Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28967, Isaac Allen, Continental Mass.
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(3-1776)
Allen, Isaac
SERVICE Continental Mass. [Massachusetts] 
NUMBER  S28967
CONTENTS
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11. 
Maine 
Isaac Allen of Cumberland Co in the State of Maine who was a Pr in the Company commanded by Captain Turner of the Reg commanded by Col Jackson in the Mass Troops- 2 ys  Private $80. 

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of May and Sent to 1833 F Bradford Portland, Me

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833- 160 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  40 
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$200. 
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⎨ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D.T. Sprague Clerk 

Book E Vol. 1 Page 1
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Declaration of Isaac Allen
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MAINE DISTRICT SS. 

AT a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland Portland, within and for said District, on the 14th day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court. 

On this 14th day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Isaac Allen a resident of Minot in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy five 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he the said Allen enlisted into the army of the United States in the Town of New Gloucester in the District of Maine then called and served three years in the company commanded by Capt Lunt the first part of the time and by capt Turner the last part of said the years in the regiment commanded by Col Henry Jackson, that he the said Allen was stationed and part of the time in the State of Rhode Island and a part of the time in New Jersey that he enlisted for the said term of same sometime in October A.D. 1777 and was discharged at West Point in New York & some time in October A.D. 1780. that he the said Allen was the Pension roll of the act of Congress of 1818. that he was struck from the same on account of property, that he was a resident of New Gloucester when he first entered the service, that he has resided in the town of Minot since the revolutionary war upwards of forty years, that he had in the capacity of a private soldier during said sum of time 

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine
Isaac Allen 

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before, Ashur Ware U. S. Judge for the District of Maine. 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states . 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Mussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty - two day of August John Hussey Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District
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11326
Isaac Allen

Papers wanted
22 Jany 1819
Mar 1819
Admitted 
2 years
$80

F. Bradford Esq. 
Portland 
 Maine
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11.326. 

BRIEF in the case of Isaac Allen County of Cumberland in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[table headings]Period. | Duration of Service.Years Months Days | Rank. As a | Names of General and Field Officers Gen. under whom he served. 
[row 1]Enlisted In 1777 Oct. | Discharged in Octr 1780 | Private | Capts Lunt & Turners, Col Jackson
[row 2]He has been on the pension Roll under the act of 1818 and was stricken therefrom on account of property. 

5. In what battles was he engaged? 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Gloucester, Maine 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence of by the rolls? Documentary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
 T. Waugh Examining Clerk March 12, 1833
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widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
Isaac Allen
[table headings]DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN.  | COLONEL. | STATE. 
[row 1]Oct 1777 | 1 yr | Pvt | Lunt | Hanley | Mass
[row 2] [blank] | 2 yrs | [blank] | Thomas Turner | Henry Jackson
discharged in Oct. 1789 at West Point N.y

Battles engaged in___
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Gloucester Me
Date of application for pension, Apr 10 1818 Claim Allowed
Residence at date of application, Minot Cumberland Co. and in 1832 
Age at date of application, B in 1832 Remarks: Soldier died May 21, 1854 dense (Agency book)
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
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3-464. M.P.Q
O. W. & N   F.S. 
___Div. ___ Ex'r

Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIC IONS, 
Washington D.C. June 14, 1895

Respectfully returned to Mr. Chas. S. Allen, 
Burr Blk., 
Lincoln, Nebr.

who  is requested to state fully the purpose for which the information is desired; also please state where the soldier resided at the time of his death 
Return your letter of June 5th. with  your reply.
[stamp, upside down: U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUN 26 1895]
Wm Lochren
 Commissioner.
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5738
Maine 
Isaac Allen 
Private
Mass Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War 

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of -8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 15th of April 1818 

certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Jany 1819 and sent to Albion K. Parris Paris Oxford County Maine 

Arrears to 4th of Sept 20/30  37.33
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.
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75.33
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{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818 }
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Susp. April 27 1833
May 16 & pension certificate
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Isaac Allen
payable  semi-annually -- the first payment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, at the Cumberland Bank
Portland Maine

Recorded
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WAR DEPARTMENT. 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 

I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Isaac Allen late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 15 day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen 

GIVEN at the War Office of the United States , this Twenty second day of January one thousand eight hundred and  nineteen 

J.C. Calhoun Secretary of War
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5738
Capt Turner's Comy
Col Jackson's Reg. 
Minot
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I Albion K. Parris, formerly Judge of the United States District Court, do certify that the within named Isaac Allen, has this day presented himself before me in full life, and I well know him to be the same person who made application to me in April 1818, on which the annexed certificate was granted, and in my opinion in consequence of his age and infirmity it would be very inconvenient for him to journey far as would be necessary to attend Court in person 
Albion K. Parris 
Just. Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine

July 9 1832
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Isaac Allen 
Private 
Henly's Mass Reg. Oct 27, 1777 one year. H. Jackson's Mass Reg two years admitted April 15, 1818

Isaac Allen
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MAINE DISTRICT, SS. 

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the day of April fifteenth in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Isaac Allen the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true. 

And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavit of Jacob Howe, made and signed in my presence, and the Deposition of Jonas Stevens, taken before Levi Whitman, a respectable magistrate appointed by [illegible] for this purpose, both fellow soldiers with said applicant in the revolutionary war, all in which are hereunto annexed 

And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Isaac Allen the applicant, served as a  private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support ; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled ""An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned. Albion K. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
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Isaac Allen
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I, Jonas Stevens of Norway in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify & say, that during the three years, which I served in the American Revolutionary War I was acquainted with Isaac Allen now resident in Minot in the County of Cumbered & Commonwealth aforesaid and personally knew that the said Allen was a soldier in the war from about the twentieth day of of June AD 1778 to a period of somewhat more than twelve months, serving under the command to or Henry Jackson 
Jonas his X mark Stevens 

Oxford SS. June 29th AD 1818 
Personally appeared Jonas Stevens above named, & was examined & cautioned & sworn to the deposition aforesaid by him signed, taken pursuant to a warrant from the Hon Albion Parris Esquire Judge of the United States District Court for the district of Maine Levi Whitman Just. Pac
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United States of America District of Maine ss. 

To Simon Greenleaf of Gray in said District Esq. or Daniel W. Green of Gray or Levi Whitman of Norway in said District Greeting 

Whereas at a special District Court of said United States for Maine District holden at Paris within said District on the fifteenth day April AD. 1818. Isaac Allen of Minot in said District presented himself and claimed a Certificate of his served in the war of the revolution against the common enemy for the purpose of receiving a pension from said United States agreably [agreeably] to the provisions of an Act of Congress passed March 18th 1818 entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" & whereas in the course the examination he had it appears that the testimony of the examination of of James Doughty of Gray [inserted: of Jonas Stevens of Norway] in said District is material & necessary in support of said application. Therefore to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, & by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States you the said Simon Greenleaf are hereby appointed & authorized at the proper
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expense of the applicant to take the Deposition of the said James Doughty, touching the application aforesaid, & the same when together with this warrant to certify & return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay 

Given under my hand & seal at Paris in said District, this fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred & eighteen 
Albion K. Parris 
Judge of the United States in and for the Dist. of Maine 

Oxford June 29th AD 1818 
Pursuant to the above Warrant I have taken the testimony of Jonas Stevens, which is herewith returned
Levi Whitman Just Pac
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I Isaac Allen a resident Citizen of the United in the town Minot and County of Cumberland and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath declare on that on the twenty seventh day of October in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and seventy seven enlisted as a private soldier into the Company commanded by Capt Lunt in the Regiment under the command is Col Scanley of the Massachusetts line in the Continental establishment in the Army of the United States of America, in which Company and regiment I served for the term of one year. I was then transferred into the Company Commanded by Thomas Turner in the Regiment under the command of Col Henry Jackson, being, at that time the sixteenth Regiment in the Massachusetts line as before said, and then served for the term of two years more being three years services in all, for which term I enlisted, and was then honourably discharged and left the service, but by accident have lost my discharge 

I do further on oath declare that I am not borne as a pensioner on any pension roll of the United States, and that by reason of reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support Isaac Allen 

We the subscribers do certify that we are personally acquainted with Isaac Aller named in the above declaration and from what we know of his circumstances, we believe that by reason is his reduced circumstances in life he is need of assistance from his country for support 
in April 10 1818 

Nicholas Noyes
Charles Moody 
Selectmen
Minot
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I Jacob Howe of Paris in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify that I was a fellow soldier with the within named Isaac Allen in the war of the revolution in the regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson & that he served in the service the term of two years agreably to the declaration by within subscribed 
Jacob Howe
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Lincoln, Neb. 6 /18/95 
Law Offices of CLARK & ALLEN, ROOMS 114-116 BURR BLK, LINCOLN

PAUL F. CLARK 
CHAS. S. ALLEN 
BRANCH OFFICE VALPARAISO, NEBR. 

To Com. Pensions:- 
Dear Sir:-
I desired the information for my own to use for two reasons: one was that I am a great grand-son of Isaac Allen and desired to trace our family back to connect there with certains fraternal events, second I wished to join the County sons of the Revolution and needed proof of the fact that an Allen was a soldier that in that war
Respy
C. S. Allen
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[stamp: OLD WAR & NAVY JUL 18 1895 FILES]

[postmark: U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUN 11 1895]
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Lincoln, Neb June' 5 1895 

Law Offices of CLARK & ALLEN.
PAUL F. CLARK CHAS. S. ALLEN - 
BRANCH OFFICE VALPARAISO, NEBR

To Commissioner W & of Pentions,
Dear Sir; 
In a matter pending in this state it has become important to identify one Isaac Allen who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War. He died in 1854, and I think drew a pension. If he drew a pension, the application would show what regiment he enlisted in his rank and date of discharge. Can you examine the records and see if these three items can be ascertained. He enlisted I think in Massachusetts, but he removed to Minot Maine and perhaps applied for his pension there. Any information you can give me will be appreciated. 
Respectfully, 
Chas S. Allen

[postmark U.S. PENSION OFFICE JUN 26 1895]
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GENERAL DEPOT OF THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT SCHUYLKILL ARSENAL PHILADELPHIA, PA. February 12th, 1906. 

The Pension Records Office, Washington, D.C. 

Sirs: -- In reference to the communication forwarded to you during the early part of last week, requesting the military record of one Isaac Allen, a revolutionary soldier, I would state that the said Isaac Allen enlisted from New Gloucester, Me., on the quota of Danvers, Mass., for three years, and was assigned to Col. David Haley's regiment, and Capt. Lunt's company. He was on the pension roll of Cumberland County, Me., and lived in Minot, Me, as late as 1840. Respectfully, J. A. Morgan Clerk A.M. Dept. at Large ,

[stamp O.W.& N. DIV
FILES FEB 13 1906]
[postmark U.S.PENSION OFFICE FEB 13 1906]
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GENERal DEPOT OF THE QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT SCHUYLKILL ARSENAL PHILADELPHIA, PA. February 5, 1926. - 
The Pension record's Office, Washington, D.C. 

Sirs:-
Kindly furnish me with the military record of one Isaac Allen, a soldier in the American Revolution, who served under General George Washington at Valley Forge. I believe he came from Brunswick, Me. He was born in the year 1756: died May 21, 1854, and is buried at Brunswick, Me. 
Very respectfully, 
James Albert Morgan Clerk Q.M. Dept at Large

[stamp OLD WAR & NAVY FILES FEB 6 1908]
[postmark U.S. PENSION OFFICE FEB 6 1906]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
NAME. Allen, Isaac___ GRADE Private___ Line Hazen's Regt (2nd Canadian)
WARRANT NUMBER 12707 ACREAGE 100___  ISSUED April 11, 1792 to Martin Kingsley, assignee 

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subse- --- quent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November Information concernarrants surrended to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.