YANCEY COUNTY, NC - Military - Revolutionary War Pension of John Allen
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On this 13th day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty one 
personally appeared before the court of Pleas and Quarters sessions in and for 
said county and state John Allen aged ninety five years a resident of said 
county of Yancey and state of North Carolina, who having first duly sworn 
according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to 
obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, approved the 
7th day of June 1832: That he is an uneducated man, and never had or kept any 
record or --? of his services, and that he is now very old and memory very 
deficient, and for that reason cannot state dates and occurrences in positive 
terms, and that his reason for not making application for a pension before 
this, was that he had lost his discharges many years ago, and thought he could 
not get one unless he could produce it which was a thing infeasible, as he 
took but little care of it believing it to be of no use to him whatever at 
that time, and that he did not know of a person living who served with him, by 
whom he could prove his service. That he served his first tour in the 
Revolutionary War in the Militia Service of North Carolina under one Captain 
Huston who he thinks was from Guilford County, N. Carolina, but cannot 
recollect the name of the Colonel who commanded the Regiment, but is of 
opinion that a great portion of this tour(?) Capt. Hutson was not under the 
immediate command of anyone, being principally engaged in short excursions 
after the tories, and that he --? for the time of four months, and that as 
well as he can recollect he entered said service in the month of January or 
February 1778 and that he was at this date a citizen of Wake County and state 
of N. Carolina. --?(He) further states that he was at home but a short time 
until he enlisted in the Regular service of N Carolina ---? was about the last 
of May or first of June 1778, and that believes that he enlisted ---? the war, 
and was under the following officers; viz: Captains Smith's, Turner's and 
Pope's, and Colonels Butler and Williams, and he thinks they were awhile under 
Col. Sumpter, but cannot state how long, and that he was with Gen. Gates and 
Gen. Green for some time, but ( they were being changed about a great deal he -
-? state the length of time or the service performed. That he was in several 
battles or "fights", but the greatest battle he was in was the one fought at 
Guilford Court House in Guilford County N. Carolina, and that shortly after 
this he was taken sick and after lying for some time he was discharged from 
the service, and continuing sick for a long time, --? that --? was never again 
in service. Declarant --? that he cannot tell the date when he left the 
service for the reasons already given, but believes that he served in all 
something like three years and a half or four years, four months as a Militia 
man, and the balance in the regular service. He states if there was any 
difference between a State Troop and a Continental he did not know it, and for 
that reason cannot tell precisely which of the two he belonged to, but was 
always of the impression that he was in the State Service of N. Carolina. 
Sworn to and subscribed in open court on the day and year above written. John 
Allen (his mark) Seal

We John Wheeler-- a clergyman residing in the county of Yancey, and state of 
N.Caarolina and W.J. Lewis--residing in the same, do herby certify that we are 
well acquainted with John Allen who has sworn to and subscribed the forgoing 
declaration, that we believe him to be ninety five years of age, and that he 
is reputed(?) and believed(?) in the neighborhood where he resides to have 
been a soldier of the Revolution, that, that opinion is general(?) and 
uncontradicted(?), and we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed in 
open court day and year last written(?).