John Allgood Revolutionary War Pension Record: Breckinridge County, Kentucky *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************************************** Copyright c 2003, by Dana Brown. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. BrieSkate@aol.com *********************************************************************** Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. State of Kentucky Breckinridge County Court On this 20th day of May, 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Breckinridge County now sitting John Allgood a resident of the County of Breckinridge and State of Kentucky aged about 75 years old having no record of his age, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officiers and served as herein stated. In his first tour he served under Captain Swi__ton (Levebston?), Colonel Mumford, and General Greene. He entered the service about twenty days before the battle of Guilford. He thinks it was in the year 1781. He cannot remember precisely the day nor the month when he left the service but he served this tour not less than two months. He resided in the County of Mecklenburg, State of Virginia, when he entered the service. He was drafted, was out with that division of the army that was in the engagement at Guilford Courthouse, but was not in the battle himself having been left a few miles behind the army to take care of the sick soldiers. He went from Mecklenburg County, Virginia into the State of North Carolina, through the counties of Granvill, Pearson & Caswell, North Carolina. He was discharged at Mecklenburg Courhouse, Va. By his Captain Richard Levebston which discharge was burnt up in his brothers house. He joined the United States Army at Guilford in 2 or 3 months after his discharge he was again called out into the service under Captain Hynes. He resided in the same county. he was drafted. He was a part (a part had a line run through it to cross it out, and the word one was put in instead) ..... of the company ordered to guard the magazine in Mecklenburg County Virginia on the Roanoke river. He is not able at this time to remember precisely when he entered or when he left the service but he believes he served not less that ? Six weeks this tour. His Genl's name was Carrington. His Lieut's name was Lee. He got a discharge from Capt. Hynes, which was burned up at the same time as the other. 3rd tour. He served under Captain Oliver, Major Jones, Colonel Lewis Burrel, and Genl. Marcus. He cannot remember with precision when he entered or when he left the service, but he thinks it was about 4 months after he left the magazine when he entered the service and he fully believes that he served not less than three months in this tour. He still lived in Mecklenburg County, Va when he entered the service. He was drafted. He was in no battle, but a skirmish at Portsmouth. Wintered at Cabin Point, and remained there the greater part of his tour waiting for orders. He was born in Mecklenburg County, Va, about 5 miles from the courthouse. He lived in Mecklenburg 15 or 16 years after the end of the war. He moved from there to Washington County _____ Tennessee where he lived until he moved to Breckinridge County where he now lives. He received discharges from his Captains in each of the tours above named but that they are all burned up. He has no documentary service and he knows of no one whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. 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. Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid. John (X) Allgood (his mark) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- We hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Allgood who has subscribed to the above declaration for a pension that we believe him to be 75 years of age and 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. Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named John Allgood was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. 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