JONATHAN ALLEN JR. REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION, WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK

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Petition for Revolutionary War Pension of Jonathan Allen Jr.
of New Marlborough, Mass.

State of New York
County of Warren
( Note: The hamlet of Queensbury is near Glens Falls, NY, a mile east of State 
Highway 9 toward East Fort Ann - C. Allen )

On this twelfth day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and thirty seven personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Hiram 
Barber First Judge and Thomas Patterson, Truman B. Hicks, Thomas Seggett and 
Stephen Pratt Esquires Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county of 
Warren in the state aforesaid which said court is now sitting, Jonathan Allen a 
resident of the town of Queensbury in the county and state aforesaid aged 
seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath 
make the following declaration in order to the benefit of act of Congress passed 
June 7th 1832.

The said Jonathan Allen saith that he was born in the town of New Marlborough in 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the twenty ninth day of May in the year of 
Our Lord 1757. In the year of 1777 in the month of June I was living at New 
Marlborough and there was an alarm that Burgoyne was coming down from the north 
with his army and the militia were called out to go and meet him and I 
volunteered and went out as a private in the last mentioned month. We went from 
New Marlborough to Saratoga in the state of New York and to Fort Edward and Fort 
Ann. We were out in this service between eleven and twelve weeks and were 
engaged in scouting. We had a skirmish during this service between our main 
guard and a small party of the enemy between Fort Ann and Sandy Hill near what 
is called Morse's Mill. Our guard was stationed at Morse's Mill. During this 
service I was in Colonel John Ashley's Regiment of Sheffield. We had no captain. 
Eli Harman of New Marlborough was our Lieutenant. After we had been out twelve 
weeks lacking three or four days Colonel Ashley went home with his regiment and 
I went home also and was dismissed. I received no written discharge. I do not 
know of any person living who can testify to this part of my service in the 
Revolutionary War.

In the month of September or October in the year 1778 I was at New Marlborough 
and there was another alarm that the Indians were coming down from the north and 
the militia were ordered out and every man was required to have a horse. I 
procured a horse and volunteered and went out as a private in Colonel John 
Collar's Regiment of New Marlborough. We had no captain of the company I was in. 
Reuben Berman of New Marlborough was our lieutenant. We started from New 
Marlborough and came to Stillwater in the State of New York and we remained 
there five weeks, lacking a day or two, and were then ordered to go home. We had 
no skirmish or engagement during this service. I was discharged with the rest of 
the regiment and went home again. I received no written discharge and do not 
know of any person living who can testify to this part of my service.

In the month of October in the year 1779 I was at New Marlborough and in the 
last mentioned month enlisted at that place as a private for three months. I 
cannot recollect the name of the colonel of the regiment. Adam Kasson was the 
captain of the company. He was of New Marlborough. Zenos Kellogg of Sheffield 
was the ensign. David Tracy of New Marlborough was our Orderly Sergeant. I 
cannot recollect the name of the lieutenant. The regiment went from New 
Marlborough to Hudson in the State of New York and from there we marched to 
Albany and remained at Albany in the barracks until the three months for which 
we enlisted had expired. During this service we had no engagement or skirmish . 
I do not know of any person living who can testify to this part of my service.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the 
present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any 
State.

In answer to the interrogatories proposed in the instructions from the Secretary 
of War the said Jonathan Allen further saith:

First; I was born in the town of New Marlborough in the State of Massachusetts 
on the 29th day of May, 1757 ( sic ).

Second; I have no record of my age which I can produce. My father left a record 
of the ages of his children and after his death my mother took the record into 
her possession and about twenty five years ago she moved to the State of Ohio 
and took the record with her, since which time I have not seen it and do not 
know where it is.

Third; I lived at New Marlborough aforesaid before and when I entered the 
service and for the last twenty eight years I have lived in the town of Luzerne 
in the county of Warren aforesaid, except since the month of November last past 
when I moved to the town of Queensbury in said county and have ever since 
resided there.

My answers to the fourth, fifth and sixth interrogatories are herein before set 
forth.

Seventh; John A. Ferriss of the town of Queensbury aforesaid and James Palmeter 
of the same place are persons known to me in my present neighborhood and who can 
testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my service as a soldier 
of the Revolution.

Subscribed and sworn in court the day it was first aforesaid. Thomas Archibald 
Clerk
Jonathan Allen X His Mark
( Note that Jonathan Allen Jr. misstated his birth year and could not write his 
name, but his father could keep a journal of his children's names and birthdates 
- C. Allen )