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[493] Madam: I have to advise you that from the papers in Rev. War pension
claim, 8.16601, it appears that David Allen was born in Elizabethtown,
NJ, in 1761. While a resident of Surry County, NC, he served during the
Revolution at various times, 18 months in all, as private in the NC
Troops under his brother, Lieutenant Adoniram Allen, and Colonels Martin
Armstrong, Joel Lewis, Malmedy, Benjamin Cleveland and Micajah Lewis, and
was engaged in the battles at Moore's Creek Bridge, Sunbury, Stono where
he received a flesh wound in the left arm, and King's Mountain and in
several skirmishes. He was allowed pension on his application executed
December 5, 1832, while a resident of Alabama, near Franklin County,
between said County and the Chickasaw Nation of Indians. Reference is
made to a son, John L. The name of soldier's wife is not given. Note: I
did not give the date of enl. (1777) as sol. was in a battle, Moore's
Creek Bridge in 1776. N.M. Respectfully, .... from a letter to Miss
Sallie Lightfoot, Paris, TX, dated June 16, 1924


From pension application of David Allen Jr. : .....it was in the year
Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Seven, latter part, (he) thinks, but what
month he cannot say, but it was warm weather--at that time I think the
company was commanded by a Lieutenant by the name of Adniram Allen (who
was brother to applicant) from that county we marched under Colu. Martin
Armstrong, to Moores Bridge on Black river or creek, where we had an
encounter with some (tories?), & defeated them, we then marched to Cross
Creek, where all the prisoners (we?) had taken were discharged on
parole---we were thence (re-?) marched to Surry County, North
Carolina----Some short time after we (were?) under General Butler called
to South Carolina (?) .......marched thence to Georgia, crossing Savannah
River just below Augusta, we marched down said river on the Georgia side
to a place called Sunbury, where we had an encounter with the British who
were in the act of crossing the river, & their (rear?) was in part taken
prisoners--(.....?) the river to the state of South Carolina, I moved on
until (we?) rejoined General (Lewis'?) forces, thence we marched under
(Lincoln?) to meet the enemy who were landed at Johns island & we met
(thence?) at Stona, where we found the enemy aided with a strong
breastwork, we were ordered to storm the enemy's works & to rely solely
on (the?) bayonet--& as we were marching to do so we were met by two
Brigades, or companies of (?) and as we were in about sixty yards of the
works against orders a firing commenced, the (Hessian?) were vanquished,
& we charged on to the enemys breastworks but they were(re-inforced?)
from the island, we (failed?) in storming their(works?) and a general
(frenzy took?) place, after which we were ordered to retreat at which
time I assisted in taking (?) Major (?) the ground, he was wounded in the
thigh with a (?) or grape shot, & he died in a few days afterwards---I
think his name was (Moor--?), we marched about in that part of the states
for some time & at about two months thereafter I was discharged. I went
home to my father's in Surry County North Carolina having been on service
from the time I first entered about Eighteen months, part of the time I
was on furlough, being what was called a minute man & always in (?) or in
service---At Stono I (?) a flesh wound in the left arm, which wound was
inflicted with the enemys bayonet In two or three months after all this I
again volunteered under Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, who was (raised?) in
North Carolina, after the forces then collected to march were ready, one
Arthur Campbell,(I think his name war Arthur)-took command as well as I
recollect by election--our forces were divided into three parts, one
under (Shelby?), one under Cleveland(of whom I was one)--and one other
party under Colu Williams(who was killed at Kings mountain)--when thus
arranged we all together marched to Kings Mountain near the South
Carolina line, there we had to fight, & vanquished the enemy(
completely?) killing Furgeson the British Commander, we thence marched to
Moravian town in North Carolina--there we disposed of the prisoners taken
on parole; we were then permitted to return home after some(five?)
months we were called on again & I was under the command of Major Micajah
Lewis, under Colon. Micajah Lewis we were scouring through the country in
various directions, and Major Lewis was killed by a (ball?) during the
night, we were not again attached to any large body of forces, I was in a
variety of skirmishes with the enemy & with Tories, after all of which I
was regularly discharged, but I am not able to produce any documentary
evidence of my discharge owing to the same having been burnt by a fire
which consumed my fathers dwelling shortly after my return home to Surry
County, North Carolina. I cannot recollect the (?) of Regiments or names
of officers other wise than as above stated. Lincoln, (Pulask..?), &
Malmedy I think were the only regular officers under whom I acted at
anytime during the revolution----- I was in the service for more than two
years & remained in the service until Cornwallis was taken--I was always
a volunteer, some times under Militia officers & sometimes under regular
officers as above stated. (Sworn to & susbscribed by applicant in open
court 5 day of December 1832 (signed) David Allen List
Clerk) Question by the court 1-- Where & in what year were you born---
Answer 1--I was born in New Jersey, I think as I have been told in
Elizabethtown--I was a child when I left there. I think I was born in
Seventeen hundred & Sixty One. Q. 2--Have you any record of your age, &
if so where is it? A. 2--I have a record in my bible at home some
Eighteen miles distant. Q. 3--Where were you living when called into
service? A. 3--I was living in Surry County, North Carolina. Part of
Q. 3Where have you lived since the revolutionary war, & where do you now
live. A. 3--I moved from North Carolina to Georgia,
from there to TN(Davidson County), and from there to Franklin County,
Alabama, & I now reside just across the line between said county & the
Chickasaw nation of Indians, where I live by permission from the Indian
Chiefs of said nation-& I have lived at said places ever since the
revolutionary war respectively as above stated. Q. 4.--How were you
called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a
substitute, & if a substitute for whom? A. 4--I was a volunteer. Q.
5--State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the
troops when you served; Such Continental & Militia regiments as you can
recollect, & the (stances?) of your services. (There the applicant
answered in substance as he has stated in him (former?) Petition) Q.
6--Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; If so by whom was
it given, & what has become of it? A. 6--I (received a discharge?) from
Coln. (Malmurdy?) which was burnt(....?) stated with my fathers house. Q.
7--State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present
neighborhood, & who can testify as to your Character for veracity, &
their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. A.
7--Applicant states that there is Hugh Pattit, sheriff of this county, &
General James Davis, Michael Dukson, clerk of this court, & the presiding
judge(...?) John J. (Winston?), (General John Coffre of Laudendale County
Alabama) and many others, indeed almost all the multitude in the
court--and also his Excellency, the President of the U.S., Andrew Jackson
of Washington City

[494]

[496] David Allen, a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, served at
various times under his brother, Lt. Adonairam Allen, and Cols. Martin
Armstrong, Joel Lewis, __ Malmedy, Benjamin Cleveland, and Micajah Lewis.
He was in the battles at Moore's Creek Bridge, Sunbury, Stono (where he
received a flesh wound in the left arm,), Kings Mountain, and several
skirmishes. Allen was allowed pension on his application executed 5
December 1832 while residing between Franklin County, Alabama, and the
Chickasaw Indian Nation. Reference was made to a son, John L. FPA S16601
from: The Patriots At King's Mountain by Bobby Gilmer Moss

[495] David Allen, a resident of Surry County, North Carolina, served at
various times under his brother, Lt. Adonairam Allen, and Cols. Martin
Armstrong, Joel Lewis, __ Malmedy, Benjamin Cleveland, and Micajah Lewis.
He was in the battles at Moore's Creek Bridge, Sunbury, Stono (where he
received a flesh wound in the left arm,), Kings Mountain, and several
skirmishes. Allen was allowed pension on his application executed 5
December 1832 while residing between Franklin County, Alabama, and the
Chickasaw Indian Nation. Reference was made to a son, John L. FPA S16601
from: The Patriots At King's Mountain by Bobby Gilmer Moss
Madam: I have to advise you that from the papers in Rev. War pension
claim, 8.16601, it appears that David Allen was born in Elizabethtown,
NJ, in 1761. While a resident of Surry County, NC, he served during the
Revolution at various times, 18 months in all, as private in the NC
Troops under his brother, Lieutenant Adoniram Allen, and Colonels Martin
Armstrong, Joel Lewis, Malmedy, Benjamin Cleveland and Micajah Lewis, and
was engaged in the battles at Moore's Creek Bridge, Sunbury, Stono where
he received a flesh wound in the left arm, and King's Mountain and in
several skirmishes. He was allowed pension on his application executed
December 5, 1832, while a resident of Alabama, near Franklin County,
between said County and the Chickasaw Nation of Indians. Reference is
made to a son, John L. The name of soldier's wife is not given. Note: I
did not give the date of enl. (1777) as sol. was in a battle, Moore's
Creek Bridge in 1776. N.M. Respectfully, .... from a letter to Miss
Sallie Lightfoot, Paris, TX, dated June 16, 1924
From pension application of David Allen Jr. : .....it was in the year
Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Seven, latter part, (he) thinks, but what
month he cannot say, but it was warm weather--at that time I think the
company was commanded by a Lieutenant by the name of Adniram Allen (who
was brother to applicant) from that county we marched under Colu. Martin
Armstrong, to Moores Bridge on Black river or creek, where we had an
encounter with some (tories?), & defeated them, we then marched to Cross
Creek, where all the prisoners (we?) had taken were discharged on
parole---we were thence (re-?) marched to Surry County, North
Carolina----Some short time after we (were?) under General Butler called
to South Carolina (?) .......marched thence to Georgia, crossing Savannah
River just below Augusta, we marched down said river on the Georgia side
to a place called Sunbury, where we had an encounter with the British who
were in the act of crossing the river, & their (rear?) was in part taken
prisoners--(.....?) the river to the state of South Carolina, I moved on
until (we?) rejoined General (Lewis'?) forces, thence we marched under
(Lincoln?) to meet the enemy who were landed at Johns island & we met
(thence?) at Stona, where we found the enemy aided with a strong
breastwork, we were ordered to storm the enemy's works & to rely solely
on (the?) bayonet--& as we were marching to do so we were met by two
Brigades, or companies of (?) and as we were in about sixty yards of the
works against orders a firing commenced, the (Hessian?) were vanquished,
& we charged on to the enemies breastworks but they were(re-inforced?)
from the island, we (failed?) in storming their(works?) and a general
(frenzy took?) place, after which we were ordered to retreat at which
time I assisted in taking (?) Major (?) the ground, he was wounded in the
thigh with a (?) or grape shot, & he died in a few days afterwards---I
think his name was (Moor--?), we marched about in that part of the states
for some time & at about two months thereafter I was discharged. I went
home to my father's in Surry County North Carolina having been on service
from the time I first entered about Eighteen months, part of the time I
was on furlough, being what was called a minute man & always in (?) or in
service---At Stono I (?) a flesh wound in the left arm, which wound was
inflicted with the enemies bayonet In two or three months after all this
I again volunteered under Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, who was (raised?)
in North Carolina, after the forces then collected to march were ready,
one Arthur Campbell,(I think his name war Arthur)-took command as well as
I recollect by election--our forces were divided into three parts, one
under (Shelby?), one under Cleveland(of whom I was one)--and one other
party under Colu Williams(who was killed at Kings mountain)--when thus
arranged we all together marched to Kings Mountain near the South
Carolina line, there we had to fight, & vanquished the enemy(
completely?) killing Furgeson the British Commander, we thence marched to
Moravian town in North Carolina--there we disposed of the prisoners taken
on parole; we were then permitted to return home after some(five?)
months we were called on again & I was under the command of Major Micajah
Lewis, under Colon. Micajah Lewis we were scouring through the country in
various directions, and Major Lewis was killed by a (ball?) during the
night, we were not again attached to any large body of forces, I was in a
variety of skirmishes with the enemy & with Tories, after all of which I
was regularly discharged, but I am not able to produce any documentary
evidence of my discharge owing to the same having been burnt by a fire
which consumed my fathers dwelling shortly after my return home to Surry
County, North Carolina. I cannot recollect the (?) of Regiments or names
of officers other wise than as above stated. Lincoln, (Pulask..?), &
Malmedy I think were the only regular officers under whom I acted at
anytime during the revolution----- I was in the service for more than two
years & remained in the service until Cornwallis was taken--I was always
a volunteer, some times under Militia officers & sometimes under regular
officers as above stated. (Sworn to & susbscribed by applicant in open
court 5 day of December 1832 (signed) David Allen List
Clerk) Question by the court 1-- Where & in what year were you born---
Answer 1--I was born in New Jersey, I think as I have been told in
Elizabethtown--I was a child when I left there. I think I was born in
Seventeen hundred & Sixty One. Q. 2--Have you any record of your age, &
if so where is it? A. 2--I have a record in my bible at home some
Eighteen miles distant. Q. 3--Where were you living when called into
service? A. 3--I was living in Surry County, North Carolina. Part of
Q. 3Where have you lived since the revolutionary war, & where do you now
live. A. 3--I moved from North Carolina to Georgia,
from there to TN(Davidson County), and from there to Franklin County,
Alabama, & I now reside just across the line between said county & the
Chickasaw nation of Indians, where I live by permission from the Indian
Chiefs of said nation-& I have lived at said places ever since the
revolutionary war respectively as above stated. Q. 4.--How were you
called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a
substitute, & if a substitute for whom? A. 4--I was a volunteer. Q.
5--State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the
troops when you served; Such Continental & Militia regiments as you can
recollect, & the (stances?) of your services. (There the applicant
answered in substance as he has stated in him (former?) Petition) Q.
6--Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; If so by whom was
it given, & what has become of it? A. 6--I (received a discharge?) from
Coln. (Malmurdy?) which was burnt(....?) stated with my fathers house. Q.
7--State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present
neighborhood, & who can testify as to your Character for veracity, &
their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. A.
7--Applicant states that there is Hugh Pattit, sheriff of this county, &
General James Davis, Michael Dukson, clerk of this court, & the presiding
judge(...?) John J. (Winston?), (General John Coffre of Laudendale County
Alabama) and many others, indeed almost all the multitude in the
court--and also his Excellency, the President of the U.S., Andrew Jackson
of Washington City

STONE / Helen HEIL

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