Orange County NcArchives Military Records.....Allen, Samuel August 27, 1832
Revwar - Pension 
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Pension Application Of Samuel Allen, Natl Archives Microseries M805, Roll __, Application #S6480
Orange County, NC, 27th day of August, 1832, Samuel Allen, aged 71 years: “That 
he entered the service of the United States about the 1st of February, 1781, 
volunteered as a private in the company commanded by George Hodge, Lt. Not now 
recollected [the name James Thompson was crossed out] that was organized on 
Back Creek in Orange County, marched to Granville Old Courthouse, returned to 
Hillsborough in Orange, from Hillsborough we marched to the Hick Rock on Haw 
River when we joined General Greene, crossed the river there and marched under 
Greene to Guilford Old Courthouse and was under him in the battle fought there 
on the 15th of March, 1781.”

“This applicant continued with Green’s army on its march to Ramsey’s Mills. 
Here he parted with the main army of Greene and under General Butler was 
marched to Wake Courthouse. We were at Wake Courthouse about the first week in 
May, and directly returned to Hillsborough where we were discharged by General 
Butler after being out a tour of 3 months.”

“This applicant states that in the year 1782, he was appointed by General 
Alexander Mebane commissary, and acted in that capacity for 3 months, supplying 
with forage certain troops of our militia then stationed in the town of 
Hillsborough in this county, for which  service as commissary he received a 
certificate from A. Mebane, but has now lost it.”

“That this applicant has also served in two or more tours against the Tories, 
but not being able to give them with precision, he does not enumerate them." He 
can procure the testimony of Samuel Nelson, James Turner and William Allen. 
That he was born in the Hawfields in this county in 1762. 

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