Jonathan Allen Pension Application, St Lawrence, New York

SUBJECT: Jonathan Allen Pension Application
SUBMITTER: Doug Batten
EMAIL: dbatten@eoni.com
DATE: Jul 23, 1999
SURNAMES: ALLEN

Declaration in order to be placed (on) the Pension List under the Act of
the 18th of march 1818

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State of New York
St Lawrence County-----On this eighth day of February 1831 personally appeared in open court being the
Circuit Court and Court of ---- and ---- for the County of St Lawrence held in the state of New York. I
being--Court of Record, Jonathan Allen of the Town of Madrid in the said county and state aged Seventy eight
years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the provisions made by the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the
said Jonathan Allen enlisted for the term of three years ---- -----[scratched out] in the month of May in the
year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in the now state of Vermont in the Company commanded by
Colonel Seth Warner in the line of the State of New Hampshire in the Continental establishment. That he
continued to serve in said Corps until the month of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and
seventy seven when he was discharged from the Service at Fort Edwards in the State of New York; that he
hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the roll of
any State and that the following are the reason for not making an earlier application for a pension.

That shortly after the passage of the act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 he applied to Rupert Attwater
Esquire, then one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid to assist him in
procuring the provisions of the act. That a Declaration was prepared which this Deponent (?) Signed and left
with the said Attwater to be forwarded to the proper office. That he was afterwards informed that his
application was denied for want of sufficient proof of his services. That it was not until about a years time
that he was informed that Nathan Beman with whom he had served during the Revolutionary War was still alive,
and that it was not until a journey had been undertaken to procure the affidavit of the said Nathan Beman
that he heard that Samuel Barton was also still alive.

And in pursuance of the Act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the
United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner
disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it or to bring myself within
the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18th day of March
1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due
to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me
intended(?).

Schedule of property now owned by Jonathan Allen the above Declarant.

One cow, now 6 years old raised by the Declarant from a cow owned by the Declarant on the 18th March 1818
which was killed & consumed in the family of Declarant in the year 1825. That he has not since the 18th March
1818 owned any property other than this cow, except his necessary wearing apparel for himself and wife which
was consumed by the burning of Declarants house in the spring of 1830. The Declarant further states that he
is by occupation a farmer, that in the year 1819 he became totally blind but afterwards partially recovered,
but not so much as to enable him to perform any labor that his family consists of his wife aged Seventy Seven
years, who is in poor health, and a grandchild about seven years old who in the duties of the family.

Sworn and declared on the 8th day of February 1831 before me

[signed] JC (?) Hopkins

His Jonathan X Allen

Mark

I, James C. Hopkins Clerk of the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York and Clerk of the Circuit
Court and of the Court of Age & Terminence(?) In the forsaid County do hereby certify that it appears to the
satisfaction of the said court that the said Jonathan Allen, the above named Declarant did serve in the
Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration request the pension ----- being for more than the
term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the
forgoing(?) Oath and the Schedule there to annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I
do further certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is fifteen dollars. And I further certify that the said Jonathan Allen
being unable to write made his mark to the Declaration in my presence.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I Have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 9th day of
February 1831. J.C. Hopkins Clerk of the said Courts --- of St Lawrence County.





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