MaryAnn; My address is 617 North Avenue B, Kermit, TX 79745. Thank you for the information and the pictures. Please let me know how much I need to reimburse you for the pictures and postage. DeWayne -----Original Message----- From: MaryAnn Bartlett <bartlett@vvm.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, April 25, 1999 7:12 AM Subject: [TXBELL-L] SOBCT: ALLEN, Elisha; Page 284 >Pg. 284 ><Picture just above "Elisha Allen": "William Edward and Mary Melvin Allen >Laughlin. Mrs. Laughlin was the daughter of Elisha Allen."> > >Elisha Allen, a veteran and colonist in the Republic of Texas, was born in >St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, on December 16, 1813, to William and Hannah >Pride Allen. In 1827 William Allen moved his family to Texas and settled on >Cow Bayou, near Sabine Bay, in what is now Orange County. > >When the Texas Revolution began in 1835, Elisha Allen volunteered his >services from November 18, 1835 to January 2, 1836. From December 5 - 9, >1835, he participated in the Siege of Bexasr, which was led by Benjamin Rush >Milam and Francis W. Johnson, who with about 300 troops, attacked San >Antonio de Bexar then held by the Mexican Army of 1200 men under Martin >Perfecto de Cos. When Elisha was discharged he returned home to Orange >County and worked for his brother-in-law, George A. Pattillo, who owned the >only mill in that part of the Republic. For his military service he >received bounty and donation land grants from the State of Texas in 1858. > >In 1849 Elisha Allen married Margaret Wood, a daughter of William and Sallie >Frazier Wood. She was born in Mississippi on October 28, 1830, and came to >Texas in 1840 or 1841. The Allens were probably married in Jefferson >County, because the 1850 Census shows them living there where he was a >shoemaker. > >In the early 1850s the Allens were among the first pioneers to settle in >Williamson County where he engaged in farming and raising stock. They >remained there until the early 1870s when he moved to a farm purchased >from his brother, Moses Allen, on Indian Creek in Bell County. At this time >the land was undeveloped and only two or three families lived between there >and Belton. His home became a landmark in this section. The heavy >materials and doors of this house were made of cedar hauled overland by ox >wagons from Jefferson, Texas, a distance of over 200 miles. He built the >first neighborhood church and school house in his pasture and the little >church was presided over in later years by Rev. J.M. Robinson. The first >teacher of the school was Susan Roberson, who later married a son of the >donor of the building. The student body of this school was made up of >Allens, Gillilands and Stocktons. > >Elisha Allen died on March 6, 1893, and his wife, Margaret E. Allen died on >July 10, 1904. Their graves in the Old Bartlett Cemetery are marked and >fenced. Mr. and Mrs. Allen were the parents of seven children: George A. >Allen, who married Susan Roberson; Elijah M. Allen, who married Jennie >Mitchell; Sarah A. Allen, who married Thomas J. Denson; William B. Allen, >who married Nannie Parnell; Mary Melvin Allen, who married William Edward >Laughlin; John M. Allen; Samuel O. Allen; and Rachel D. Allen, who >married J.D. Phillips. > >An official Texas Historical Grave Marker honoring Elisha and Margaret Allen >was unveiled and dedicated at a program held at their graves in the Old >Bartlett Cemetery on May 1, 1977. > >Submitted by: Rev. E.F. Allen, Jr. >====================================== >Pg. 286 > ><Picture: "William Gilliland and his wife, the former Rachael E. Allen. >She was the daughter of Moses and Nancy Williams Allen." > >Moses Allen > >Moses Allen, a veteran and colonist in the Republic of Texas, was born in >St. Helena Parish, Louisiana on December 14, 1808, to William and Hannah >Pride Allen. He moved with his parents to Texas in 1827 and settled on Cow >Bayou near Sabine Bay in an area later to become part of Orange County. By >1835 Moses Allen was married to Nancy Williams, a native of Wouisiana. She >was a daughter of Hezekiah Williams and a sister to Mrs. William McFaddin. > >When the combat for Texas Independence began, Moses All became active in the >campaign. His first service in the war was from November 18, 1835, to >December 13, 1835. During this period he participated in the Siege of >Bexar. His next period of enlistment was from June 6, 1836, to September 6, >1836. > >The 1840 Census of the Republic of Texas lists the following: Moses Allen, >1 Pole, 38 cattle, 1 wood clock, Jerfferson County, Texas. > >In recognition of his allegiance to Texas during the struggle for >independence, he received several grants of land. On January 1, 1842, he >was awarded a bounty warrant for 320 acres in Tyler County, from the >secretary of war. On June 5, 1847, he received another grant for 320 acres >in Coryell County from the adjutant general for his participation in the >Siege of Bexar, where he served as a private in Capt. Martin B. Lewis' >Company. The original muster roll for this company is in the texas State >Archives, Austin. > >When the 1850 Census for the State of Texas was taken Moses Allen, a farmer >with real estate valued at $2000, was a resident of Milam County. His >household consisted of the following: Moses Allen, 41 years; Nancy Allen, >36 years; Emily A. Allen, 14 years; Rachel E. Allen, 12 years; Elisha W. >Allen, 10 years; and Marion William, 20 years. > >On January 22, 1850, Bell County was created from Milan County by an act of >the state legislature. On October 16, 1850, a patent for 640 acres of land >was granted to Moses Allen in the new county. He received the Donation >Certificate for the land on December 22, 1848, from the adjutant general for >his services at the Siege of Bexar. After receiving this land he became a >resident of Bell County. The name of Moses Allen appeared on the first >official "Jury List" for Bell County, which was made up by the Commissioners >Court on February 18, 1851. > >The family was listed in the 1860 Census for Bell County. At that time >Elisha was the only child still living in the household, and they had an >H.M. Lewis, an 18-year-old female guest in the home. > >Moses Allen was dead by June 22, 1869, when his heirs sold their land, which >was located west of Bartlett on Indian Creek and in the vicinity of the >Stockton Family Cemetery, an existing landmark. On this date they sold 1466 >acres for $1590.17 in gold to John Q. and Eliza A. Adams. The sellers of >the property included William Gilliland, Rachael E. Gilliland, O.C. Felton, >E.A. Felton and Nancy Allen. > >Mrs. Nancy A. Allen, the widow of Moses Allen, died on May 2, 1889. Her >grave in the Old Bartlett Cemetery is marked. The burial place of her >husband has not been determined. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Allen included >the following children: Emily A. Allen, who married Daniel Gilliland, Jr. >and later O.C. Felton; Rachael E. Allen, who married William Gilliland; and >Elisha W. Allen, who died between the time the 1860 census was taken and >before his father's estate was settled on June 22, 1869. > >Daniel Gilliland, Jr. and William Gilliland, brothers, who married Emily and >Rachael Allen, were sons of Daniel and Precilla Boutright Gilliland. Daniel >Gilliland, Sr., with horses, cattle and farming tools, was among the >original settlers in the Colorado District of the Austin Colony. He settled >his family down stream from the Brazos Ferry location on December 31, 1821. >The Gilliland family Bible confirms that William Gilliland and Rachel E. >Allen were married on December 3, 1851, and Daniel Gilliland, Jr. and Emily >Allen were married July 25, 1854 in Milam County. > >Submitted by: Rev. E.F. Allen, Jr. > >(Note: I have photographs of the Allen sites in the Old Bartlett Cemetery >for DeWayne Wallace...I just need your snail mail address again, please. >mab) > > > > >==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb Supports GenConnect >Help Support RootsWeb >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >