York County PA Archives Military Records.....Robert, Allison March 1818 Revwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com July 24, 2006, 3:14 pm Pension Application Of Robert Allison, Natl Archives Microseries M804, Roll #__, Application #W3207 To the honorable John Calhoun, Esq, Secretary of the Department of War, the petition of Robert Allison, formerly a commissioned officer of the Revolutionary Army, respectfully presents: “That your petitioner entered the service in 1775 as a private under ____ Dowdle at Little York, Pennsylvania, from whence he marched to Boston. From thence he marched as a volunteer under Arnold to Quebec. After the death of Montgomery, he joined Colonel Irwin’s regiment in Canada.” “Afterwards your petitioner served under Colonel Thomas Hartley in one of the 16 additional regiments as ensign, lieutenant and adjutant and continued on in the 11th Pennsylvania regiment until they were consolidated into 6 regiments, and continued in the 3rd of said regiments as a lieutenant, from the 16th day of march, 1780, as per commission bearing date of 22nd March, 1780, taking rank from 16th , signed Samuel Huntington, president of Congress, attest Joseph Carlton, Secretary, Board of War, said regiment being under Colonel Thomas Craig until the fall of 1783 when the army was disbanded at Lancaster in Pennsylvania.” “That your petitioner never left the service from 1775 until the end of the war; not even a furlough. That your petitioner is a resident citizen of the United States at Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA.” Etc. Borough of Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA, June 14th, 1820, Robert Allison, aged 62 years: “That he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: that in March 1775, he joined Captain Dowdley’s company of volunteers, raised at York, Pennsylvania in Colonel Thompson’s regiment of Riflemen, and marched to Boston, and was at the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775.” “In the fall of that year, he volunteered in the expedition to Canada and marched to Quebec in Captain Smith’s company of Riflemen under the command of General Arnold, and was in the attack on Quebec on the 1st of January, 1776. In May 1776, he met the 6th Pennsylvania regiment commanded by Colonel Irwin at St. John’s in Canada, and joined Captain McLeary’s company in said regiment and was in the Battle at Three Rivers in June under General Thompson, and the attack of the fleet on Lake Champlain in October under Generals Arnold and Waterbury.” “He afterwards returned to Pennsylvania and in March 1777, he enlisted in the continental established army in Captain Bush’s company in one of the 16 additional regiments, then commanded by Colonel Thomas Hartley. That he shortly after, was promoted and he became an ensign. In June 1777, he was in the attack on the enemy at Brunswick under General Wayne. In September 1777 he was in the Battles of Brandywine and Paoli under General Wayne, and in October 1777, he was in the Battle of Germantown. He was appointed to Lieutenant in the 3rd Pennsylvania regiment as will appear by his commission now in the War office. In June 1778, he was in the Battle of Monmouth, and immediately afterward, he was marched towards Wyoming against the Indians, and in August was at the defeat of Butler and the Indians below ?Wyalusing under Colonel Hartley.” “In 1779, the said regiment was incorporated with Colonel Patton’s regiment, also one of the 16 additional regiments, and then became the 11th Pennsylvania regiment, and was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel A. ?Fadley and said deponent was at the defeat of the Indians in October 1779 under General Sullivan.” “In 1781 he was again transferred into the 3rd Pennsylvania regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Craig, in which he continued until the end of the war and was disbanded at Lancaster, PA in December 1782. He was at the Battle of Green Springs in Virginia in June 1781 under General Wayne; also at the siege of York and capture of Lord Cornwallis, and at the defeat of the enemy at Savannah, 24th May, 1782 by General Wayne.” “That his original declaration was made on or about the 28th day of March, 1818’…etc. That his family consists of his wife Catherine, aged about 56 years and very frail, 3 daughters and one son. His eldest daughter, Molly, aged 29 years, Margaret aged 22 years, Katherine aged 17 years, and his son, William aged 23 years, now learning a trade.” Robert Allison died on the 24th of April, 1836 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA. That he was married in the year the Revolutionary Army was disbanded, 1783, in the County of Cumberland, now Franklin, state of Pennsylvania. In 1838, Catherine Allison was aged 70 years. The birth years of her children: John Allison born August 11, 1786 Alexander Allison born December 16,1787 Molly Allison born December 7, 1789-married a Whitston Robert Allison born November 21, 1791 Benjamin F. Allison born February 21, 1793 Margaret Stewart Allison born November 1, 1795-married a Henry James and ?William Allison, twins, born ____ 1797. Catherine Emalina Allison, November 1, 1799 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb