Person:John Allison (31)

John Allison, Jr. was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Chalkley's:

• Page 353.--20th May, 1761. John Kerr and Lucie ( ) to John Allison, £2, 10 acres on east side Shanandoe betwixt land of said Ker and Allison, part of 400 acres; Andrew Ker's line. Teste: Andrew Russell, Edward Rutledge, William Ker. Delivered: John Allison, February, 1768. (Note: John and Lucy Kerr are the parents of John Kerr's wife, Lucy Kerr).

Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:

• Page 435.--20th August, 1772. John Allison and Lucie ( ) to Wliliam Allison, his son, 92 acres, part of 245 acres patented to said John, 18th May, 1770. Delivered: John Allison, 25th February, 1773.

Will Abstract

Allison, John, Sr. (of Botetourt Co).

Will probated June 1792.

Names wife Lucy; children: William, Andrew, John, Sarah Vanlear; and a son-in law, John Rutledge.

[A Brief of Wills and Marriages of Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia, 1733-1831 by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 45].

Records in Virginia

From Chalkley's: [unless otherwise stated]

• 6 Sept. 1776 - Fincastle County, Sworn to the oath of Allegiance by John Montgomery on Sept. 6, 1776: John Alison. [The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul., 1938), pp. 254-261]

• MAY 18, 1785. - (38) John Allison, Jr., returned no inhabitant.

• 1785 Aug 20 - Thomas Murray, of Green County, North Carolina, to John Allison. Jr. Teste: D. Stephenson, Edward Rutledge, James Agnew, Thomas Carel. (Deed Book 25 - 216)

• 1787 Jan 31 - Edward Rutledge's will--To wife, Sarah; to daughter, Rebecka Rutledge; to son, James; to daughter, Rosanna; to son, George; to son-in-law, John Allison, for his sons John and James Allison; to 5 children, viz: Lucy Allison (wife of Jno. Allison, Jr.), Rebecca, James, Rosanna, and George Rutledge; to children, viz: Mary Erwin (wife of Wm. Erwin), Sarah McNeeley (wife of George McNeeley). Executors, William Allison, John Allison, Jr., David Stephenson. Teste: D. Stephenson, Gilbert Carr, Samuel Steel. Proved, 20th February, 1787, by Carr and Steele. D. Stephenson qualifies. (Will Book 6 - 551)

• NOVEMBER, 1787. - John Allison, Jr., vs. John Dickson and Rebecca, his wife. - Writ, 6th Nov. 1788.