Jane Allen married John Allen shortly after the war. By 1870, they were living in Liberty, Pennsylvania, with an infant son named Richard. Neither John nor Jane ever applied for a pension, and so far nothing has been discovered of their life after 1870.
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1870 Federal Census, accessed on Ancestry.com; Jane Diamond, "Patriots in Pandenarium: An Albemarle Plantation, a Free Pennsylvania Settlement, and the U.S. Colored Troops," Black Virginians in Blue, http://community.village.virginia.edu/usct/node/90.