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Joseph Allen

Male 1761 - 1822  (61 years)


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  1. 1.  Joseph Allen was born in 1761 in , , Virginia, USA; died on 24 Sep 1822 in , Fleming, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1790, , Mason, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1800, , Mason, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1810, Mason, Mason, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1820, , Fleming, Kentucky, USA

    Notes:

    Joseph Allen was born just before 1765, probably in Virginia. He received a Military Land Warrant #848 for three years' service in the Virginia line on 17 June 1783. He is listed as serving in the 2nd Virginia Brigade or State Line, Colonel Marshall's Artillery Regiment.
    What is now Kentucky was previously part of the state of Virginia. In December 1776 Kentucky Co., Virginia was created. In 1780 it was divided into Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln Counties. In 1785, Bourbon County was created from Fayette County and Joseph appears on 19 Sep 1787 (?) as a signer of a petition to the state of Virginia to create Bourbon County. Mason County was formed from Bourbon County in 1788 and finally in 1798 Fleming County was formed from Mason County. Joseph Allen had lived in four counties without moving.

    Joseph Allen appears on the list for Central Kentucky Militia in 1786 in Captain Cave Johnson's Company along with a William Walker and Henry Chandler

    On 3 Sep 1788 Joseph Allen married Dorothy Walker in Bourbon Co., Kentucky. Thought Dorothy was listed as "of age" her guardians were George and Eliza? Elijah Wood.

    On 21 Aug 1790, Joseph Allen appears as the only Allen in the 1790 Kentucky Tax List.

    On 27 August 1793 Joseph Allen purchased lot #42 in the town of Washington, Mason Co., Kentucky from William Wood and Arthur Fox and their wives. This town was developed as a possible capitol city for Kentucky. Joseph is listed there in the census as a blue dyer by occupation.

    Joseph and Dorothy Allen were the parents of at least nine children-five girls and four boys. Daughters were Nancy m. Nathaniel Chandler, Mariah m. Nathaniel Chandler (after death of her sister), Margaret m. William McCord Sr., and Elizabeth who married Thomas Owen Caywood. Sons were James F. Allen who married Mary Hyzer, Joseph, Henry L. Allen who married Elizabeth Sullivan and William H Allen who married Eliza Reader. Many descendants of this family moved into Daviess County, Indiana.

    In 1793 Joseph Allen was appointed in Mason County as a trustee for land and boundary formation.
    Joseph Allen appears in the 1800 census of Kentucky in Mason County. Other Allens in that county were Adam, Barnabas, Hugh, and William. A Robert Allen appeared in Fleming Co. Joseph Allen appears in the 1810 Census of Mason County, Kentucky (with four male children and five female children in addition to himself and Elizabeth, his wife). Joseph Allen appears in the 1820 census of Fleming Co, Kentucky with one male 45+, a female 26-45, a female 16-26, and one male and one female 0-10.

    Shortly after, Joseph Allen died 24 September 1822 in Fleming County, Kentucky. His estate bill of sale named William Mc Cord, Sr. as the administrator. Among those purchasing items at the sale were: Benjamin Allen, William Frealts, Nathaniel Chandler, William McCord, John McCord, Jr., Thomas Caywood, Thomas McCarty, Joseph Thomson, William McCord Sr., John McCord, Jesse Hickman, James McCord Jr., James McCord, and Erasmus Caywood.
    Items found in the sale included ten books, a Bible, a razor and razor strap, a set of weights, a sifter, two candlesticks, two smoothing irons, a sprouting hoe, a shovel, a coffee mill,a pair of knives and forks, two hoes, a keg, an ink stand, two buckets, a teakettle, a pair of snuffers, a big wheel, a bell, three bedstands, a blanket, a hackel, six chairs, a chest, two big kettles, a pot, a tub, a big coat, a coat, two pair pantaloons, a hat, a pair of shoes, a table, a candlestand, two washing tubs, a pair of specks, a howel, thirteen big spools and Chandler's note worth $733. One wonders what his widow used to live with after he died! However, the number of books and writing tools indicate literacy.

    Joseph married Dorothy Walker on 3 Sep 1788 in , Bourbon, Kentucky, USA. Dorothy was born in 1765 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died in 1820 in , Fleming, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. James F Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jan 1789 in Boonesboro, Madison, Kentucky, USA; died in Nov 1842 in , Daviess, Indiana, USA.
    2. 3. Margaret Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1790 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 6 Sep 1864 in Alfordsville, Daviess, Indiana, USA.
    3. 4. Joseph Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Feb 1795 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 10 Oct 1868 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA.
    4. 5. Nancy Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Nov 1796 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 1 Jun 1821 in , Fleming, Kentucky, USA.
    5. 6. Henry L Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Apr 1798 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 20 Oct 1842 in , Fleming, Kentucky, USA.
    6. 7. Kate Maria Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1800 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 3 Mar 1845 in Reeve, Daviess, Indiana, USA.
    7. 8. Elizabeth Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1803; died in 1845.
    8. 9. William D Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Dec 1806 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 15 Apr 1865 in Reeve, Daviess, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James F Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 8 Jan 1789 in Boonesboro, Madison, Kentucky, USA; died in Nov 1842 in , Daviess, Indiana, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1820, , Washington, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1830, , Daviess, Indiana, USA
    • Residence: 1840, , Daviess, Indiana, USA; Age: abt 45 (1795)

    Notes:

    James Allen was born in Mason County, Kentucky in 1789. Kentucky at that time was part of Virginia. Daniel Boone blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap, founded Boonesborough which was the 1st chartered town in Kentucky, and lived there from 1775 to 1779.
    Mason County was formed in 1788 and Kentucky became a state in 1792.His Dad, Joseph Allen, was in the Virginia Line of the Revolutionary War, and appeared in the 1790 and 1800 US Census.
    James married Mary Hyzer in Mason County March 20, 1810. He was 20, just 2 months shy of his 21st birthday and she was 19. They had their 1st 5 Children in Mason County. Then left for Indiana in 1819 where James bought land in Reeve Township, Daviess County. Indiana had just become the 19th state in 1816 so once again the Allen family were true pioneers.
    The Allen Family farm is located about 2 miles SouthWest of Alfordsville but, of course there was no Alfordsville then, not till 1850. He and his sons cleared the land and like nearly all of the early settlers there were farmers.
    1n 1823 his Mother-in-law, Elizabeth Zumwakt Hyzer, died and was buried where Old Union Church and Cemetery is now. She was the 1st person buried at Old Union. James with a couple of his friends would build a raft, load it up with produce and furs, and float down the White River, to the Ohio, to the Mississippi, and on down to New Orleans where they would sell their load as well as the raft then walk back to Indiana. About in 1835 he didn't return - could have been a wreck of the raft on the river, killed by Indians or the Cave In The Rock gang from southern Illinois, or a robber in the city. He left Mary with 11 kids, the youngest was Eliza who was only 4.
    Mary never remarried and it was up to the oldest,Charles,to farm the land and help keep the family together.

    James married Mary Heizer on 20 Mar 1810 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born in 1790 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 6 Sep 1864 in Alfordsville, Daviess, Indiana, USA.

  3. 4.  Joseph Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 14 Feb 1795 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 10 Oct 1868 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA.

  4. 5.  Nancy Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 25 Nov 1796 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 1 Jun 1821 in , Fleming, Kentucky, USA.

  5. 6.  Henry L Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 3 Apr 1798 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 20 Oct 1842 in , Fleming, Kentucky, USA.

  6. 7.  Kate Maria Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born in 1800 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 3 Mar 1845 in Reeve, Daviess, Indiana, USA.

  7. 8.  Elizabeth Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born in 1803; died in 1845.

  8. 9.  William D Allen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joseph1) was born on 8 Dec 1806 in , Mason, Kentucky, USA; died on 15 Apr 1865 in Reeve, Daviess, Indiana, USA.


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