Amherst County Virginia, William Allen Revolutionary Papers

Extracted from the Lost Order Book of Amherst County 1773-1782
Pg 95
Applications, in National Archives, of Amherst Soldiers for 
Pensions

ALLEN, WILLIAM - Nelson County., Va., September 25, 1832; 
b. Albemarle Co., Oct. 3, 1749, in that part later Amherst 
and then Nelson. Enlisted June 16, 1779 as private in Capt. 
Porter's Co., Col. Fontaine's Regt. Of Guards at Albemarle 
Barracks, later commanded by Col. Taylor and known as the 
"Convention Guards," marched as guard to prisoners when 
they were moved to Winchester.  An officer at the Barracks, 
James Garland, was killed by a young man on Post name 
Mansfield.  Spotswood Garland, Nelson Co., testified to the 
following return made by Capt. Porter to Hudson Martin, 
then Paymaster of the Regt. Of Guards appointed by Patrick 
Henry, Esq., Governor of Virginia: "William Allen was 
furnished 1 coat, 1 vest, 2 pr. Breeches, 4 shirts, 3 pr. 
Stockings, 7 pr. Shoes, 1 hat, 1 stock, 1 pr. Buckles, 1 
blanket, 1 pr. Overalls & 1 hunting shirt while in 
service." Samuel Arrington, Nelson Co., testified he also 
was at the Barracks; William Fontaine commanded the Regt. 
for a short time; Francis Taylor commanded thereafter.

Dolly Allen, widow of pensioner (his 2nd wife) applied May 
31, 1854, from Kanawha Co., Va., aged 68, stating her 
husband died March 6, 1838, at Nelson Court House Va.  
William H. & Landon C. Allen were with their mother when 
she applied, & they testified the accompanying leaf was 
torn out of the Family Record made by their father:
William and Dolly Allen, his wife, were married December 
16, 1807.
Barbara L. Allen, b. December 14, 1808
George W. Allen, b. March 26, 1810
Jesse J. Allen, b. July 16, 1813
William H. Allen, b. June 14, 1816
Landon C. Allen, b. June 6, 1819
Sally B. Allen, b. May 9, 1822
James M. Allen, b, July 8, 1825 [living in Kanawha Co. 
1855]
Elizabeth M. Allen, b. April 14, 1828
Andrew Jackson Allen, b. June 10, 1831

In 1851, John Allen son of the soldier, was living in 
Nelson Co., Va. Dolly Allen's application was allowed; in 
1866, she was living in Kanawha Co., then West Va.