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The John Allen Farm in southern Argyle, Washington County, New York was the site on 25 or 26 July 1777 during the advancement of the British Army in the Saratoga Campaign of the American Revolutionary War where six members of the John Allen family and two or three slaves loaned to the Allen's, to assist in the harvesting of wheat, were massacred by Native Americans attached to General John Burgoyne's British Army. Subsequently, the Native Americans, led by LeLop attacked and killed Jane McCrae in nearby Fort Edward on 27 July which garnered wide publicity and is believed to have helped rally the American patriotic cause.