Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2900, Charles Allen, N.C.

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Allen, Charles   (file#) S.2900

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13980
West Tennessee
Charles Allen of Williamson Co. in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Allen of the regiment commanded by Colonel Eaton in the North Carolina line for 11 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of July 
(illegible) C.A. Harris, War Department
Arrears to the 4th of March
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept
73.32
18.33
------
91.65

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Daniel Boyd, Clerk
Book 6, Vol. 7, Page 70

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Charles Allen's Declaration
11964

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I, Preston Hay, Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the county of Williamson in the state of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of  the application of Charles Allen for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and private seal there being no seal of office yet provided this 26th day of September in this year one thousand eighty hundred and thirty two. 
Preston Hay {wrote and circled "Seal"}

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State of Tennessee
Williamson County

On this 2nd day of September 1832 before the Hon. Thomas Stuart Judge of the fourth judicial Circuit for the State of Tennessee now sitting for the county of Williamson, Charles Allen, a resident of the  county area aforesaid aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act passed June 7th 1832.

That he served two campaigns during the revolutionary war. The first of which he entered the service as a volunteer in November 1779 under the following officers. Captain Charles Allen his father, Lieut. John Hopkins and Ensign ___ Richardson, commanded by Col. Thomas Eaton and Major ___ Clinch and attached to the Brigade commanded by General Ash. When he was called into the service he resided in the State of North Carolina, Warren County. He joined the main army at Elizabethtown on Cape Fear River under General Ash. He then march {sic} with the army down the Country within ten miles of Charleston South Carolina then marched up the River Savannah opposite to Augusta which at that time was in possession of the British and lay there two or three weeks. We then crossed the River and

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and marched to Briar Creek at which place General Ash and his army were defeated. We then recrossed the Savannah River and marched down it to Purisburg and there remained until March 1780 at which time we were discharged, making a period of five months that he served this campaign. He received a discharge from Col. Eaton which has been lost or destroyed. He does not recollect any officers of the Continental or Regular line. The number of any Regiment or companies that he served with during this campaign. Except Gen. Ash and Gen. Elbert of Georgia.

He volunteered and entered into the service of the United States a second time in the month of October in the year 1780 under the following officers. Captain John White, Lieutenant William Christmas, ___ Ensign ___ and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Eaton attached to General Butler's Brigade. He was engaged for some months in collecting and procuring Cattle and provisions for the army and then immediately repaired to Guilford Courthouse and remained there until after the Battle and was discharged some time in March or April following in 1781, making a time of service about 6 or 7 months. He Recollects that at this battle at Guilford he served with Generals Butler and Green and Col. Henry Erickson. He does not recollect any

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other officers nor the number of the Regiments and companies with which he served during this campaign. He also received a discharge from this campaign but it is lost or destroyed. When he entered the service this campaign he also lived in Warren County North Carolina and resided there after the Revolution till 1819 at which time he moved to Tennessee and has since resided in Williamson County.

He was born in Virginia in Culpeper County on the 8th day of March 1758, as appears from a record of his age in his possession, copied from a book of his father's. 

He knows of no person who can prove his services. Having lost his discharges, he has no documentary evidence in his possession by which he can prove them.

The only battles in which was engaged were the battle in which Gen. Ash got defeated at Briar Creek and the Battle at Guilford Courthouse which are above related.

He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or Annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Rolls of the agency of any State whatever.

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid.

(Signed)
Charles Allen

(Undersigned)
Preston Hay clk

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We Robert Davis, a clergyman residing in the County of Williamson and state of Tennessee and Edward Swanson and James Armstrong, residents in the same County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Allen who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 74 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 to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.

(Signed)
Robert Davis
Edward Swanson
James Armstrong

(Undersigned)
P. Hay clk. 

And the said Court does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter, after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that Robert Davis, who has deposed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the County of Williamson and State of Tennessee and that Edward Swanson and James Armstrong who also declared the same are residents in the same County and State aforesaid and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

(Signed)
Thomas Stuart
Judge

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11964
Charles Allen
Tennessee
from 1779 private 
11 months
$36.66

(Signed)
Richard L. Andrews
Franklin, Tennessee

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Brief in the case of Charles Allen in the County of Williamson in the State of Tennessee (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? Seventy four
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period: Volunteered in Nov. 1779 to Oct. 1780
Duration of Service: 5 months (plus) 6 or 7 months
As a: private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. Ash
Col. Thomas Eaton, Maj. Clinch
Capt. Charles Allen (applicant's father)
Lieut. John Hopkins
Ensign Richardson
Gen. Butler, Col. Eaton, Capt. John White, Lieut. William Christmas
5. In what battles was he engaged? Briar Creek and Guildford {sic} Court House
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warren County, North Carolina
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? Defective -- Private seal, not attached to other papers or authenticated.

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above.
(Signed)
J.M. Duncan
Examining Clerk.

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I, Thomas Hardeman, clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter sessions for the County of Williamson in the State of Tennessee aforesaid  do certify that John Allison Esq. whose signature appears to this within and before whom the within affidavit of Charles Allen was made is now and was at the time of making the within affidavit an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County of Williamson aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due his official acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at office this 26th day of April 1833. 

(Signed)
Thomas Hardeman

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State of Tennessee
Williamson County

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the County and State aforesaid Charles Allen 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 eleven months. I served as a private volunteer into campaigns as mentioned in his said declaration which this is intended to amend & for such service I claim a pension.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th of April 1833.
(Signed)
John Allison {word "Seal" written and circled}

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March 31, 1911
Hon. Joseph W. Byrns,
House of Representatives

My dear Mr. Byrns:

In response to your letter dated the 29th and received the 30th instant, I have the honor to advise you that Charles Allen, Sur. File No. 2,900, was allowed pension on his application executed September 3, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He stated that he was born March 8, 1758, in Culpeper County, Virginia, and resided in Warren County, North Carolina, where he enlisted in the Revolution as follows.

Volunteered in November, 1779, as Private under his father Captain Charles Allen, in Colonel Thomas Eaton's regiment, General Ash's brigade, was in the battle of Briar Cree, and served until March 1780; 5 months. 

Volunteered in October, 1780, as Private under Captain John White in Colonel Thomas Eaton's regiment, was in the battle of Guilford, and was discharged in March or April, 1781; six months.

There is no other family data on file, and the above is the only Charles Allen of the North Carolina troops and residence, found on the Revolutionary War pension records.

For the date of the soldier's death, and name of the person to whom the arrears of his pension were paid, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department,

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Sur. File No. 2,900--2

giving him the following data:
"Charles Allen, Certificate No. 13,980, issued July 19, 1832, under the Act of June 7, 1833, at the West Tennessee Agency."

A careful search of the Revolutionary War pension records fails to show that a claim was ever filed for Vincent Allen of the North Carolina troops, therefore this Bureau has no information concerning him.

Very respectfully,

(no signature)
Commissioner

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INVALID
File No. 2900
Charles Allen
Pvt. N.C. line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: Vol. 1, Page 5
(Arrangement of 1870)

{Written on back of card}
1911 March 31. History to Hon. Joseph W. Byrns 
1921 June 6. Hist. to J.W. Allen
1921, Nov. 3. Letter to J.W. Allen -- where to obtain date of death etc.
1922, Mar. 25. Tombstone data to Q.M.Gen Aw

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State of Tennessee

I hereby certify that Preston Hay, whose name appears as clerk of the Circuit Court for Williamson County of State of Tennessee aforesaid to the declaration of Charles Allen is and was at the time of making the same aforesaid Clerk of said Court before whom said declaration was made and the signature is that of Preston Hay and in his handwriting. And also that there is no list of officers provided for said Court. Given under my hand this 17th day of April 1833.

(Signed)
Felix Green clrk

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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 Charles Allen which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant residents? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declarant in the county where he resides? Yes
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? Yes
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? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
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? Yes
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? Yes
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, has 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 a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
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House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D.C.
March 29, 1911.

Honorable J.L. Davenport, 
Pension Commissioner

Dear sir:

I have a request from a constituent in Nashville, for information concerning the military record of Major Chas. Allen, and his son Vincent Allen, both of whom served in the Revolutionary War. I will appreciate it if you will advise me as to whether or not the records in your offices show any information concerning either of these soldiers. They were residents of Warren County, N.C., and I presume enlisted from that place.

Thanking you for your attention to this request, I am,
Yours very truly,
{Signed}
Joseph W. Byrns

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Hotel Hermitage
Meyer Hotel Co., Proprietors
May 22, 1921
Nashville, Tenn.

Pension Bureau
Washington DC
Dear Sir: About 5 years ago I received a letter from you through Congressman Byrns of Tenn. stating that Charles Allen of Franklin Tenn. applied for pension about 1837 as a Revolutionary soldier. He was my great uncle and I would be under renewed obligations if you would send me a copy of his application if you can and if not send me copy of that

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letter. I want this week if possible as I am applying to get in the Sons of American Rev. Please also send copy of Vincent Allen's application if on file. He was my great grandpop and was under Lt. Col. Posey (?) in a Virginian Reg. He lived and died after that in Warren County, N.C.

Yours sincerely,
J.W. Allen
P.O. Box 716

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J.W. Allen
Account and Actuary
Box 716
Nashville, Tenn.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:
On June 6 last I rcv'd {illegible} from you concerning one Charles Allen applying for pension for Rev. War services 1776-1783 of date 1832 for which I thank you.
I want now to know when and where pensioner died and what children, wife or other family did  with (?) or at time of death. 
You might give me name of administration or executor or anyone else appearing on death proofs or other papers filed.
Thanking you in advance, I am yours,
J.W. Allen
P.O. Box 716
Nashville Tenn.
(postmarked Oct. 13, 1921)

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Revolutionary War Records Section
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

In reply to your request of ______________, received _______, for a statement of the military history of Charles Allen, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the information as contained in his (or his widow's) application on file in this Bureau.

{column headings} Dates of Enlistment or Appointment, Length of Service, Rank, Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered, State:
- Nov. 1779, 5 mos., Pvt., Chas. Allen (his father), Thos. Eaton, NC
- Oct. 1780, 6 mos., Pvt., John White, Thos. Eaton, NC

Battles engaged in: Brier Creek, Guilford
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Warren Co. N.C.
Date of application for pension: Sept. 3, 1832. His cl. was al. (??)
Residence at date of application: Williamson Co., Tenn.
Age at date of application: born Mar. 8, 1758 in Culpeper Co. Va.
Remarks: There is no other date on file as to his family

Respectfully,
(unsigned)
Commissioner

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November 3, 1921

J.W. Allen
P.O. Box 716
Nashville, Tennessee

Sir:
In response to your letter received October 13, 1921, you are advised that for the date of last payment of pension, name of person paid and date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner Charles Allen, Bur. File No. 2900, you should reply to the Pension Section, Interior Department Division, General Accounting Office, Washington D.C. citing all of the following data: Charles Allen, Certificate No. 13980, issued July 19, 1833, rate $36.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1833, West Tennessee Agency.

Very respectfully,
(unsigned)
Commissioner