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SERVICES OF SOLDIERS. 377 27i I775> it was voted in town meeting, "that Lieut. Viall Allen Draw a sufficient Qiiantitj of powder out of the Town Treas" Hands to make Cartridges for the inhabitants of Harrington." In December, 1776, he was captain of a company of militia which was then eno-aged in the service of the Government, and was stationed at Navatt and Rumstick Points, and also called into service occasion- ally at Warren and Bristol. Was 2nd. lieutenant of Capt. Jvloses Turner's Co., of the three months regiment of 1776; was promoted to captain of Barrington Co., 177S, 1780, 1781. He represented the town in the General Assembly in 1783, 17S4, and 17S7. He died June 15, 1787. Capt. Viall Allen's Co., Col. Tillinghast's Reg., reported 30 present for duty ; whole number 50. Allin, Matthew, Capt. Commanded a company of Rhode Island troops in the Army of Observation under General Greene. On the 13th of June, four days before the battle of Bunker Hill, Captain Allin commanded a Rhode Island Co., composed in part of Barring- ton soldiers at Roxbury and Dorchester Heights, on the right of the American lines under Gen. Putnam. In 1777 he was a member of Capt. Samuel Bosvvorth's Artillery Co., and on June 5th, of that year, was appointed by Col. Nathan Miller, with eight others, to keep a guard on Rumstick for fifteen days. In 1781 he was one of the " Gentlemen soldiers of the Senior Class" of Barrington. He represented the town in the General Assembly in 178S. He died May 10, 1794, aged 50 years. [See brief biographies and Captain Allin's letters.] Allin, Prince, (colored). Was a slave of the Allin family; served in Capt. Thomas Allin's Co., Col. Crary's Reg. Allix, Jack, (colored). Enlisted May 17, 1777, and received a bounty of £18 froin Levi Barnes and John Short, Jr. Allin, Richard, (colored). Enlisted May 17, 1777, and received a bounty of £15 from Matthew Allin and George Salisbury. Allin, Thomas, Brig. Gen. Member of Committee of Correspondence, 1774; member of General Assembly, 1772-3-4-5-6, 1781, i79i-4"5- 6-7-8; captain of Barrington Co., Aug. 5, 1775; served as captain in the regiments of Col. Archibald Crary, Col. Christopher Smith, and of Col. John Cooke; was recruiting officer for the United States army at different periods; served his country in the field or in coun- cil from the beginning until the end of the war. The records of most of the Barrington soldiers show the eiTective service of Cap- tain, afterwards Brig. Gen. Allin. Anderson, Thomas. Soldier in Capt. David Dexter's Co., Col. Israel Angell's Reg., i year, Feb. 11, 1777. Andrews, James. Served in the militia guard stationed at Barrington, from April 5, to May 20, 1778.