An excerpt transcribed from the Revolutionary War Pension of David Allen, *S16601:

State of Alabama, Franklin County

County Court of said County Dec. Term 1832

On this Fifth day of December Eighteen hundred & thirty two—personally appeared in Open Court of the County of Franklin & State of Alabama, now sitting David Allen a resident of said State of Alabama residing in the Chickasaw nation & near the county line, aged about seventy three years (being now in his seventy third first year), who being first duly sworn in open court according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June seventh Eighteen hundred & thirty two.  That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers & served as herein stated.  That is he entered the service as [a] volunteer under Colonel Martin Armstrong in Surry County State of North Carolina, as well as he can definitely now state it was in the year Seventeen Hundred & Seventy Seven, & latter part—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…From that county we marched under Col. Martin Armstrong, to Moore's 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 remarched to Surry County, North Carolina.  Some short time after we were under General Butler called to South Carolina where Colonel Joel Lewis acted under General Butler—where near Charleston we joined General Lincoln.  When with him, General Pulaski called for volunteers as light infantry, to strengthen the forces under Col. Malmedy who as under Genl. Pulaski.  Here I think a man by the name of [blank] Moore was Major.  I volunteered under Malmedy, we were 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—here we recrossed the river to the state of South Carolina, & moved on until we rejoined General Lincoln's forces, thence we marched under Lincoln to meet the enemy who were landed at Johns Island & we met them at Stono, 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 Hessians and as we were in about sixty yards of the works against orders a firing commenced, the Hessians were vanquished, & we charged on to the enemies breastworks but they were reinforced from the island, we failed in storming their works and a general firing took place, after which we were ordered to retreat at which time I assisted in taking our Major from the ground, he was wounded in the thigh with a ball, canister or grape shot, & he died in a few days afterwards—I think his name was Moore.  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 readiness or in service.  At Stono I rec'd 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 Col. Williams (who was killed at King's Mountain).  When thus arranged we all together marched to King's Mountain near the South Carolina line, there we had to fight, & vanquished the enemy completely killing Ferguson 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 few months we were called on again & I was under the command of Major Micajah Lewis, under Col. 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 father's dwelling shortly after my return home to Surry County, North Carolina.  I cannot recollect regiments or names of officers otherwise than as above stated.  Lincoln, Pulaski, & 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, sometimes under militia officers & sometimes under regular officers as above stated.

Sworn to & subscribed by applicant in open court [this] 5” day of December 1832.

David Allen