Bob, Thank you for the Allen information. Any other Thomas or Richard Allen information is much appreciated. Judson Allen Croft New Zealand ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:53:05 -0500 > From: "Bob Carter" <gravehunter@triad.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [NCSURRY] Thomas ALLEN, Surry County, early 1800s > To: <ncsurry@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <047b01c70869$8ecc7220$99d2b941@D6F1DT91> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NCSURRY list administrator, send an email to > NCSURRY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NCSURRY mailing list, send an email to NCSURRY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of NCSURRY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 28 > **************************************