To Gwenn - and anyone else able to help Your offer to assist has been a great help to many of us - thank you so much! I continue (with no success) to search for information about my family of Allens in NC in early 1800s. It seems that Allen must be the most common surname in the state. I seek any information about a Thomas Allen, married Majincy (?). What little information I have is listed below. I believe this Thomas Allen lived in Surry County but I have no idea if he was born there. If you can link anything you have found to this Allen family I would love to receive it. One bit of detail that may help to make a link is that my great-grandfather was Richard Young Allen. I have located many Allens with 'Young' in their name. One helpful person emailed me to say that with "Young" in the NC Allen family name there is a good chance my ancestors might have come from Lunenburg County. I really don't have any idea where to look to find this Thomas and his predecessors. > Thomas ALLEN was born on 25 Sep 1814 in ,?, NC. He was enumerated in the census of 1850 on 14 Sep 1850 in South District, Surry County, NC. He was married to Majincy before 1844. Majincy was born on 7 Nov 1816 in , , NC. Children were: > > i. Anna Elizabeth ALLEN. > ii. Louisa J ALLEN was born on 13 Oct 1846 in , , NC. > iii. Thomas M ALLEN was born on 18 Feb 1849 in , , NC. > iv. John Henry ALLEN was born on 14 Jun 1851. > v. Richard Young Allen was born about 1853. > v. Lee J ALLEN was born on 20 Mar 1855. > vi. Margret E ALLEN was born on 20 Mar 1857 in , , NC. She died after 1920. Many thanks in advance, Judson Croft Auckland, New Zealand

Note: The Allen family has been in Carroll Co., Va. for many years, infact several of them were involved in the famous "shoot out" at the Carroll co. courthouse about a hundred years ago.. Check over there, it's next door to Surry co. NC.. G. Lee Hearl Authentic Appalachian Storyteller Abingdon, Va.

Hi Judson, I don't have those ALLEN names, but I do have some others that are probably related to them. My ancestors are PATTERSON and WHITAKER from Surry County, but I try and take some surveys of cemeteries in Surry when I can make it up there. Anyway, there is a J. W. ALLEN cemetery located on Ayers Road which is just southwest of Pilot Mountain, meaning the mountain itself. It's a well-maintained cemetery and the GPS coordinates are: 36.18.31.2 N, 080.28.58.5 W, elevation is about 975 ft. I surveyed the cemetery last May, 2006. Location is . . . . From the intersection of US Hwy 52 & NC Hwy 268 in Pilot Mountain travel south on US Hwy 52 for 5.00 miles to the Pinnacle exit on the right. At end of ramp, turn right onto Perch Rd and go 0.95 mile and turn right on Mt. Zion Church Rd. Then go 2.1 miles until Mt. Zion Church Rd dead ends. Then left on Pinnacle Hotel Rd for .5 miles to Ayers Rd; then left on Ayers Rd for .4 miles, and cemetery is on left. Earliest marker is John ALLEN, b. 1-20-1807, d. 11-10-1902. His wife is Malinda BROWN, b. 7-19-1808, d. 3-2-1891. Presume the "J. W. ALLEN" name is for this John ALLEN. Will try and post the other names later when I can get them transcribed. Bob Carter Greensboro, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "jud croft" <jud.croft@xtra.co.nz> To: <NCSURRY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:42 AM Subject: [NCSURRY] Thomas ALLEN, Surry County, early 1800s > To Gwenn - and anyone else able to help > > Your offer to assist has been a great help to many of us - thank you so > much! > > I continue (with no success) to search for information about my family of > Allens in NC in early 1800s. It seems that Allen must be the most common > surname in the state. I seek any information about a Thomas Allen, married > Majincy (?). What little information I have is listed below. I believe > this Thomas Allen lived in Surry County but I have no idea if he was born > there. If you can link anything you have found to this Allen family I > would love to receive it. > > One bit of detail that may help to make a link is that my > great-grandfather was Richard Young Allen. I have located many Allens with > 'Young' in their name. One helpful person emailed me to say that with > "Young" in the NC Allen family name there is a good chance my ancestors > might have come from Lunenburg County. I really don't have any idea where > to look to find this Thomas and his predecessors. > >> Thomas ALLEN was born on 25 Sep 1814 in ,?, NC. He was enumerated in the >> census of 1850 on 14 Sep 1850 in South District, Surry County, NC. He was >> married to Majincy before 1844. Majincy was born on 7 Nov 1816 in , , NC. >> Children were: >> >> i. Anna Elizabeth ALLEN. >> ii. Louisa J ALLEN was born on 13 Oct 1846 in , , NC. >> iii. Thomas M ALLEN was born on 18 Feb 1849 in , , NC. >> iv. John Henry ALLEN was born on 14 Jun 1851. >> v. Richard Young Allen was born about 1853. >> v. Lee J ALLEN was born on 20 Mar 1855. >> vi. Margret E ALLEN was born on 20 Mar 1857 in , , NC. She died after >> 1920. > > Many thanks in advance, > > Judson Croft > Auckland, New Zealand > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCSURRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message