Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,511, John Allen, Penn
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SERVICE   Penn.
Allen, John
NUMBER  S. 23.511
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11,286 
Pennsylvania 
John Allen of Columbia Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sneviley of the Regt commanded by Col Grubb in the Pennsylvania line for 19 Mo 15 days - Pr   $65.97 
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 65 Dollars 97 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 19" day of April 1833 - and Sent to G A Frick Esqr. Danville Pa  
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 -  131.94 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  32.98 ½  
$164.92 
{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.} 
Recorded J. T. Sprague Clerk 
Book E Vol. 5 Page 1
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John Allen
22657
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State of Pennsylvania 
Columbia County ss 
On this 6th day of November 1832 personally appeared open Court of Common Pleas of said County before Seth Chapman the President of said Court & his associates now sitting John Allen a resident of Madison township in the County & State aforesaid aged seventy five years who being put duly sworn according law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated to wit about the first day of August 1775 he entered the Militia company commanded by Capt Casper Snively which was mustered at Lebanon town then in Lancaster now Lebanon County Penn Colonel Curtis Grubb commanded the Regiment to which said company was attached. we were marched to Bargen & Powles [Paulus} Hook in New Jersey deponent was in the service this tour two months & was discharged at Bargen - 
About the first September 1777 deponent was drafted into a Militia company commanded by Capt. Thos Gaskins of Northumberland County, said company was under the command of Colonel John Hill of same County & said company was marched up the West Branch about sixty miles from its mouth to Antis fort staid there a few days were marched about 15 miles higher up the river lay then a considerable time, then returned to Antis fort were then discharged - was in the service this tour two months – 
About first April 1778 deponent was again drafted as a militia man into a company commanded by Capt. James McMahan of Northumberland County said company was mustered at Chillisquaque Creek in said Northumberland County. This company was divided and employed as scouts to watch & protect the County from the Indians - deponents quarters were at Havers fort near Chillisquague Creek when not out as a scout deponent was in the service from about the first April till the middle of July 1778 when in consequence of the Wyoming Massacre by the tories, we all left the forks of the Susquehanna & went down the river, officers, privates, women & children, in fact the whole county was deserted by the white inhabitants, believing they were not able to withstand the Indians & tories  - deponents service this tour 3½  months
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About the first of April 1779 deponent was again called to the Military service as a militia man in Capt James McMahan Company - was employed as a scout the whole of this summer, or until about the first day of October - deponents head quarters were at Hewits fort this tour he served six months this tour.  
About the first of April 1780 deponent was again called into the public service as a militia man in Capt J McMahan’s Company, was again imployed as a scout till about the first of October, head quarters again at Hewits fort. He served six months this tour - Deponent knows of no witnesses who can prove his service except the persons whose depositions an hereto annexed 
Answers to questions by the Court 
Deponent was born in Ireland in the year 1757 
Deponent has no record of his age. He came to this County as he is informed when about five years of age. 
Deponents residence was on Chillisquaque Creek waters in Northumberland County aforesaid when he entered the performed the services aforesaid & was on a visit to Lancaster County when he volunteered into Capt Snivelys Company of that County.   In the year 1781 deponent removed with his fathers family to what now is Juniatta County Penn’a remained there five years then removed to where deponent now resides, in Madison township Columbia County that continued to reside there till this time.
Deponent volunteered for the first tour & was drafted for the other tours   
Deponent when he entered the service as a volunteer in 1776 was marched from Lebanon through Reading Penn to Bergen in New Jersey & afterward to Powles [Paulus] Hook lay at Powles Hook at the time of the Battle of Long Island heard & saw the firing – a Yankee Regiment lay in the fort at Powles Hook at the time we lay there; but Col. Grubbs regiment to which deponent was attached lay outside of the fort - Stewart was our Lieutenant Colonel at the time of the battle of Long Island  - Capt Snively who commanded our Company asked permission of our Colonel Grubb raise a Company of Volunteers out of the Militia regiment to go over to the assistance of our army on Long Island but the Colonel did not give the permission - It was said Washington was in New York while we lay at Powles Hook - Before New York was taken we were marched to
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Bergen & lay there till our two months were out- In 1777 deponent was marched with his company to Fort Antis from then to about one mile above the big Island on the West Branch of the Susquehanna - Colonel Killey & Colonel Cook & Long were with us at this place when we were encamped for some time, at this place 40 men were selected as sharp shooters to go to Sinnemahoning to see if any Indians resided there, deponent was one of the 40 - we went about half way when we were stopped by our officer in consequence of high water & the want of provisions - Antis fort was defended by the settlers in the neighbourhood - while on this expedition deponent helped to bury Jones who had owned a Mill above the big Island & was murdered by the Indians & Boyle Wilson one of our men was drowned above our encampment on our return from our intended expedition to Sinnemahoning and Randal McDonald another of our men was drowned in Chattam Run between our encampment & Fort Antis. 
In 1778 deponents head quarters was at Howets fort deponent was employed as a scout to watch the Indians - During this tour Whitmires family was murdered near where Jerseytown now stands & very near when deponent now resides. Deponent with about 16 others were ordered the to see if we could not trace the Indians & prevent farther destruction & murder - We found the house had been burnt down, saw the bones of two grown persons and a baby that were burn in the house - saw nothing of the Indians - they had left that part of the County & had taken Whitmers horses with them. Our Captain was shot at by Indians within a quarter of a mile of Morrows fort & one mile of Hewits fort -  He escaped to Morrow fort, but lost his hat & deponent with others went out & found it.   
In 1779 deponents head quarter was at fort Hewit in the Spring & until Freelands fort was taken when they were removed to the town of Northumberland. Deponent & Alex’r Clark, were sent from there as spies to obstruct the Motion of the Indians on  Chillisquague Creek & that neighbourhood – Col. Morrow followed us over Montours Ridge with a body of 40 men but the Indians were not on the Chillisquaque & had not been there - They remained on Warrior run &  were then burning all the houses in the settlement.
In 1780 deponents head quarters were again at Hewits fort - Deponent was employed as a scout & was sent to Fort Rice where the town of Washington on Chillisquaque creek now is with orders from Colonel Morrow to the commanding officer to send the women & children then in the fort to
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Morrows fort the next morning & to abandon the fort & march the troops to Fort Morrow as there were a great many Indians in the neighbourhood of the fort & had killed two persons that day near it - the Indians were very troublesome in 1779 & 1780 in that part of Northumberland County. 
Deponent never had a written discharge. 
Deponent is known to Col John Murray, Samuel Bond Esq, Judge William Montgomrey & James Laughead Esqr, Columbia County Judge Jacob Gearhart & Judge Henry Shaffer Northumberland County/  
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
John Allen
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid 
Jacob Eyerly Prot.   
John B. Patterson a clergyman residing in the County of Columbia aforesaid and Daniel Pursel residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Allen who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
J. B. Patterson
Daniel Pursel
Sworn & subd the day & year aforesaid 
Jacob Eyerly Prot 
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 named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John B Patterson who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident in Columbia County aforesaid. And that Daniel Pursel who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person, and that these statement is entitled to credit 
Seth Chapman 
William Montgomery 
Samuel Rupert
I Jacob Eyerly Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Allen for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court this Seventh day of November eighteen hundred & thirty two 
Jacob Eyerly Prothonotary
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Be it known that on the twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two Before me John Knox by one of the Justice of the peace in and for the said County Personally came David Allen of Walker township Juniata County and being duly sworn according to Law and Makes the following statement viz - that John Allen of Columbia County Madison Township State of Pennsylvania served two months in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the continental service under the command of Colonel Curtis Grubb and Casper Snively Capt 
David Allen [seal] 
Sworn and subscribed before me the 1st Day of August 1832 
John Knox 
I hereby certify that the above named David Allen is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. 
Signed by John Knox .
Pennsylvania
Juniata County}  Sct   
I Wm. W. Kirk Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Juniata do Certify that John Knox Esqr before whom the foregoing deposition is made is and was at the time of taking the same regularly commissioned and acting Justice of the peace in and for the County Juniata and that to all his acts as such full  faith and credit are and of right should be given
In testimony whereof I have here my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Mifflin town this first day of June AD 1833. 
Wm W. Kirk Prothy
State of Pennsylvania
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John Allen
Pa
No 22657
Adm'd
19 Mos 15 Days 
65.97
G. A. Frick Esq
Danville
Pa.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,  
Pension Office, 183 
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement shewing the service of John Allen 
Period when the service was rendered.  August 1776 vol.   Duration of the claimant’s service. 2 Months    Rank of the claimant.  Pri.  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Capt C. Snively  Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers.  Col. C. Grubb  Battles in which the applicant was engaged.   Country through which he marched.  From Lebanon to Bargen & Powels [Paulus Hook] N. J.  Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at present period.   75 years Chillisquaque creek, Northumberland Co. Pa.    Evidence by which the declaration is supported.  Traditionary Witnesses
Period when the service was rendered.  Sept 1777 Drafted  Duration of the claimant’s service.  2 months  Rank of the claimant. Pri.  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.   Capt. T. Gaskens  Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers.  Col. J Kelly   Battles in which the applicant was engaged.  Country through which he marched.  From Lebanon to Antis Fort.          
Period when the service was rendered.  April 1778 Drafted   Duration of the claimant’s service.  3 months 15 days   Rank of the claimant.  Pri.  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Capt. J. McMahan    Country through which he marched.  From Northumberland to Chillisquaque Creek  
Period when the service was rendered.  April 1779 drafted   Duration of the claimant’s service.  6 months  Rank of the claimant.  Pri   Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Captain J. McMahan  .  
Period when the service was rendered. April 1780 Drafted   Duration of the claimant’s service. 6 months  Rank of the claimant.  Pri  Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.  Captain J. McMahan  
I am, respectfully 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.            
The following regulations have been adopted:                  
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.              
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:  
1. The Regular Troops.  
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.    
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.             
4. Indian Spies.                 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.             
DECLARATION.                        
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.           
State, Territory, or District of 
County of } ss.
On this day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the in the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:    
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]            
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only that of Agency in the State of    
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]            
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I of the Court of hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of for a pension.               
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c.            
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.          
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be and C.D. residing in (the same) who has years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.                 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]     
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.               
I, Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of & c.         
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.            
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his  alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.            
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.    
1. Where and in what year were you born?                
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?          
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live?               
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?              
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.           
6. To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Town officer has become of it?              
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.                 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.         
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject     
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.        
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed his genuine signature.          
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can cure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the person of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.        
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.    
[b]   The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.     
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.    
[d]  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e]  Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had.        
Every claimant must state, 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. 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---yearmonths , anddays , I served as amonths and --- days, I served as and for such service I claim a pension."   
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.    
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required.  
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i]  The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.               
Mode of authenticating papers.              
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.         
Proof of Service.         
[j]  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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the wife nesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j]  applies to continental troops only.     
[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Index Penn. Archives shows - Curtis Grubb.
Vol. VIII{ Capt. Thos Gaskins of Northumbld Co – (no Thos Gaston at all) Col. John Kelly 
p. 631 Etc{Capt. James McMahan.
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In reply to your request of  The 1st received the 2nd inst for a statement of the military history of John Allen, S. 23511 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Aug. 1, 1776  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  2 mos.    RANK.  Pvt.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Casper Snively  Colonel Curtis Grubb   STATE.  Pa.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Sept 1, 1777   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  2 mos.    RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Thomas Gaskins or Gaston   Colonel John Kelly   STATE.  Pa. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Apr. 1, 1778    LENGTH OF SERVICE.  3½ mos.    RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain James McMahan  Colonel John Kelly STATE.  Pa.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Apr. 1, 1779  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  6 mos.   RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain James McMahan  Colonel John Kelly  STATE.   Pa.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  Apr. 1, 1780  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  6 mos.  RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain James McMahan Colonel John Kelly   STATE.    Pa.
Battles engaged in, none stated 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Chillisquaque Creek, Northumberland Co. Pa. 
Date of application for pension, Nov. 7. 1832. His claim was allowed. 
Residence at date of application, Madison Township Columbia Co. Pa.
Age at date of application.   born 1757 in Ireland, came to America When 5 years of age Remarks: In 1781 removed to what was Juniata Co in 1832, with fathers family, there 5 years.  thence to Madison Twp aforesaid.  Name of father not stated. Over.
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Revolution   23511   
INVALID. 
File No.  23,511 
John Allen 
Pri  Rev War – 
Act: June 7” 32” 
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 5  
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1909 Apr 21. Hist. to Mrs. H. H. Cumings, Tideoute Pa. (letter  S.F. 22622.) MBK 
1919 Dec. 19. Hist to Laura Greempelein , letter in S10,430 Warren Cash CL
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Columbia County Ss 
Personally came before the subscribed a Justice of the Peace in and for said County John Cox of the Parish of Madison in the County aforesaid, who being sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was well acquainted John Allen in the time of continental war and that the said John Allen served a Tour in the Militia with deponant under Capt. Thomas Gaston (of two months) in the said Continental war, or service, in the fall of the year 1777, on the frontier of North County and further saith not 
John Cox his mark
Sworn and subscribed before me October 18 27. AD. 1832 
Caleb Thomas J.P. 
I hereby certify that the above named John Cox is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit 
Caleb Thomas J.P.
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Columbia County Set 
I Jacob Eyerly esq Prothy of the Court of Common Pleas of said County hereby certify that Caleb Thomas esquire before whom the within affidavit was taken & who has signed the same is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned and sworn as such 
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of said Court at Danville this 7th day of November A.D. 1832 
And I further certify that the name Caleb Thomas signed the within affidavit is the proper hand writing of the said Caleb Thomas Esquire witness my hand & seal the day aforesaid
Jacob Eyerly Prothy
Dep’r for John Allen