Person:Allen Elliott (2)
Allen Elliott
b.Abt 1809 Kentucky, United States
 
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  • H.  Allen ElliottAbt 1809 -
  • W.  Jane _____Abt 1817 -
  1. William M. Elliott1826 - 1890
  2. Rhoda Permillia Elliott1833 - 1908
  3. Mary E Elliott1840 -
  4. Eliza Elliott1843 -
  5. Elijah ElliottAbt 1844 -
  6. David Eliot/Elliott1844 -
  7. James ElliottAbt 1846 -
  8. John ElliottAbt 1848 -
  9. Louisa ElliottAbt 1856 -
  10. Minerva A. ElliottAbt 1860 - 1873
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Name Allen Elliott
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1809 Kentucky, United States
Marriage to Jane _____


Moved to Arkansas in 1827. Settled in St. Francis County. Was a farmer.

Was in St. Francis County in 1840 Arkansas Census.

Was in St. Francis County in 1830 in Johnson Township.

1870 Census: Had $4680 in real estate and $1000 personal estate

Was a sheriff in St. Francis County, AR in 1829 according to the Sheriff Census of that year. However, he was not a sheriff of St. Francis County according to "History of St. Francis County" book. William Strong was the first from 1827-1832,

There was an Amos Elliott in Madison County, Alabama (Mississippi Territory at the time) in 1810 and 1811 that may have been Allen's father.

He homesteaded 80 acres in St. Francis County in October of 1849, 40 acres in December of 1850 and 40 acres in March of 1856, all in Township 5N, Range 2E.

A man named Charles Butler homesteaded thousands of acres in this same township and range in 1838.

Others homesteading in this same area include James Dawson (1842), James Dillon (1820), Margaret Downlin (1821), Enoch Dudley (1821), Thomas Furnold (1821), Michael Girtner (1824), John Godfrey (1821), James Hart (1821), Isaac Higgins (1856), Petty Hodges (1828), James Kookin (1820), Peter LaRock (1824), William Little (1820), Mary Martin (1823), John May (1821), Robert McKaine (1820), George Nash (1821), Benjamin Peoples (1876), John Smith (1823), Mordecai Thornton (1821), Jacob Tucker (1876), Samuel Vance (1821), John Welsh (1820), Stephen Whitacre (1824), and James Wilkins (1838).

St. Francis County was created October 27, 1827 from Phillips County. Named after St. Francis River. County seat was first at Franklin and then moved to Madison, once a thriving river town, where it remained until 1874. Forrest City was founded in 1866 by General Nathan Bedford Forrest when the Memphis to Little Rock railroad was cut through Crowley's Ridge by former Confederate soldiers and Irish immigrants. In 1829 the county population was 1,223.

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  1. ↑ Census records (but I think they are wrong). Otherwise he was only 17 when William was born and only 20 when he became s.
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