Wilkes-Rowan County NcArchives Military Records.....Allen, Richard 
Revwar - Pension 
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CAPTAIN RICHARD ALLEN 
of North Carolina

   Richard Allen, Sr., applied for revolutionary pension in Wilkes County, N.
C., September 4, 1832. He was born November 22, 1741, in Baltimore County,
Maryland. When he was twenty-one years of age he moved to Frederick County, Va.,
where he lived for seven years. He moved to Rowan County, now Wilkes County, N.
C., in September, 1770. In October or November, 1775, he entered the service as
a volunteer in Captain Jesse Walton's company, the first unit which was raised
in the county. He was promoted to ensign and then to captain.


Additional Comments:
From:


Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution
PAMPHLET NO. V
Compiled From Pension Statements
By
Zella Armstrong

Tennessee connection of the pensioner not specified

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