Roane County TN Archives Military Records.....Allen, Richard 
Revwar - Pension 
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LIEUTENANT RICHARD ALLEN



   Richard Allen applied for a revolutionary pension while living in Roane

County, Tennessee, October 23, 1832, at which time he was seventy-nine years of

age. He enlisted in Goochland County, Va., in 1776, in Captain John Flemming's

company, Colonel Patrick Henry's Virginia regiment. He served in Colonel Henry's

regiment until Patrick Henry was elected Governor of Virginia. Richard Alien

then served in Colonel Eppes' First Virginia regiment. He was in the battle of

Long Bridge, in Norfolk when it was burned by the British, and in several

skirmishes during a service of one year. He then re-enlisted for three years. He

became ill and went to his father's home in Goochland County, for six months. He

was then appointed Lieutenant of a company of Minute Man. He was in several

engagements and in the Siege of Yorktown. He received his discharge in October,

1781.



Additional Comments:
From:



Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution

PAMPHLET NO. V

Compiled From Pension Statements

By

Zella Armstrong





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