brothers Doct David Allen, and Mr. Solomon Allen [crossed out:] and Mr. Drake [:crossed out] all of said East Windsor know of my going into the army & will give their affadavit [affidavit] which will accompany the application. I have no documentary evidence.

I again enterd [entered] the service of the United States the latter part of May I think in the year AD 1779, as a substitute for my Father David Allen of sd [said] East Windsor. Joined a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Edward Payne of North Bolton now Vernon in the County of Tolland State of Connecticut. Liet Chapman was our Lieut, [crossed out:] Chapman was our Lieut [:crossed out] we marched from there thro Hebron Colchester to New London was employed part of the time in building fort nonsense back of New London on a hill; part of the time in the swamps cutting [...chines?]; while here, I saw large number of British Ships going down the Sound to New York part of the time I served as a guard against any incursions from the enemy was dismissed by Capt Payne verbally he gave no written discharges but brought out three pails of Rum and told us it was so hot it would not hurt us [to?] drink a gill apiece. we drank freely & I don't know that it hurt me from that day to this.

I cannot find a surviving witness to this tour who served with me my brothers [crossed out:] & a [??] [:crossed out] [spoken?] of at the close of the account of my first tour

[...] [recollect?] my engaging & going to the army & will certify to [...] [that?] effect which certificate will be annexed [...] I have no documentary evidence.
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I am known to Revd. [Reverend] Shubael Bartlett and Daniel Allen both of said East Windsor who can testify for my character and their belief in my services And I hereby relinquish any claim whatever to be pension or an annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.

Luke Allen

Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid We Shubael Bartlett Clergyman residing in the town of East Windsor & Daniel Allen residing in the same [crossed out:] in Connecticut [:crossed out] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Luke Allen of East Windsor who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 70 years of age next October that he is reputed & believe in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion

Shubael Bartlett Clergyman
Daniel Allen

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Edgar Bissell Clerk

[crossed out: Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [:crossed out]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and that he served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Shubael Bartlett who has signed the preceeding [preceding] certificate is a Clergyman resident in the north [?] in East Windsor and that [?] Allen who has also signed the same is a resident of the same [town?] and [?] and a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit.

I Edgar Bissell Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of East Windsor do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
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original proceedings of the said court in matter of the application of Luke Allen for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 4th day of August AD 1832
Edgar Bissell Clerk

EW
Probate Court
District of E Windsor

U
Luke Allen
No. 1583
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U Affadavet [Affidavit]
Solomon & David Allen
for Luke Allen

[Edgar Bissell's certification]
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford
Ss East Windsor.

On the 4th day of August AD 1832 before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor in sd [said] County now sitting personally appeared in open Court Solomon Allen of sd East Windsor who being sworn according to law made solemn oath to the truth of the [crossed out:] within [:crossed out] following Declarations signed by his name his age is 66 years and he is a person of veracity. [crossed out:] Declarations [:crossed out] And at the same time and place appeared Doctor David Allen of Enfield in Hartford County aged 77 years who being duly sworn according to law made solemn oath to the truth of the declaration herein after contained and signed by his name each for himself severally.

I Solomon Allen now residing in East Windsor Hartford County under solemn oath declare & say that according to the best knowledge I have on the subject my age is 66 That I am well acquainted with Luke Allen now residing in sd [said] East Windsor an applicant for a pension under the pension act of June 7th AD 1832, That I lived in the family with him he being my Brother I well knew of his going into the service of the United States in the revolutionary War as a substitute for my father that I then and ever since understood he went to New Haven & did a tour of duty there of three months as near as I can recollect. in the summer of AD 1777.

And also that the said Luke again entered the service of the United States in the year AD 1779, according to the best of my recollection as a substitute for his father that he went to New London, & served with the militia for the term of three months I [crossed out:] saw him go [: crossed out] knew of his going from home dress'd [dressed] equipd [equipped] and armd [armed] for a tour of duty each time; I did not see him with the army as I did not go myself.

Further this Deponent said not

Solomon Allen

Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid

Edgar Bissell Clerk
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I David Allen of Enfield in Hartford County & State aforesaid aged 77 years under solemn oath declare & afford that I am well acquainted with Luke Allen now residing in East Windsor in sd [said] County an applicant for a pension under the pension act of June 7th AD 1832. I well know & declare that the said Luke Allen who is my Brother went from his Fathers house in the year AD 1777 in the summer to join the militia who were called out to go to New Haven, I understand he went as a substitute for his father, I think & ever since have understood & believed that he did at this time a tour of Duty of about three months in the service of the United States in the Connecticut militia.

And I again declare that in the year 1779, according to my best recollection & belief, the said Luke went to New London as a substitute for his father and performed the duties of a soldier with the militia there in the service of the United States for the term of three months 

Further his Deponent said not.

David Allen

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Edgar Bissell Clerk

State of Connecticut
Hartford County
Ss East Windsor [???]

[At?] [?] Court of Probate [?] at East Windsor within & for the district of East Windsor on the day & year aforesaid The said Court declares that it has been satisfactorily proved to them that the witness David Allen signer of the foregoing deposition is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit

In testimony whereof I Edgar Bissell Clerk of said Court have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day and year aforesaid

Edgar Bissell Clerk

U Affadavet [Affidavit]
Solomon & David Allen
for Luke Allen
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Luke Allens
Affadavit [Affidavit]

Luke Allen
Declaration
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress [crossed out:] of [:crossed out] passed June 7th AD 1832.

State of Connecticut
County of Hartford
East Windsor

On this 26th day of November AD 1832 personally appeard [appeared], in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor Now sitting Luke Allen, a resident [crossed out:] on [:crossed out] of East Windsor in the County of Hartford & State aforesaid aged 70 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to and explanatory of his declaration heretofore made, before this Court on the 4th day of August 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th AD 1832.

That the time he was in the service of the United States at New London mentioned in his former declaration aforesaid as his 2d tour was the full time of three months that he served as a common soldier that his [crossed out:] whole [:crossed out] whole time of service in both times was mentioned in said declaration was six months

Luke Allen

I Edgar Bissell Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the declaration of Luke Allen in addition an explanation of his declaration of the 4th day of August AD 1832 for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day & year aforesaid
Edgar Bissell Clerk
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18 296
INVALID.
File No. 18,296
Luke Allen
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 425

Arrangement of 1870.
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admit P-65
6 mo private
$20
Jesse Charlton
East Windsor
Ct
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Luke Allen
which require further
proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason as
signed for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension
he is entitled?
No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a
relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?
No
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his
seal of office?
Not by a proper seal

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Wanting as above

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?


EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ___ year
------ months and --
days, I served as a ___
For months
days;, I served as and
for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate