Person:Robert Allen (86)

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Robert Allen
b.1739
d.1811 Greene County, Virginia
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  • H.  Robert Allen1739 - 1811
m. Abt 1765
  1. Robert AllenAbt 1765 -
  2. James AllenAbt 1767 -
  3. Reuben AllenAbt 1769 - 1825
  4. Frances 'Fanny' AllenAbt 1771 -
  5. Mary 'Polly' AllenAbt 1773 - Abt 1857
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  • H.  Robert Allen1739 - 1811
  • W.  Martha KerrBef 1774 -
m. 19 Mar 1791
  1. Daniel Allen1791 - 1857
  2. Samuel Allen, Sr.1797 - 1851
  3. Margaret Ann AllenAbt 1798 -
  4. John AllenAbt 1800 -
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Name Robert Allen
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1739
Marriage Abt 1765 to Unknown
Marriage 19 Mar 1791 Greene County, Tennesseeto Martha Kerr
Death[1] 1811 Greene County, Virginia
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Will of Robert Allen

Robert Allen: Substance of will of Robert Allen decd.
As found by a jury, written by me. Robert Guin. Probated 25 July 1811. Written 4 February 1811.
"Wife, Martha Allen, to have two Negroes, Prusey and Letty her lifetime, then to my first wife's children.
My first wife's children: Robert, James, Ruben Allen, Polly Lemmon, Fanny Farnsworth. To Son, Robert, eighty dollars. To son, James, one hundred forth dollars. To daughter Fanny Farnsworth, one hundred dollars. Plantation under the care of wife and son, Daniel Allen.
To Daniel Allen, 250 acres off home place going up river to where Jeremiah Smith lives known as Cove Spring, and a Negro boy named Simpson.
To son, Samuel, 250 acres, lower part of plantation and Negro boy named Love. to daughter, Margaret Allen, 1/3 household furniture and a Negro.
Wife, Margaret Allen to remain and be supported by profits from my plantation. son-in-law, Samuel Lemmon to get a Negro boy.
To son, John Allen, a horse.
Signed: Robert Allen. Taken from Book 1, page 46. Original will not in book."
[Book "Greene County, Tennessee Wills 1783-1890" compiled by Goldene Fillers Burgner, p. 33].


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Robert Allen, patriot veteran of the American Revolution, was a widower with five children. He was granted a large acreage along the Nolachucky River in Greene County where he made his home. The property became to be known as Allen's Landing. The name of his first wife is unknown. His children by his first wife were: Robert; James, who married Nancy Jones, daughter of George Jones; Reuban, who married Mary Jones, sister of Nancy; Polly, who married Samuel Leming; Frances, who married Henry A. Farnsworth.
James went to Missouri, where he became a tavern keeper. Reuben, a veteran of the War of 1812, went to Cocke County, Tennessee, where he died in 1825. The other children remained in Greene County.
In 1791, Robert Allen Sr. remarried in Greene County. His second wife was Martha Kerr (Carr). There were three children: Daniel, born in 1791, married Polly Baker, daughter of Isaac Baker, in 1813; Samuel, born 1796, married Frinton Elizabeth Farnsworth. (Ed. note: Her true name, per the Historical Society is Trenton and not Frinton.) Margaret Ann married William M. Crawford in 1817. Robert Allen's will also mentions a son, John, of whom nothing further is known.
Robert Allen Sr. willed his 450 acre farm to his wife and named his son Daniel as manager. Daniel was able to expand the farm to 1300 acres. Daniel and Polly had twelve children: Robert, Louisa, Elizabeth, Martha, Isaac, James, Nancy, Samuel, John, Daniel, Margaret and Mary.
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).

    Note: IGI estimates vary greatly on Robert Allen's birthdate from 1739 - 1770, more research necessary.

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