Open note to Judy Allen Neese (since I no longer have a valid e-mail address) Our Archibald Allen, b 7-Feb-1750/51, grandfather of Hiram Allen, whose children moved to Clay Co, IL, is listed in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots: Vol 1 (buried Magnolia Cem, Magnolia Twp, Putman Co IL 81) Have you ever requested his military pension papers, assuming he must have them? There is an Archibald (Archabald) Allen in the 1820 Randolph Co, IL census. Have you investigated this Archibald? Thanks. Melissa Thompson Alexander listhost: CECIL-L@rootsweb.com; KRUTSTINGER-L@rootsweb.com www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/l/e/Melissa-T-Alexander/ mada@cmc.net Edmonds, WA USA