In a message dated 9/18/2003 10:03:23 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Hello Fellow Researcher, > > I am interested in any information on the ALLEN family line. My > connection is thru John Wesley Allen and Rutha Banks Thames all from what is > now Chilton County. > > thanks Joel T. Ross > > > Joel: > Is this the John Wesley Allen you are hunting. I don't have anything on him > other than was is below. I picked this up over the years searching for my > Richard A. Allen and wife Martha Housley. They were my great grandparents > from Coosa Co. but cannot make a tie into the other allens at the time. > Ottis Murphy > -------------------------------------------------- > Descendants of Hezekiah Allen 1 [1] ALLEN, Hezekiah b: Abt. 1800 GA d: June 30, 1875 Prob. Coosa Co., AL b: Buried at Pleasant hILL cEMETERY, cOOSA cOUNTY .. +???, Sarah b: Abt. 1800 GA m: 101 d: Bef. 1850 Coosa , Co,Alabama ... 2 ALLEN, Sarah b: Abt. 1828 ... 2 ALLEN, Albert b: Abt. 1831 d: Bef. 1875 ....... +HARRISON, Harriet H. b: Unknown m: December 12, 1850 Coosa Co. AL ......... 3 ALLEN, William H. b: Bef. 1859 ......... 3 ALLEN, Mary E. b: Bef. 1859 ......... 3 ALLEN, Albert Jr. b: Aft. 1859 ... 2 ALLEN, Emaline b: Abt. 1833 ....... +SHAW, Anthony b: Unknown m: May 14, 1850 Coosa Co. AL ......... 3 SHAW, Geore W. b: Unknown b: 1875 Lining in Arkansas ......... 3 SHAW, Martha E. b: Unknown b: 1875 Living in Coosa County, Alabama ............. +HATAWAY, John b: Unknown ... 2 ALLEN, William b: Abt. 1834 b: 1875 Living in Arkansas ... 2 ALLEN, Jane b: Abt. 1838 d: Unknown b: 1875 Living in Coosa County ....... +SNIDER, Robert M. b: Unknown m: August 14, 1855 Coosa Co. AL d: Unknown ... 2 ALLEN, James B. b: Abt. 1840 d: Unknown ......... 3 ALLEN, John Wesley b: Aft. 1859 d: Unknown ......... 3 ALLEN, Mary J. b: Aft. 1859 ... 2 ALLEN, Elizabeth b: Abt. 1841 ... 2 ALLEN, Hexekiah b: Abt. 1843 GA d: Unknown b: 1875 Living in Arkansas ....... +???, Willie b: Unknown m: September 25, 1866 Coosa Co. AL d: Unknown ... 2 ALLEN, Marthie E. b: Abt. 1844 b: 1875 Living in Arkansas ....... +CRUMPLER, Paschal b: Unknown m: November 08, 1866 Coosa County d: Unknown ... 2 ALLEN, Frances E. b: Abt. 1847 b: 1875 Living in Coosa County ....... +STANLEY, Allen b: Unknown ... 2 ALLEN, ThomasA. b: Abt. 1850 b: 1875 Living in Union County, Arkansas ... 2 ALLEN, Harris b: Unknown d: Bef. 1875 ......... 3 ALLEN, Joel H. b: Unknown ......... 3 ALLEN, Mary b: Unknown ... 2 ALLEN, Marthie E. b: Unknown ....... +ROGERS, ??? b: Unknown ... 2 ALLEN, Nancy A. b: Unknown b: 1875 Married unk. and living in TX ... 2 ALLEN, AMatilta. b: Unknown b: 1875 Living in Coosa County ....... +PARTRIDGE, John b: Unknown m: January 11, 1866 Coosa County *2nd Wife of [1] ALLEN, Hezekiah: .. +???, Sarah b: Abt. 1820 m: 102 d: January 06, 1905 b: Buried at Pleasant hHill Cemetery, Coosa County, AL ... 2 ALLEN, Babe b: Abt. 1851 ... 2 ALLEN, John b: Abt. 1854 b: 1875 Living in Coosa County ... 2 ALLEN, Dooney?. b: Abt. 1856 ... 2 ALLEN, E. b: Abt. 1860 ... 2 ALLEN, Mary J(Mollie) . b: Unknown b: 1875 Living in Coosa County ....... +POWELL, JamesR. b: Unknown m: October 30, 1870 Coosa County

Joel, If John Wesley ALLEN is John W. ALLEN, son of James B. ALLEN, I have much information about the ALLEN family to share with you. I descend from Albert ALLEN, son of Hezekiah ALLEN & Elizabeth MARCHMAN. There were several families from Coosa Co., AL who migrated to the Ebenezer Community in Columbia Co., Arkansas, including ALLEN, BIRD, BOOTH, CRUMPLER, FOSTER, JACKS, LEWIS, NESBIT/NISBET, O'DELL, ROGERS, SHANNON, SHAW, SMITH, SNIDER, WILSON. Sandy Bearden Gomer Bridger, Montana My data for the first generation of Hezekiah's descendents is a little different from Ottis'. 1. HEZEKIAH2 ALLEN (HARRIS1) was born 1798 in Hancock Co., Georgia, and died 30 Jun 1875 in Rockford, Coosa Co., Alabama. He married (1) ELIZABETH MARCHMAN 18 May 1826 in Henry Co., Georgia, possibly the daughter of JOHN MARCHMAN and ELIZABETH BARNES. She was born 1802 in North Carolina, and died 1834. He married (2) SARAH STEWART 15 Dec 1837 in Henry Co., Georgia. She was born Abt. 1821 in Georgia, and died 06 Jan 1906 in Rockford, Coosa Co., Alabama. Children of HEZEKIAH ALLEN and ELIZABETH MARCHMAN are: i. ALBERT3 ALLEN, b. 1831, Henry Co., Georgia; d. 31 Jan 1863, in Civil War near Little Rock, Arkansas; m. HARRIET NUNNELLY SHANNON (daughter of William H. SHANNON & Mahala GRIFFIS), 12 Dec 1850, Coosa Co., Alabama; b. 01 Mar 1834, Alabama; d. 01 Jan 1894. ii. WILLIAM 'DICK' HENRY ALLEN, b. 01 Feb 1832, Henry Co., Georgia; d. 09 Mar 1901, Spottsville Community, Columbia Co., Arkansas; m. ELIZA JANE GILLISPIE (daughter of David & Jane GILLISPIE), 08 Jan 1852; b. 11 Jul 1834; d. 24 Jan 1900, Columbia Co, Arkansas. iii. EMILINE ALLEN, b. 1833, Henry Co., Georgia; d. 14 Jul 1855; m. ANTHONY LATHAM SHAW (son of Hugh H. SHAW & Mary LEETHEM), 15 May 1851, Coosa Co., Alabama; b. 12 Sep 1826, Coosa Co., Alabama; d. 12 Aug 1863. Children of HEZEKIAH ALLEN and SARAH STEWART are: iv. JANE3 ALLEN, b. 1838, Henry Co., Georgia; d. Aft. 1875; m. ROBERT M. SNIDER (son of George & Delilah SNIDER), 17 Aug 1855, Coosa Co., Alabama; b. 1833; d. Aft. 1855. v. JAMES B. ALLEN, b. 1840, Henry Co., Georgia; d. Aft. 1875. vi. ELIZABETH ALLEN, b. Abt. 1841, Georgia. vii. 'MAJOR' HEZEKIAH ALLEN, b. 27 Nov 1843, Henry Co., Georgia; d. 17 Jun 1902, Hall's Summit, Red River Parish, Louisiana; m. WILLIE RUTH CRUMPLER (daughter of Little Benjamin CRUMPLER & Keziah SNIDER), 25 Sep 1866, Rockford, Coosa Co., Alabama; b. Nov 1846, Coosa Co., Alabama; d. 1936, Hall's Summit, Red River Parish, Louisiana. viii. A. MATILDA 'ARREY' ALLEN, b. 1847, Georgia; d. DeKalb Co., Alabama; m. JOHN CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS PARTRIDGE (son of Henry R. PATRIDGE), 11 Jan 1866, Coosa Co., Alabama; b. 17 Jul 1847, Milltown, Chambers Co., Alabama; d. Jun 1916, Winston Co., Alabama. ix. FRANCIS M. ALLEN, b. 1847, Henry Co., Georgia; d. Aft. 1875; m. ALLEN STANLEY. x. THOMAS H. ALLEN, b. 1849, Georgia; d. Aft. 1875. xi. MARTHIE 'BABE' ALLEN, b. 19 Jun 1849, Georgia; d. 30 Aug 1917, Columbia Co, Arkansas; m. PASCHAL ASBURY CRUMPLER (son of Little Benjamin CRUMPLER & Keziah SNIDER), 11 Aug 1866, Coosa Co., Alabama; b. 26 Dec 1843, Alabama; d. Aft. 14 Jan 1920, Columbia Co., Arkansas. xii. JOHN E. ALLEN, b. Abt. 1854; d. Aft. 1875. xiii. DRUCELLA ALLEN, b. Abt. 1856, Georgia. xiv. SARAH L. ALLEN, b. Abt. 1860, Georgia. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [ALCOOSA] Western Coosa County Genealogy > In a message dated 9/18/2003 10:03:23 PM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > Hello Fellow Researcher, > > > > I am interested in any information on the ALLEN family line. My > > connection is thru John Wesley Allen and Rutha Banks Thames all from what is > > now Chilton County. > > > > thanks Joel T. Ross > > > > > > Joel: > > Is this the John Wesley Allen you are hunting. I don't have anything on him > > other than was is below. I picked this up over the years searching for my > > Richard A. Allen and wife Martha Housley. They were my great grandparents > > from Coosa Co. but cannot make a tie into the other allens at the time. > > Ottis Murphy