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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
Author: James McClure
The record of Charles Allen of Cumberland County, Virginia is taken from the papers in his pension file S16597 based on his service in the Revolutionary War. Charles Allen was born in Cumberland County, Virginia in 1764. While a resident of Cumberland County he volunteered some time in 1779 and was appointed an Orderly Seargent and served six months in Captain Richard Allen’s company, in Colonel Henry Skipwith’s Virginia regiment. He enlisted near the end of 1779 and served about seven months as Orderly Seargent in Captain Richard Allen’s Virginia Company. He volunteered again sometime in 1780, rendezvoused at Prince Edward Courthouse, and served one month as Private and five months as Lieutenant in Captain Benjamin O. Overstreet’s Virginia company. He enlisted the last of August, 1781, served as Private in Captain Richard’s company, Colonel Henry Skipwith’s Virginia regiment, engaged in throwing up entrenchments at Yorktown, and was discharged after the surrender of Cornwallis at that place, his discharge being signed by Colonel Holt Richardson. Charles Allen continued to live in Cumberland County, Virginia, until about seven years after the war then moved to Halifax County, Virginia. He was allowed a pension on his application executed October 23, 1832 while a resident of Halifax County. He died 14 September 1845.
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