Revolutionary War soldier who served with his father , Captain Charles Allen of Warren County , NC.Moved from NC to Franklin , Tn about 1819
Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of Charles Allen S2900 f26NC
Transcribed by Will Graves 9/16/06 rev'd 7/18/14
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. The word 'illegible' or 'indecipherable' appearing in brackets indicates that at the time I made the transcription, I was unable to decipher the word or phrase in question. Only materials pertinent to
the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading skills fail to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the
software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call material errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Tennessee, Williamson County
On this 3rd day of September 1832 before the Hon. Thomas Stuart Judge of the fourth
judicial circuit for the State of Tennessee now setting for the county of Williamson, Charles
Allen a resident of the county aforesaid aged Seventy-four years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of an act passed June 7th, 1832.
That he served two campaigns during the revolutionary war. The first of which he entered
the service as a volunteer in November 1779 under the following officers: Captain Charles Allen,
his father, Lieut. John Hopkins, Ensign ___ Richardson in the regiment commanded by Col.
Thomas Eaton, and Major ___ Clinch and attached to the brigade commanded by Gen. Ash
[John Ashe]. When he was called into the service he resided in the State of North Carolina,
Warren County. He joined the main army at Elizabethtown on Cape Fear River under General
Ashe. He then marched with the army down the country within ten miles of Charleston, South
Carolina. Then marched up the River Savannah opposite to Augusta which at that time was in
the possession of the British and lay there two or three weeks. We then crossed the river and
marched to Briar Creek at which place General Ashe and his army were defeated [March 3,
1779]. We then recrossed the Savannah River and marched down it to Purrysburg and there
remained until March 1780 at which time we were discharged, making a period of five months
that he served this campaign. He received a discharge from Col. Eaton which has been lost or
destroyed. He does not recollect any officers of the Continental or Regular line [or] the number
of any regiment or companies that he served with in the campaign except Genl. Ashe, & Gen.
Elbert [Samuel Elbert] of Georgia.
He volunteered and entered in to the service of the United States a second time in the
month of October in the year 1780 under the following officers: Capt John White, Lieutenant
William Christmas, Ensign ___ and in the regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Eaton attached
to General Butler's [John Butler's] Brigade. He was engaged for some months in collecting and
procuring cattle and provisions for the army and then immediately repaired to Guilford
Courthouse and remained there until after the battle [March 15, 1781] and was discharged some
time in March or April following in 1781, making a term of service about 6 or 7 months. He
recollects that at the battle of Guilford he served with Generals Butler & Green [sic, Nathanael
Greene] and Col Henry Dickson [sic, Henry "Hal" Dixon]. He did not recollect any other officers
nor the number of the regiments and companies with which he served during this campaign. He
also received a discharge for this campaign but it is lost or destroyed. When he entered this
service this campaign he also lived in Warren County North Carolina and resided there after the
Revolution till 1819 at which time he moved to Tennessee and has since resided in Williamson
County.
He was born in Virginia in Culpepper County on the 8th day of March 1758 as appears
from a record of his age in his possession copied from a book of his father's.
He knows of no persons who can prove his services. Having lost his discharge he has no
documentary evidence in his possession by which he can prove this.
The only battles in which he was engaged were the battle in which Gen Ashe got defeated
at Briar Creek and the battle at Guilford Courthouse which are above related.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State whatever.
S/ Charles Allen
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
S/ Preston Hay, Clerk &c.
[Robert Davis, a clergyman, and Edward Swanson and James Armstrong gave the standard
supporting affidavit.]
State of Tennessee Williamson County: SS
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the County and
State aforesaid Charles Allen who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age
and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his
service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned
below and in the following grades for eleven months I served as a private volunteer into
campaigns as mentioned in his said declaration which this is intended to amend & for such
service I claim a pension.
S/ Charles Allen
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th of April 1833
S/ John Allison, JP
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $36.66 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for
service as a private for 11 months in the North Carolina militia.]
Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of Charles Allen S2900 f26NC
Transcribed by Will Graves 9/16/06 rev'd 7/18/14
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. The word 'illegible' or 'indecipherable' appearing in brackets indicates that at the time I made the transcription, I was unable to decipher the word or phrase in question. Only materials pertinent to
the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading skills fail to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the
software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call material errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Tennessee, Williamson County
On this 3rd day of September 1832 before the Hon. Thomas Stuart Judge of the fourth
judicial circuit for the State of Tennessee now setting for the county of Williamson, Charles
Allen a resident of the county aforesaid aged Seventy-four years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of an act passed June 7th, 1832.
That he served two campaigns during the revolutionary war. The first of which he entered
the service as a volunteer in November 1779 under the following officers: Captain Charles Allen,
his father, Lieut. John Hopkins, Ensign ___ Richardson in the regiment commanded by Col.
Thomas Eaton, and Major ___ Clinch and attached to the brigade commanded by Gen. Ash
[John Ashe]. When he was called into the service he resided in the State of North Carolina,
Warren County. He joined the main army at Elizabethtown on Cape Fear River under General
Ashe. He then marched with the army down the country within ten miles of Charleston, South
Carolina. Then marched up the River Savannah opposite to Augusta which at that time was in
the possession of the British and lay there two or three weeks. We then crossed the river and
marched to Briar Creek at which place General Ashe and his army were defeated [March 3,
1779]. We then recrossed the Savannah River and marched down it to Purrysburg and there
remained until March 1780 at which time we were discharged, making a period of five months
that he served this campaign. He received a discharge from Col. Eaton which has been lost or
destroyed. He does not recollect any officers of the Continental or Regular line [or] the number
of any regiment or companies that he served with in the campaign except Genl. Ashe, & Gen.
Elbert [Samuel Elbert] of Georgia.
He volunteered and entered in to the service of the United States a second time in the
month of October in the year 1780 under the following officers: Capt John White, Lieutenant
William Christmas, Ensign ___ and in the regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Eaton attached
to General Butler's [John Butler's] Brigade. He was engaged for some months in collecting and
procuring cattle and provisions for the army and then immediately repaired to Guilford
Courthouse and remained there until after the battle [March 15, 1781] and was discharged some
time in March or April following in 1781, making a term of service about 6 or 7 months. He
recollects that at the battle of Guilford he served with Generals Butler & Green [sic, Nathanael
Greene] and Col Henry Dickson [sic, Henry "Hal" Dixon]. He did not recollect any other officers
nor the number of the regiments and companies with which he served during this campaign. He
also received a discharge for this campaign but it is lost or destroyed. When he entered this
service this campaign he also lived in Warren County North Carolina and resided there after the
Revolution till 1819 at which time he moved to Tennessee and has since resided in Williamson
County.
He was born in Virginia in Culpepper County on the 8th day of March 1758 as appears
from a record of his age in his possession copied from a book of his father's.
He knows of no persons who can prove his services. Having lost his discharge he has no
documentary evidence in his possession by which he can prove this.
The only battles in which he was engaged were the battle in which Gen Ashe got defeated
at Briar Creek and the battle at Guilford Courthouse which are above related.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State whatever.
S/ Charles Allen
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
S/ Preston Hay, Clerk &c.
[Robert Davis, a clergyman, and Edward Swanson and James Armstrong gave the standard
supporting affidavit.]
State of Tennessee Williamson County: SS
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the County and
State aforesaid Charles Allen who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age
and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his
service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned
below and in the following grades for eleven months I served as a private volunteer into
campaigns as mentioned in his said declaration which this is intended to amend & for such
service I claim a pension.
S/ Charles Allen
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th of April 1833
S/ John Allison, JP
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $36.66 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for
service as a private for 11 months in the North Carolina militia.]
Revolutionary War soldier who served with his father , Captain Charles Allen of Warren County , NC.Moved from NC to Franklin , Tn about 1819
Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of Charles Allen S2900 f26NC
Transcribed by Will Graves 9/16/06 rev'd 7/18/14
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. The word 'illegible' or 'indecipherable' appearing in brackets indicates that at the time I made the transcription, I was unable to decipher the word or phrase in question. Only materials pertinent to
the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading skills fail to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the
software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call material errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Tennessee, Williamson County
On this 3rd day of September 1832 before the Hon. Thomas Stuart Judge of the fourth
judicial circuit for the State of Tennessee now setting for the county of Williamson, Charles
Allen a resident of the county aforesaid aged Seventy-four years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of an act passed June 7th, 1832.
That he served two campaigns during the revolutionary war. The first of which he entered
the service as a volunteer in November 1779 under the following officers: Captain Charles Allen,
his father, Lieut. John Hopkins, Ensign ___ Richardson in the regiment commanded by Col.
Thomas Eaton, and Major ___ Clinch and attached to the brigade commanded by Gen. Ash
[John Ashe]. When he was called into the service he resided in the State of North Carolina,
Warren County. He joined the main army at Elizabethtown on Cape Fear River under General
Ashe. He then marched with the army down the country within ten miles of Charleston, South
Carolina. Then marched up the River Savannah opposite to Augusta which at that time was in
the possession of the British and lay there two or three weeks. We then crossed the river and
marched to Briar Creek at which place General Ashe and his army were defeated [March 3,
1779]. We then recrossed the Savannah River and marched down it to Purrysburg and there
remained until March 1780 at which time we were discharged, making a period of five months
that he served this campaign. He received a discharge from Col. Eaton which has been lost or
destroyed. He does not recollect any officers of the Continental or Regular line [or] the number
of any regiment or companies that he served with in the campaign except Genl. Ashe, & Gen.
Elbert [Samuel Elbert] of Georgia.
He volunteered and entered in to the service of the United States a second time in the
month of October in the year 1780 under the following officers: Capt John White, Lieutenant
William Christmas, Ensign ___ and in the regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Eaton attached
to General Butler's [John Butler's] Brigade. He was engaged for some months in collecting and
procuring cattle and provisions for the army and then immediately repaired to Guilford
Courthouse and remained there until after the battle [March 15, 1781] and was discharged some
time in March or April following in 1781, making a term of service about 6 or 7 months. He
recollects that at the battle of Guilford he served with Generals Butler & Green [sic, Nathanael
Greene] and Col Henry Dickson [sic, Henry "Hal" Dixon]. He did not recollect any other officers
nor the number of the regiments and companies with which he served during this campaign. He
also received a discharge for this campaign but it is lost or destroyed. When he entered this
service this campaign he also lived in Warren County North Carolina and resided there after the
Revolution till 1819 at which time he moved to Tennessee and has since resided in Williamson
County.
He was born in Virginia in Culpepper County on the 8th day of March 1758 as appears
from a record of his age in his possession copied from a book of his father's.
He knows of no persons who can prove his services. Having lost his discharge he has no
documentary evidence in his possession by which he can prove this.
The only battles in which he was engaged were the battle in which Gen Ashe got defeated
at Briar Creek and the battle at Guilford Courthouse which are above related.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State whatever.
S/ Charles Allen
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
S/ Preston Hay, Clerk &c.
[Robert Davis, a clergyman, and Edward Swanson and James Armstrong gave the standard
supporting affidavit.]
State of Tennessee Williamson County: SS
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the County and
State aforesaid Charles Allen who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age
and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his
service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned
below and in the following grades for eleven months I served as a private volunteer into
campaigns as mentioned in his said declaration which this is intended to amend & for such
service I claim a pension.
S/ Charles Allen
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th of April 1833
S/ John Allison, JP
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $36.66 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for
service as a private for 11 months in the North Carolina militia.]
Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters
Pension application of Charles Allen S2900 f26NC
Transcribed by Will Graves 9/16/06 rev'd 7/18/14
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. The word 'illegible' or 'indecipherable' appearing in brackets indicates that at the time I made the transcription, I was unable to decipher the word or phrase in question. Only materials pertinent to
the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading skills fail to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the
software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call material errors or omissions to my attention.]
State of Tennessee, Williamson County
On this 3rd day of September 1832 before the Hon. Thomas Stuart Judge of the fourth
judicial circuit for the State of Tennessee now setting for the county of Williamson, Charles
Allen a resident of the county aforesaid aged Seventy-four years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of an act passed June 7th, 1832.
That he served two campaigns during the revolutionary war. The first of which he entered
the service as a volunteer in November 1779 under the following officers: Captain Charles Allen,
his father, Lieut. John Hopkins, Ensign ___ Richardson in the regiment commanded by Col.
Thomas Eaton, and Major ___ Clinch and attached to the brigade commanded by Gen. Ash
[John Ashe]. When he was called into the service he resided in the State of North Carolina,
Warren County. He joined the main army at Elizabethtown on Cape Fear River under General
Ashe. He then marched with the army down the country within ten miles of Charleston, South
Carolina. Then marched up the River Savannah opposite to Augusta which at that time was in
the possession of the British and lay there two or three weeks. We then crossed the river and
marched to Briar Creek at which place General Ashe and his army were defeated [March 3,
1779]. We then recrossed the Savannah River and marched down it to Purrysburg and there
remained until March 1780 at which time we were discharged, making a period of five months
that he served this campaign. He received a discharge from Col. Eaton which has been lost or
destroyed. He does not recollect any officers of the Continental or Regular line [or] the number
of any regiment or companies that he served with in the campaign except Genl. Ashe, & Gen.
Elbert [Samuel Elbert] of Georgia.
He volunteered and entered in to the service of the United States a second time in the
month of October in the year 1780 under the following officers: Capt John White, Lieutenant
William Christmas, Ensign ___ and in the regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Eaton attached
to General Butler's [John Butler's] Brigade. He was engaged for some months in collecting and
procuring cattle and provisions for the army and then immediately repaired to Guilford
Courthouse and remained there until after the battle [March 15, 1781] and was discharged some
time in March or April following in 1781, making a term of service about 6 or 7 months. He
recollects that at the battle of Guilford he served with Generals Butler & Green [sic, Nathanael
Greene] and Col Henry Dickson [sic, Henry "Hal" Dixon]. He did not recollect any other officers
nor the number of the regiments and companies with which he served during this campaign. He
also received a discharge for this campaign but it is lost or destroyed. When he entered this
service this campaign he also lived in Warren County North Carolina and resided there after the
Revolution till 1819 at which time he moved to Tennessee and has since resided in Williamson
County.
He was born in Virginia in Culpepper County on the 8th day of March 1758 as appears
from a record of his age in his possession copied from a book of his father's.
He knows of no persons who can prove his services. Having lost his discharge he has no
documentary evidence in his possession by which he can prove this.
The only battles in which he was engaged were the battle in which Gen Ashe got defeated
at Briar Creek and the battle at Guilford Courthouse which are above related.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State whatever.
S/ Charles Allen
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid.
S/ Preston Hay, Clerk &c.
[Robert Davis, a clergyman, and Edward Swanson and James Armstrong gave the standard
supporting affidavit.]
State of Tennessee Williamson County: SS
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace for the County and
State aforesaid Charles Allen who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age
and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his
service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned
below and in the following grades for eleven months I served as a private volunteer into
campaigns as mentioned in his said declaration which this is intended to amend & for such
service I claim a pension.
S/ Charles Allen
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th of April 1833
S/ John Allison, JP
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $36.66 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for
service as a private for 11 months in the North Carolina militia.]
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