This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UiB.2ACI/1099.1.1 Message Board Post: I'll look for my sources on the Sheperdstown date. I suspect it is either a family Bible, or a DAR application. Extensive information (most of the facts I know) on Dr. George Tribble Allen can be found at my web site: http://faculty.nmu.edu/jstrain I'll send you a private email, also. The KY connection is interesting to me, as I've seen references in family tradition that Dr. George T. Allen was born in KY, though census records disagree with this. Since originally posting this query, I've researched the TN State Archives, and not been able to turn up any clear evidence on John Allen or Martha Tribble. Several John Allens appear in records, but I can't be certain they are the correct one, and I found no references or documents related to any Martha Allen that would be a widow of John. I'm sure I could do a more exhaustive search, but my time there was limited. Jim