E-book history of the Allen family by Maud Bliss Allen

Samuel Allin (1756-1841), Revolutionary War soldier of North Carolina and Kentucky : a record of his many descendants, 1756-1960
by Maud Bliss Allen


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Samuel Allen and Rial Allen by Maud Bliss Allen

SAMUEL ALLEN was born "Under the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains in that"--I am starting this from memory but will refer to grandfather Andrew Jackson's own words in his Journal.  "Andrew J. Allen's grandfather, Samuel Allen was born under the Blue Ridge the side of which is blue in the evening light.  He was born in a wild land, of game, forests, and rushing waters.  Here on the ford of a creek that runs into a roaming river is a cabin that was chinked with red mud.  He came into the world a subject of King George III in that part of the realm know as the province of No Cai, but was of English and Irish descent so far as we have been able to learn."  This is the exact quotation from Andrew Jackson's record.  "My father said his grandfather was of Irish nationality and his grandmother's surnames was ---- Warren.  I did not remember their given names.  From Granddaughter 75 years of age with perfect memory and faculties, Mrs. Eliza Frazure, "I have often heard my father say his grandmother was an Irish woman through and through."

RIAL ALLEN was the third child, second son of Samuel and Nancy (Easter) Allen.  He was born in North Carolina, probably in Orange County as Samuel Allen's war record says he (Samuel) was married in Orange County, N.C., although he enlisted in Bedford Co., Va.  The record of Andrew Jackson Allen, written by himself, says that Rial Allen was born in N.C. in 1791.  It would appear that a son ought to know the year of birth of his father, however, if this is correct, his wife, Margaret Moore Evins was seven years his senior as she was born in 1784 in Knox Co., Tenn., and James Allen his first child was born in 1807.  SO if the date 1791 is correct he certainly married very young, James being born when he was 16 years of age.

Samuel Allen headstone Fishing Creek Kentucky

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Samuel Allen Revolutionary War service and pension

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #0032]


Samuel Allen enlisted at Bedford Court House, Virginia, in Captain David Grissom's Company of Colonal Jefferson's Virginia Regiment, in the spring of the year (Year unknown) and served six months in the American Army. About 1780 he moved from Bedford Court House, Virginia, to Orange County, North Carolina, where he served nine months under Captain Grissom, who also had moved there. He fought in the Battle of Guilford Court House and Eutaw Springs. August 27, 1782, he married Nancy Hester in Orange County, North Carolina.

Samuel Allen history - revision and notes by Genee Tyler

SAMUEL ALLEN'S HISTORY

The following is a revision by Genee Tyler of Samuel Allen's history by Maud Bliss Allen as found in the Salt Lake Genealogical Library. (Revision 1955]

Very little is known of the ancestry of Samuel Allen. Family tradition states that his parents came from Ireland and that the maiden name of his mother was Warren (possibly of the Governor Warren family of Virginia) It is probable that her name was Elizabeth, since each of the children of Samuel named a girl Elizabeth, and this name was carried on down through the generations. It is most interesting to note the number of Warren families found in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky. Judge Adams of Pulaski County, in an interview with Maud Bliss Allen said that the Warrens, Adams, Allens, Easters and Evins all came to Kentucky from South Carolina in a group with their covered wagons, provisions and families.

Samuel Allen history by Maud Bliss Allen

Samuel Allen

by Maud B. Allen

born 30 December 1756

province of McCai in North Carolina

son of (probably) Elizabeth Warren

Samuel Allen was born under the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the sides of which were blue in the evening light. He was born the 30 December 1756 in a wilderness of game, forests, and rushing waters; on the ford of a creek that runs into a foaming river, and in a cabin that was chinked with red mud.

He came into the world a subject of King George III in that part of the country known as province of McCai in North Carolina, but was of English and Irish descent so far as we have been able to learn.

Andrew Jackson Allen, said that his father told him his grandfather was of Irish nationality and his grandmother’s surname was Warren. He did not remember their given names. Eliza Allen Frazure said, “I have often heard my father say his grandmother was an Irish woman through and through.”