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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service
Note: the identification of John Allison’s date of birth, 1 August 1714, it was unlikely that, at the age of 67, he was the John Allison who served in the Washington County Militia in 1781. At the time, militia service was required in Pennsylvania for men between the ages of 18 and 53.
John Allison was born on 1 August 1714, in Strathaven, Lanarkshire County, Scotland, the son of Gavin Allison, a shoemaker/businessman. In the early 1750s, Gavin Allison and his family migrated to the Pennsylvania Colony. John Allison was a farmer. John Allison married Jean Brownlee in about 1758. When they married, Jean lived in Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jean was born on 23 July 1735, in Avondale Parish, in Lanarkshire County, Scotland. She was the daughter of Archibald Brownlee (SAR Patriot #: P-340293) and Margaret (Hamilton) Brownlee. In 1770/1771, John Allison was a renter with the Martic Furnace and Forge, which was located in Martic Township. In 1773, John moved his family to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. In 1781, this area of Westmoreland County became part of Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1782, John Allison paid the Pennsylvania Supply Tax.
In 1786, John Allison obtained a warrant for 415 acres of land in Canton Township, Washington County called Allisford, and received a patent for this land on 25 September 1787.
John was associated with the North Buffalo Presbyterian Church in Washington County. The Patriot died in Cecil Township, Washington County, on 25 March 1790 and he was buried in the North Buffalo United Presbyterian Cemetery in an unmarked grave. In 1800, Jean, John Allison’s widow, lived in Chartiers Township, in Washington County. Jean (Brownlee) Allison died on February 8, 1818. She was buried in Mt. Hope United Presbyterian Cemetery, near West Middletown, Pennsylvania.
Sources:
Avondale Parish, Lanarkshire County, Scotland, Birth Record of John Allison
Commemorative Biographical Record, Washington County, Pennsylvania: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893, pages 280, 1035.
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