1800, Davidson County, Tennessee Property:, - 100 acres - Davidson County, TN11 Tax List: 1805, Davidson County, TN13 Tax List: 1811, Davidson County, TN 1812 Enumeration of Free Male Inhabitants of Davidson County, TN Tax List: 1816, Davidson County, TNĮmigration: Abt. Married: in Rowan County, North Carolina to Margery Bryan, daughter of John and Sarah Bryan of Rowan County, North Carolina Emigration: Abt. John Dunn to Windle Miller for £100, 250 A on Ryals Crk adj Tho.Lambert. Burial He is buried in Belltown Cemetery Timeline Event 1:, Witness on Rowan County, NC DeedĭB 11, p. listing and the Bryan Family History Mill Owner He was the owner of the first grist mill in Greene County, Illinois, located on Apple Creek south of White Hall what was known as New Providence and now Belltown. Thomas Allen was 66 years of age when he died on Septemin Belltown, Illinois and was buried in Belltown, Illinois. He had a great love for young folks, common to all men of his build." According to the History of Greene County, "Thomas Allen was a large, corpulent man, weighing over 250 pounds, and was good natured and jolly, and especially delighted in romping with children. which also stated that she was 78 years of age when she died on November 29, 1846. Margaret Bryan, daughter of John Bryan and Sarah Bryan, was born around 1768. Family Husband: Thomas Allen Wife: Margery Bryan Marriage:, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA : On May 26, 1789, "Marjira Brion" married Thomas Allen and William Huey signed this Rowan County, North Carolina marriage bond. He was a Calvinist seceder from the Presbyterian church. He was sociable, cheerful and a real philosopher. Allen then became a widely known and important character in the county. The first successful dam gotten up was made by one Norton, who placed a formidable barricade of brush and dirt, behind a log wall, as usual, and this stood till the usefulness and reputation of the mill site became established. Allen could not have kept his enterprise in operation but for the fact that when each dam would successively wash away the whole country round, without reward, would turn out for days, and weeks perhaps, and restore it. On account of the dry summers and spring freshets, this first dam soon went down the stream, as did a number of others after, made in much the same way. The building at first was a rude structure, and the dam was made of logs thrown across the stream, with sand filling. He with the others came to Greene in 1819, locating on Apple creek, and at once establishing a water mill. His house at Belltown was the first house built north of Apple Creek in Greene County. His wife was Margery Bryan, daughter of John and Sarah Bryan of Rowan County, NC, having been married in Rowan County, NC. The original proprietor of Belltown and mill, as also joint progenitor of the Allen family, came from Tennessee to Madison County, stopping near Upper Alton, about as early as any other white settlers in that region. Thomas Allen emigrated from North Carolina to Davidson County, TN about 1800 and from there to Greene County, IL in about 1819. Frank Bell, father of Sheriff Bell and all the others, married a Miss Allen. The Life and Times of Thomas Allen In giving the Allen Family, it will be difficult to avoid a greater or less notice of the Bell family also, since the most noted member Esq. Thomas died on Septemin White Hall, Greene, Illinois, United States aged 75. Unknown Child (implied from Bible record).Thomas and Margaret Allen were the parents of eight children: Thomas married Margaret Bryan (1768 - 1846) on in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, USA. However, Thomas Allen married Margaret Bryan in 1789 in Rowan County, North Carolina (not in Tennessee as stated in the newspaper article). His brother was Zachariah Allen I (1759 - 1838).: An 1873 newspaper article in The White Hall Register (51 years after his death) has a detailed biographical sketch of Thomas Allen and his brother, Zachariah Allen: Author’s note: It appears that Thomas and Zachariah may have lived in Davidson County, Tennessee prior to migrating to Greene County, Illinois. His parents were William Allen (1729 - ) and Elizabeth (Jones) Allen (~1741 - ). Biography Thomas Allen was born on Septemin North Carolina.
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