Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2343, Samuel Allin, N.C. Va.

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Service N.6. Va. Allin, Samuel Number S. 2343
Carded

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22.240
Kentucky 
Samuel Allin
Pulaski Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com commanded by Col Stenson of the regt commanded by Col Jefferson in the Virginia line for 15 months
Va and N.C. Line Records corrected Janu 4 ‘02
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky, at the rate of 50 Dollars [0] cents per annum, 
commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of [ink-smudged][illegible] 1833 and applicant Somerset
Arrears to the 4th of Sept ‘33 $125.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 25.00
$150.00 [total]
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Danl Boyd Clerk, Book E Vol Page
[hand written vertically] Date of death [illegible] on AB

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said 21019
Allin Samuels
Passing

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Declaration, in Order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress. Passed June 7 1832. 
State of Kentucky Pulaski County Sct. 
On this 19 day of November 1832 personally appeared before the County Court [illegible] for said County of Pulaski Samuel Allin Senr, a resident of said County of Pulaski and State of Kentucky, aged seventy six, on the 30th day of December next, who being just duly sworn according to law, with on his Oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Pension, made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that he served during the Revolutionary War, between the United States [and] Great Britain, as herein below stated [illegible] he Volunteered in the County of Bedford in the state of Virginia as a mounted Volunteer malitia [militia], furnishing his Gun Hand Rifle, [and] in the Spring or Summer of the year, but the year he cannot state, but will recollect, that it was in the same year that the biggpost [?] fell which was on the 4th day of May and was of the same year he Volunteered, that he Volunteered as [illegible] ? to perform a tour of duty of six months at Bedford Courthouse in the state of Virginia under Capt Davis Grissom, and to the best of his now recollection his Capt named [crossed-out][corrected] Jefferson, the troops to which he belayed marched from Bedford Courthouse to Hillsborough in the state of North Carolina. From there to Gilford Courthouse marching to the [illegible] of the state of North Carolina, and performing

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many other trips or tours now frequently visited during the [illegible] by Captain of the Regular army of the united states but being very young at the time, cannot at this time give their names was discharged after serving [illegible] said tour of duty in Orange County in the State of North Carolina, by my Capt Davis Grissom but which said Discharged I have lost or mislaid, not having seen it for many years afterwards time not recollected, the said Samuel Allin, as also this said Capt Davis Grissom removed from Bedford County Virginia to the State of North Carolina, and settled in Orange County of that State (North Carolina) that he the said Samuel Allin Volunteered to perform a Second Tour of duty as a mounted volunteer militia, of nine months tour, Equipping himself as is the 1st Tour, with hand rifle gun [and] under the said Capt Davis Grissom, this of Orange County North Carolina, toured [illegible] at Hillsborough in said state of North Carolina as a militia man, but was repeatedly during this tour of duty engaged in scouting parties after the tours and wanting Forayed Waggon that he states he cannot recollect the name of the Regiment, nor the Captain Companying it, nor neither can state that day month or year he volunteered to perform said 2nd tour of duty, marched from Hillsborough, was [illegible] Battle of Guilford [under the command of Genl Butler], afterwards the Troops to which he belayed marched, to the [illegible] Olivia at a little town called there joined [illegible] [and] Green of the Regular Army, march

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from there to the High Hills of Santee, in the state of Sorth Carolina, in vein of the British army but not being able to cross over, the Troops of the american army to which [illegible] or was marched back and crossed above the mouth of Santee River over to Thompson Fort, where the enemy lay but they had left there before one man or Army reach’d that place, from thereon passed the British, on foot, showing at that place Thompson fort, three days provisions persued the Enimy [enemy] to the Hextan [written above][Eutaw] Springs at which place the American Army came up with the British Army and put them to flight, after a very severe Battle, taking many prisoners, after that Battle, the Army was marched back to Thompson Fort which there my said Tour of duty of nine months expired but was not Discharged, as it was said then last the more might [illegible], and be taken by the [illegible], but had a [illegible] Discharge afterwards from my Capt in Orange Co North Carolina, the County [and] place of  my residence, afterwards to the best of his the said Samuel Allins recollected, in the said County of Orange in the State of North Carolina, he thinks in the month of July in the year 1782 at Staggs Old [illegible] being the place of mastering of the company to which he belayed in said county of Orange, he volunteered to perform a tour of eighteen months whether [illegible] in the time as above stated or not it was at this time Corn Wallas had [illegible] in with his Army of Hillsborough in said state of North Carolina he turned coat as a volunteer, under Capt Davis Grissom, again which is his 3rd [and] last tour

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a footman belonging to what was called the North Carolina Militia but before the master or before the company of s’Capt Grissom [illegible] Corn Wallis, with his army evacuated Hillsborough and marched his Army to Little York, where he surrendered to the American Army under the command of Genl George Washington, but of this tour of duty he states, that before the company marched to which he belayed his mother was taken dangerously ill or sick, and the family consisting only of her, himself and a [illegible] girl, he was compelled to furnish a substitute [illegible] Robert Childress to perform said last named tour, and had to promise to him said Childress the sum of one hundred and sixty pounds in [illegible] to take his said Allins place, and perform said tour of duty for him, for which he said Samuel Allin [illegible] on the 24th day of February 1783 [illegible] his promissary with and for quote clarity [illegible] to said with at this time without his name it being torn off upon payment being made or the same Discharged, rather than to have his mother in his sickness dr said with referred to, and accompanying this Declaration is mother and the said Saml Allin [unknown mark] states it was agreed upon between himself and [crossed out][illegible] said Allin Samuels [and] his substitute Robert Childress for the sum aforesaid he said Childress was to perform said tour of duty in his [place] said Allin [illegible] [and] place and to furnish him said Allin, with the Discharge which he said Childress, said no – and which said Discharge the said Samuel Allin, states he has lost or mislaid long since, he hereby,

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reling wishes ever claim whatever, to a pension or [illegible] except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid. 
[signed] Samuel Allin
We James Cooper a clergyman residing in Pulaski county and with vicinity of the said Samuel Allin William Speare [and] John Whiles – hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Allin, who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be about seventy six years of age as stated by him in his Declaration that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he recedes to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[signed] James Cooper, William Speare, John Whiles 
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 James Cooper who has signed that preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of

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of Pulaski and vicinity of the applicant Samuel Allin, and that William Speare [and] John Whiles who has also signed the same are residents in the county of Pulaski, and in the vicinity of said applicant, and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. 
[signed] Bourne Gossin, J Blourd, John Carver 
Justices [and] members of the Pulaski County Court 
J William Fox, clerk of the County Court holden for Pulaski County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Samuel Allin for a pension. In testimony whereby I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (no seal of office yet provided) at my office in the Town of Summit this 8th day of December AD 1832, and 43nd year of the [illegible] of Kentucky
[signed] Will Fox [illegible]
[faded scrap of paper] 40 I promise to pay or cause to [ink-smudged] Robert Childress on his order [ink-smudged] and full sum of one hundred and [ink-smudged] pounds shill on or before the 25 December 1786 it being for value [ink-smudged] as with to my hand and seal this 24 of February 1783 best [signed] Jas Alston

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No 21029 
Samuel Allin Pulaski 
County Kentucky 
From – private 
15 months 
$50
Samuel Allin 
Somerset 
Pulaski County Kentucky

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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Allin Sen
County of Pulaski in the state of Kentucky
Act 7th June 1832
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? about
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 76
4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.
Period | Vol mounted In 17 Spring Vol mounted vol substitute for said eighteen months
Duration of Service | Years, Months, Days. | 6, 9
Rank | As a | Private, Scout
Names of General and Field Officers Under whom he served 
Capt Grissom 
Col Jefferson
Genl Butler
5. In what battles was he engaged? Guilford Eutaw Springs 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Redford Co Va
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication, and if so, in what respect? Not committed or regulation required no seal of office 
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
[signed] Dyer Castor Examining Clerk.

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[typed letter] 
April 7, 1938
Miss Mabel B. Richardson								Samuel Allin
1012 West 19th Street									S. 2343
Cedar Falls, Iowa 									BA-J/AWF

Dear Madam:
	The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 2343, based upon the military service of Samuel Allin in the Revolutionary War. 
	Samuel Allin (as the name is shown in the claim) was born December 30, 1756, place not shown, nor were the names of his parents stated. 
	Samuel Allin enlisted at Bedford Court House, Virginia in the spring or summer (year not given) and served six months as private in Captain Davis Grissom’s company, Colonel Jefferson’s Virginia regiment. 
	He moved from Bedford County, Virginia to Orange County, North Carolina. Captain Davis Grissom, also, moved to Orange County, North Carolina. 
	Samuel Allin, while a resident of said Orange County, served nine months in Captain Davis Grissom’s company, and was in the battles of Guilford Court House and Eutaw Springs. He enlisted, again, but his mother was taken dangerously ill, and he hired a substitute, Robert Childress, to serve in his stead. 
	Samuel Allin was allowed pension on his

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application executed November 19, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Pulaski County, Kentucky. 
	The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to the family of the soldier, Samuel Allin, other than the reference to his mother, as given herein. 
	In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and furnish the following data – 
Samuel Allin
Certificate # 22240
Issues October 18, 1833
Rate $50.00 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

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Rev War 2343 
Invalid. 
File No. 2343
Samuel Allin
Pri. Va. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: – Vol. A, Page 5. 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
[handwritten] Va. N.C. Line. Records corrected Jan 4 1904
[vertically written]
1932 - Sept 21 - Rush to Mrs. Juel and J. Allen
1932 -  Jan 11 - Ad Mrs. Wilford Allen how to get date of death – E EL
1934 - Jan. 18. Rush to Reba Roy Euy
1937 - Feb 2 - “ “ memorial Brandi Euy
1938 - April 7 - “ “ Mabel B. Richardson

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State of Kentucky, Act I Nathan Garther, late member of congress from the state of aforesaid do hereby certify, that Will (alias, William Fox whose signature is affixed to the above and for going certificate on the Declaration proceedings in the matter of the application of Samuel Allin for a pension was on the day of the date of said certificate acting Clerk of the Pulaski County Court Kentucky, duly appointed & qualified, and that signature of the said William Fox I believe to be genuine under my hand this 2nd day of August 1833
[signed] Nathan Garther

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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 [handwritten] Samuel Allin Senr 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 assigned 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?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension that the one under the Act of June 7 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ?
IX. Has the Court 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? [handwritten] No

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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman or another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief of 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’s name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, as the magistrate who administered the oath certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
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 personal knowledge of the applicant’s service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? [handwritten] No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? [handwritten] 1. 2. 3. 
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 services 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 ___ year ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ___; 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 be 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years 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 shewn 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.
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 he 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, other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape 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.
In every case where the clerk of court, or other certifying officer, 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.

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[hand-stamped] REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS SECTION Sep 4 1931 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
[hand-stamped] RECEIVED AUG 22 1931 RECORD SECTION PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION

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[handwritten] Salt Lake City Utah
dent Aug 17 [unknown mark] 1932
Bureau of Pensions: – Washington D.C. 
Please give me what information you have of Samuel Allin served in Va mil. (pnd 1835) v256 – a resident of Pulaski Co. Ky –. I shall  appreciate this very much. 
Resp
[signed] Mrs Wilford J Allen 
3x3xSo. 7th East 
[hand-stamped] RECEIVED AUG 21 1931 RECEIPT SECTION PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION

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[hand-stamped] REC’D DEC 11 1931 MAIL [illegible] 
Dec. 6th 1931
Mr. AD Hiller
Dear Sir: – Will you kindly furnish me all information of David Allen 1762 - 1823 Born in Wake Co N.C. (Rev War hero) that you may have in your records? 
I certainly appreciate the information I received theron you Our Samil Allen. “Ba-j/awf” I should like to establish a death date of this man –. How long was his pension paid? I believe these two men were brothers same is of [illegible] father. We appreciate your early answer.
Resfo. 
Mrs. Wilford Allen
3434
3x3xSo. 7th East
Salt Lake City Utah. 
x

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[typed letter] 
Fellows, California
December 31, 1933
H.D. Hiller, Administrator 
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir: 
	Please furnish me with all of the information contained in the pension papers of [underlined] Samuel Allen, Senior, a private in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War. He received this pension in Pulaski County, Kentucky, and his name was placed on the pension roll in 1833. 
	I assure you that I shall appreciate your assistance in this matter very much. 
	[signed] Yours very truly, 
		Reba Roy
[hand-stamped] RECEIVED JAN 8 1934 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS. ADM READER 17

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[letterhead] Daughters of the American Revolution 
Cedar Falls Chapter
Cedar Falls, Iowa
1012 W. 19th St., — Feb. 4, 1938. 
 The Administrator,
Veterans Administration, 
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: 
	Would it be possible for you to give us the following information: 
For how long a period was it necessary to have served in the Revolutionary War to receive a pension?
Is it true that – if a soldier has a certain amount of property or wealth in any form – that he was not allowed a pension?
Are the soldiers listed from the States in which they served or from the States in which they resided at the time the pension was granted or both? 
Were pensions ever granted for service in the War of 1812? Was there any difference in the regulations governing the granting of them than there was in the Revolutionary War? 
If you can give us this information we shall be very grateful and we hope that it may save us troubling you with unnecessary queries in the future. 
Could you please send us the pension records of the men on the enclosed sheet?  
Respectful yours, 
[signed] Mabel B. Richardson
(Miss Mabel B. Richardson – Registrar – Cedar Falls Chapter D.A.R.)
[hand-stamped] RECEIVED FEB 8 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV [illegible] ADM. 21

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[hand-stamped] RECEIVED FEB 8 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS. ADM. READER 21

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[typed] WAR OF THE REVOLUTION:
SAMUEL ALLEN –b. Va. 1756 d. Pulaski Ky. 1840. 
	Wf. Nancy Easter – served Belfast Co. Va. & Orange Co. N.C.
William Ladd – Hampshire Co. Mass. 
Will you send us the record of any or of all of the Wm. Ladds who  served from this county. We are particularly interested in the Wm. Ladd –b. 1743 Mass. –married Elizabeth Vining b. 1746 and about 1783 removed to Duanesburg N.Y. where he died shortly after 1820. 
NIMROD or RUEBEN LONG–Culpepper or Shenandoah Co. Va. b. 1752 d. 1847. Married Eleanor Williams 1773–1803. Family records say that he received land grants in Ky. for his services in the Revolution and lived there until after the War of 1812 at least. 
JESSE PERRIN–Rehoboth Mass. 
b. 1726–d. 1801–M. Rachel Ode. (1730–1808)
JESSE PERRIN–(Jr)–1756–1808) Rehoboth? Mass. 
M. Abigail Hollister – (1759–1817)
[handwritten] also [typed] WAR OF 1812;
NIMROD or RUEBEN LONG  (above)
[handwritten] M.B. Richardson, 1012 W. 19th St. Cedar Falls. Iowa.

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[typed letter] WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 
WASHINGTON
1-28-1933 [7 handwritten over 3] 
Memorandum for	The Surgeon General.
			Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, 
			Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department, 
			The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building, 
			General Accounting Office, F Street 4th & 5th, N.W.
The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grace of the decedent names thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations. 
In addition, please advise State from which decedent came. 
PLEASE ADVISE WHETHER OR NOT DECEASED WAS GRANTED A PENSION.

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Request in Rev. War record of Samuel Allen Va pension claim S. 2343 Record of Samuel Allin Jan - application for [illegible] returned Va little [illegible] of [illegible] – giving pen not DAR number access
Feb 2 - ‘37
[hand-stamped] RECEIVED JAN 30 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS. ADM. READER NO. 19

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[typed letter] January 18,,1934 xxx… Samiel Allin–S. 2343 BA–J/AWF
Reba Roy
Fellows
California
Dear Madam:
	Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Allen, a pensioner of Pulaski County, Kentucky. 
	The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.2343, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Samuel Allin, as the name is spelled in the claim. 
	Samuel Allin was born December 30, 1756, place not stated, nor are the names of his parents shown. 
	He enlisted in Bedford Court House, Virginia, in the spring or summer (year not given) and served six months in Captain Davis Grissom’s company, Colonel Jefferson’s Virginia regiment. 
	He moved from Bedford County, Virginia to Orange County, North Carolina; he stated that Captain Davis Grissom, also, moved to Orange County, North Carolina. 
	Samuel Allin, while residing in Orange County, North Carolina, served nine months in Captain Davis Grissom’s company, and was in the battles of Guilford Court House and Eutaw Springs. He enlisted the year that Cornwallis surrendered, but his mother was taken very ill, and he hired a substitute, Robert Childress, to serve in his stead. 
	The soldier, Samuel Allin, was allowed pension

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on his application executed, November 19, 1832, then a resident of Pulaski County, Kentucky. 
	There are no data in this claim relative to the family of Samuel Allin. [handwritten] other than the ref. to his mother.  
	In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, the name and address to whom sent and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data–
Samuel Allin
Certificate No. 22240
Issued October 18, 1833
Rate $50.00 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Kentucky Agency. 
	Very truly yours
	A.D. Hiller
	Assistant to Administrator

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[typed letter] January 11, 1932 BA-J/EEL
Mrs. Wilford Allen
3434 So.7th East
Salt Lake City, Utah 
Dear Madam: 
	Reference is made to your letter of recent date relative to securing the date of death of Samuel Allin, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, whose history was furnished you on September 21, 1931. 
	In order to secure the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Samuel Allin(s.2343), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
	Samuel Allin, Certificate No.22240, issued October 18, 1833, rate $50 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Kentucky Agency. 
	The Revolutionary War records of this office do not show a claim for pension on file account of the services of a David Allen, as described by you. 
	Very truly yours
David Allen, 1762-1823
Born in Wake Co. N.C.
	A.D. Hiller 
	Assistant to Administrator.

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 WASHINGTON September 21, 1931 BA–J/AWF
Mrs. Milford J. Allen 
3434 S. 7th Street, East 
Salt Lake City, Utah

Dear Madam: 
	You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 2343, that Samuel Allin was born December 30, 1756, place not stated. 
	He enlisted in Bedford Court House, Virginia, in the spring or summer (year not given), and served six months in Captain Davis Grissom’s company, Colonel Jefferson’s Virginia regiment. 
	After this service, he moved to Orange County, North Carolina, he stated that Captain Davis Grissom also moved to Orange County, North Carolina. 
	Samuel Allin, while residing in said Orange County, served nine months in Captain Davis Grissom’s North Carolina company, and was in the battles of Guilford Court House and Eutaw Springs. 
	He enlisted the year that Cornwallis surrendered, but his mother was taken very sick, he hired a substitute, Robert Childress, to serve in his stead. 
	Samuel Allin was allowed pension on his application executed, November 19, 1832, then a resident of Pulaski County, Kentucky. 
	There are no data as to his family, other than the reference to his mother, as given above. 
	Very truly yours
	A.D. HILLER
	Assistant to Administrator

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Samuel Allin S. 2343 BA–J/AWF
The Quartermaster General 
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir: 
	Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Allen of Virginia, pension claim, S. 2343. 
	The data furnished herein were obtained from pension claim, S. 2343, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Samuel Allin, as the name is spelled in the claim. 
	Samuel Allin was born December 30, 1756, place not stated, nor were the names of his parents given. 
	He enlisted in Bedford Court House, Virginia in the spring or summer (year not given) and served six months as private in Captain Davis Grissom’s company, Colonel Jefferson’s Virginia regiment. 
	He moved from Bedford County, Virginia to Orange County, North Carolina. Captain Davis Grissom, also, moved to Orange County, North Carolina. 	
	Samuel Allin, while a resident of Orange County, North Carolina, served nine months in Captain Davis Grissom’s company, and was in the battles of Guilford Court House and Eutaw Springs. He, again, enlisted, but his mother was taken dangerously ill, and he hired a substitute, Robert Childress, to serve in his stead. 
	Samuel Allin was allowed pension on his appli–

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–cation executed, November 19, 1832, then a resident of Pulaski County, Kentucky. 
	There are no data in this claim relative to the family of the soldier, Samuel Allin, other than the reference to his mother, as given herein. 
	The application for headstone for Samuel Allen (Allin) is returned herewith. There was no correspondence enclosed. 
	Very truly yours
	A.D. HILLER
	Executive Assistant 
	to the Administrator

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April 6, 1938 xxx… BA–J/MMHF:MLB Samuel Allin S. 2343
Miss Mabel B. Richardson
1012 West 19th Street
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Dear Madam:
	Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know how long a period it was necessary for a Revolutionary War soldier to have served to be entitled to pension, whether or not a certain amount of property would have excluded him from the benefits of the pension law, whether or not pensions were granted for service in the War of 1812, if so, whether different regulations governed the granting of Revolutionary War and War of 1912 pensions, and whether or not the soldiers are listed according to the states from which they served, or in which they lived at this time they received their pensions. You submit a list of Revolutionary War soldiers and one of the War of 1812 whose records you desire. 
	In regard to length of Revolutionary War service, the requirements to establish a claim for pension varied under the different pension laws, six months, nine months, etc. In regard to property, under the Act of March 18, 1818, a soldier was entitled to pension only when he was in indigent circumstances and dependent upon his country for support. 
	Pensions were granted for military service rendered in the War of 1812, and under the provisions of different laws from those which governed the granting of Revolutionary War pensions. Revolutionary War and War of 1812 claims for pension are filed alphabetically according to the full name of the soldiers and the name of the state form which the service was rendered, but regardless of residence at time of the application. 
	Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data, it is impossible to comply in full with each request for information in regard to soldiers of those wars, It may interest you to know that you, or some reliable research worker designed by you, may examine and collect data from Revolutionary War and War of 1812 claims for pension by calling at this office. This is the usual procedure in

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matters of extensive research. 
	In order to aid you at this time in some degree in your work, the record of Samuel Allin of North Carolina and Virginia (S.2343) is furnished you herewith. 
	Very truly yours, 
	A.D. HILLER
	Executive Assistant
	to the Administrator
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