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THE ALLEN PATRIOTS IN THE BATTLE OF MOORES CREEK BRIDGE, NORTH CAROLINA
February 27, 1776
According to Bobby Gilmer Moss, in his
preface to the 'Roster of the Patriots in the Battle of Moores Creek
Bridge', Adoniram Allen (1734-1838), his father, David Allen, Sr., and
his younger brother, David Allen, Jr. are categorized as having
definitely participated in the battle.
The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge in North Carolina was a brief,
but violent clash on February 27, 1776. The patriots defeated a larger
force of loyalists on their way to join with a British expedititonary
squadron on the coast. Adoniram Allen, who was about forty-two years
old at the time, served as a lieutenant under Col. Martin Armstrong in
the battle at Moores Creek. Adoniram was commander of a company in which
brother, David Allen, Jr. served. (This information, as recorded in
Moss; book, was derived from David Allen, Jr.'s application for a federal
pension--FPA 16601). David Allen, Sr., Adoniram's father, hauled
provisions to Cross Creek(Fayetteville, NC) for the expeditionary force
that fought at Moores Creek Bridge. He also hauled provisions and
baggage (quartermaster?) under Captain Jesse Walton of Surry County.
After the battle he conducted prisoners to Hillsboro. During this period
of time David Allen, Sr. operated a saw-mill and iron works at the mouth
of the Big Elk on the Yadkin River. It is conjuectured that David, Sr.
was in his sixties, assuming that he was about twenty years old when
Adoniram was born in 1734. (This information was cited in Moss; book as
well as in the Moravian Records for North Carolina). David Allen, Jr.
was only fifteen years old when he participated in the Battle at Moores
Creek Bridge. He served under his brother, Adoniram, at Moores Creek and
others in subsequent battles and skirmished in North Carolina, with his
father where he joined the patriots. About 1790, he went to Georgia,
possibly with his brother, Adoniram. From there he went on to Franklin
County, Alabama, and the Chickasaw Indian Nation where he lived in 1832
when he filed for a federal pension. The Surry County patriots and
their provisions had to travel about 150 miles to Cross Creek where they
were to assemble with other troops to march on to Moores Creek Bridge,
some twenty miles northwest of Wilmington, North Carolina. However, many
of the troops moved directly to Moores Creek Bridge where they engaged
and defeated a much larger force of loyalists who had assembled there to
hold the bridge at this strategic crossing. As it turned out, the three
Allens participated in a battle of crucial importance that 'ended royal
authority in the colony, helped forestall a full-scale invasion of the
South, and encouraged North Carolina on April 12, 1776 to instruct its
delegation to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to vote for
independence--the first colony to so act'. (quotation from the National
Park Service brochure on the Moores Creek National Battlefield, North
Carolina). From: Clay Co. Ancestral News, March 1996, submitted by:
George E. Allen, member No. 402
Moore's Creek Bridge Historic Site
As the economic and political controversy with Great Britain gave way to
open rebellion in the mid-1770s, North Carolina was left a badly divided
colony. The legislature, which was popularly elected, opposed the royal
governor, Josiah Martin, almost to a man. 'Government here is as
absolutely prostrate as impotent,' Martin warned his superiors in London,
'and nothing but the shadow of it is left.' Yet many people who disliked
parliamentary taxation and royal authority over provincial affairs
nevertheless found the thought of fighting the mother country abhorrent.
By mid-1775, North Carolinians had split into two groups: patriots,
perhaps half the people, who were willing to take up arms for
independence; and loyalists, primarily the Crown's officials, wealthy
merchants, planters, and others of a conservative mind who opposed
redressing their grievances by war. This last party included many
Highlanders, who in recent decades had immigrated in sizable numbers to
North Carolina, and some of the Regulators who had been defeated at
Alamance in 1771.
First Moves Towards War
The news of the fighting at Lexington and Concord in April, 1775 received
in North Carolina a month later, further weakened royal authority. Unable
to stem the tide of revolution in the colony, Martin abandoned New Bern,
the capital, and fled to Fort Johnston on the lower Cape Fear, arriving
there on June 2, 1775. Within 6 weeks, North Carolina militia forced him
to flee again, this time offshore to the British warship Cruizer, as the
fort burned behind him.
In exile Martin laid plans of the reconquest of North Carolina. First, he
would raise in that colony an army of 10,000 men, two-thirds of them
Highlanders and Regulators with strong loyalist feelings. Next, this army
would march to the coast and rendezvous with a powerful expeditionary
force under Lord Cornwallis, Sir Henry Clinton, and Sir Peter Parker.
These combined army and naval forces were to concentrate at Brunswick, a
seaport town below Wilmington, by February 15, 1776. Together they would
re-establish royal authority in the Carolinas, striking wherever
rebellion showed itself. Martin persuaded his superiors in London and
commander in chief Thomas Gage in Boston that this host could easily
restore order. The British ministry approved the plan and dispatched
orders to the several commanders.
Governor Martin now set about recruiting his army. On January 10, 1776,
he called upon all loyal subjects to unite to put down 'a most daring,
horrid, and unnatural Rebellion.' Six months earlier General Gage had
sent Donald MacDonald and Donald McLeod to North Carolina to recruit a
Highland battalion. Martin now appointed MacDonald a brigadier general
and McLeod a lieutenant colonel in the loyalist militia and directed them
and others to enlist men.
To all Highlanders who pledged service to the Crown the British
government promised 200 acres of land, cancellation of land fees, and tax
exemption for 20 years. These terms, and Martin's efforts among other
groups, brought in recruits, though not nearly as many as had been
expected., The call went out for loyalists to assemble under MacDonald
near Cross Creek (Fayetteville) and then march to the coast. When the
force was organized on February 15, there were about 1,600 men present:
Highlanders, other loyalists, and some 130 ex-Regulators.
Meanwhile, the patriots had not been idle. While Martin tossed at sea,
they began to mobilize their forces. Since Martin was technically out of
the colony, the patriots in August and September 1775 set up a Provincial
Council to govern in his place. Upon the recommendation of the
Continental Congress, two regiments of the Continental Line and several
battalions of minutemen and militia were raised.
At the news that the loyalists were assembling at Cross Creek , the
patriots began gathering their forces. In Wilmington they threw up
breastworks and prepared for fighting. In New Bern authorities mustered
the district's militia under Col. Richard Caswell and ordered it to join
with other militia in countering the loyalists. Col. James Moore, the
senior officer of the 1st N.C. Continentals and the first to take the
field, was given command.
The loyalists' plan was to advance along the southwest side of the Cape
Fear to the coast, provision the British troops arriving by sea, and then
join them in conquering the colony. On February 20, 1776 MacDonald began
his movement toward the coast. Blocked by Moore at Rockfish Creek, he
marched eastward in the general direction of Caswell's force, crossed the
Cape Fear, and proceeded toward the Negro Head Point Road, a route into
Wilmington along which he expected little opposition. Outmaneuvered by
MacDonald's march tactics, Caswell withdrew from defending Corbett's
Ferry on the Black River in order to 'take possession of the Bridge upon
Widow Moore's Creek.' some 20 miles above Wilmington and a place the
loyalists had to cross on their way to the coast. After sending Col.
Alexander Lillington to join Caswell, Moore fell back toward Wilmington,
hoping to fall on the rear of MacDonald's column as Caswell obstructed
him in front.
The Engagement at the Bridge
When Lillington arrived at the bridge on the 25th, he quickly saw the
position's defensive advantages. The creek, a dark, sluggish, stream
about 35 feet wide, wound through swampy terrain and could be crossed in
the vicinity of only over this bridge. To dominate the crossing,
Lillington built a low earthwork on a slight rise overlooking the bridge
and its approach from the east. Joining Lillington the next day, Caswell
sent his men across the bridge to throw up earthworks there. Thus by the
evening on February 26, the patriots straddled the bridge. Lillington
with 150 men waited on the east side of the creek, and Caswell with 850
men were camped on the west. MacDonald's loyalists, 1,600 strong but with
arms for less than half that many, camped 6 miles away.
MacDonald had lost the race to the bridge and now had to decide whether
to avoid fighting once more or to cut through their opponents. At a
council of war the younger leader carried the debate, and eventually all
agreed that the enemy should be attacked. An element in the decision was
the report by a scout that Caswell's position lay on their side of the
river and was thus vulnerable.
At 1 a.m. on the 27th the loyalists set out on their march to the attack,
with a party of 75 picked broadswordsmen under Capt. John Campbell in the
lead. By now MacDonald had fallen ill, and Donald McLeod was in command.
The going was slow, for the route lay through thickets and swampy ground.
During the night Caswell abandoned the camp and withdrew across the
creek. Once on the other side, Caswell's men removed the planks and
greased the girders. Posting artillery to cover the bridge, they waited
in darkness for the advancing Scots.
An hour before dawn the loyalists came upon Caswell's deserted camp and
found the fires burning low. Moving on to nearly woods, McLeod regrouped
his men and passed the rallying cry - 'King George and Broad Swords' -
along the line. There they waited for daybreak. Suddenly gunfire sounded
near the bridge. Though it was not yet light, McLeod couldn't wait any
longer. Three cheers rang out - the signal for the attack - and the
loyalists rushed the partly demolished bridge with broadswords out and
bagpipes skirling. Picking their way over the bridge and onto the
opposite bank, they got within 30 paces of the patriot earthworks before
they were met by a withering fire of musketry and artillery. Nearly all
the advance party were cut down, and the whole force soon retreated. It
was all over in a few minutes. Pursuit turned the repulse into a rout.
The loyalists lost some 30 killed and 40 wounded. Only one patriot died.
Within weeks the patriots had captured 'all suspected person' and
disarmed 'all Highlanders and ex-Regulators that were ... in the late
battle.' The spoils included 1,500 rifles, 350 'guns and shot-bags,' 150
swords and dirks, and £15,000 sterling. Some 850 'common Soldiers' and
most of the loyalists were captured. The leaders were imprisoned or
banished from the colony. The soldiers were paroled to their homes.
Though the battle was a small one, the implications were large. The
victory demonstrated the surprising patriot strength in the countryside,
discouraged the growth of loyalist sentiment in the Carolinas, and
spurred revolutionary feeling throughout the colonies. The British
seaborne force , which finally arrived in May, moved on to Sullivan's
Island off Charleston, S.C. In late June patriot militia repulsed Sir
Peter Parker's land and naval attack, ending the British hopes of
squashing rebellion in the South for two years. 'Had the South been
conquered in the first half of 1776,' the historian Edward Channing
concluded, 'it is entirely conceivable that rebellion would never have
turned into revolution ... At Moore's Creek and Sullivan's Island the
Carolinas turned aside the one combination of circumstances that might
have made British conquest possible.'
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, County of Franklin:
Robert Allen, upon honor and upon best information, says that he is
descended from Revolutionary ancestors as follows: His father was John
Allen, who was the son of Adoniram Allen, ( a first cousin to Col. Ethan
Allen) Adoniram Allen was Capt. of a company of infantry in a South
Carolina regiment during the Revolution. The applicants mother was
Esther Baker Allen, who was the daughter of Robert Baker, who was the son
of John Baker...(?), at the head of a company rescued Col. Cleveland from
tories who were about to hang him. The applicant has (?) by tradition
that his ancestors (the Morrises, Rowland, Humphreys, Allens, and Bakers)
did service during the Revolution---Most of them. And because of such
descent applies for admission to the Society of the Sons of the
Revolution, of Kentucky, this 2nd day of May, 1889 Signed: Robert Allen
noted on bottom of application: Adoniram Allen Captain S.C. Partisan
Rangers 1780 -1782
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THE ALLEN PATRIOTS IN THE BATTLE OF MOORES CREEK BRIDGE, NORTH CAROLINA
February 27, 1776
According to Bobby Gilmer Moss, in his
preface to the 'Roster of the Patriots in the Battle of Moores Creek
Bridge', Adoniram Allen (1734-1838), his father, David Allen, Sr., and
his younger brother, David Allen, Jr. are categorized as having
definitely participated in the battle. The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge
in North Carolina was a brief, but violent clash on February 27, 1776.
The patriots defeated a larger force of loyalists on their way to join
with a British expedititonary squadron on the coast. Adoniram Allen,
who was about forty-two years old at the time, served as a lieutenant
under Col. Martin Armstrong in the battle at Moores Creek. Adoniram was
commander of a company in which brother, David Allen, Jr. served. (This
information, as recorded in Moss; book, was derived from David Allen,
Jr.'s application for a federal pension--FPA 16601). David Allen, Sr.,
Adoniram's father, hauled provisions to Cross Creek(Fayetteville, NC) for
the expeditionary force that fought at Moores Creek Bridge. He also
hauled provisions and baggage (quartermaster?) under Captain Jesse Walton
of Surry County. After the battle he conducted prisoners to Hillsboro.
During this period of time David Allen, Sr. operated a saw-mill and iron
works at the mouth of the Big Elk on the Yadkin River. It is
conjuectured that David, Sr. was in his sixties, assuming that he was
about twenty years old when Adoniram was born in 1734. (This information
was cited in Moss; book as well as in the Moravian Records for North
Carolina). David Allen, Jr. was only fifteen years old when he
participated in the Battle at Morres Creek Bridge. He served under his
brother, Adoniram, at Moores Creek and others in subsequent battles and
skirmished in North Carolina, with his father where he joined the
patriots. about 1790 he went to Georgia, possibly with his brother,
Adoniram. From there he went on to Franklin County, Alabama, and the
Chickasaw Indian Nation where he lived in 1832 when he filed for a
federal pension. The Surry County patriots and their provisions had to
travel about 150 miles to Cross Creek where they were to assemble with
other troops to march on to Moores Creek Bridge, some twenty miles
northwest of Wilmington, North Carolina. However, many of the troops
moved directly to Moores Creek Bridge where they engaged and defeated a
much larger force of loyalists who had assembled there to hold the bridge
at this strategic crossing. As it turned out, the three Allens
participated in a battle of curcial importance that 'ended royal
authority in the colony, helped forestall a full-scale invasion of the
South, and encouraged North Carolina on April 12, 1776 to instruct its
delegation to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to vote for
independence--the first colony to so act'. (quotation from the National
Park Service brochure on the Moores Creek National Battlefield, North
Carolina). From: Clay Co. Ancestral News, March 1996, submitted by:
George E. Allen, member No. 402
Moore's Creek Bridge Historic Site
As the economic and political controversy with Great Britain gave way to
open rebellion in the mid-1770s, North Carolina was left a badly divided
colony. The legislature, which was popularly elected, opposed the royal
governor, Josiah Martin, almost to a man. 'Government here is as
absolutely prostrate as impotent,' Martin warned his superiors in London,
'and nothing but the shadow of it is left.' Yet many people who disliked
parliamentary taxation and royal authority over provincial affairs
nevertheless found the thought of fighting the mother country abhorrent.
By mid-1775, North Carolinians had split into two groups: patriots,
perhaps half the people, who were willing to take up arms for
independence; and loyalists, primarily the Crown's officials, wealthy
merchants, planters, and others of a conservative mind who opposed
redressing their grievances by war. This last party included many
Highlanders, who in recent decades had immigrated in sizable numbers to
North Carolina, and some of the Regulators who had been defeated at
Alamance in 1771.
First Moves Towards War
The news of the fighting at Lexington and Concord in April, 1775 received
in North Carolina a month later, further weakened royal authority. Unable
to stem the tide of revolution in the colony, Martin abandoned New Bern,
the capital, and fled to Fort Johnston on the lower Cape Fear, arriving
there on June 2, 1775. Within 6 weeks, North Carolina militia forced him
to flee again, this time offshore to the British warship Cruizer, as the
fort burned behind him.
In exile Martin laid plans of the reconquest of North Carolina. First, he
would raise in that colony an army of 10,000 men, two-thirds of them
Highlanders and Regulators with strong loyalist feelings. Next, this army
would march to the coast and rendezvous with a powerful expeditionary
force under Lord Cornwallis, Sir Henry Clinton, and Sir Peter Parker.
These combined army and naval forces were to concentrate at Brunswick, a
seaport town below Wilmington, by February 15, 1776. Together they would
re-establish royal authority in the Carolinas, striking wherever
rebellion showed itself. Martin persuaded his superiors in London and
commander in chief Thomas Gage in Boston that this host could easily
restore order. The British ministry approved the plan and dispatched
orders to the several commanders.
Governor Martin now set about recruiting his army. On January 10, 1776,
he called upon all loyal subjects to unite to put down 'a most daring,
horrid, and unnatural Rebellion.' Six months earlier General Gage had
sent Donald MacDonald and Donald McLeod to North Carolina to recruit a
Highland battalion. Martin now appointed MacDonald a brigadier general
and McLeod a lieutenant colonel in the loyalist militia and directed them
and others to enlist men.
To all Highlanders who pledged service to the Crown the British
government promised 200 acres of land, cancellation of land fees, and tax
exemption for 20 years. These terms, and Martin's efforts among other
groups, brought in recruits, though not nearly as many as had been
expected., The call went out for loyalists to assemble under MacDonald
near Cross Creek (Fayetteville) and then march to the coast. When the
force was organized on February 15, there were about 1,600 men present:
Highlanders, other loyalists, and some 130 ex-Regulators.
Meanwhile, the patriots had not been idle. While Martin tossed at sea,
they began to mobilize their forces. Since Martin was technically out of
the colony, the patriots in August and September 1775 set up a Provincial
Council to govern in his place. Upon the recommendation of the
Continental Congress, two regiments of the Continental Line and several
battalions of minutemen and militia were raised.
At the news that the loyalists were assembling at Cross Creek , the
patriots began gathering their forces. In Wilmington they threw up
breastworks and prepared for fighting. In New Bern authorities mustered
the district's militia under Col. Richard Caswell and ordered it to join
with other militia in countering the loyalists. Col. James Moore, the
senior officer of the 1st N.C. Continentals and the first to take the
field, was given command.
The loyalists' plan was to advance along the southwest side of the Cape
Fear to the coast, provision the British troops arriving by sea, and then
join them in conquering the colony. On February 20, 1776 MacDonald began
his movement toward the coast. Blocked by Moore at Rockfish Creek, he
marched eastward in the general direction of Caswell's force, crossed the
Cape Fear, and proceeded toward the Negro Head Point Road, a route into
Wilmington along which he expected little opposition. Outmaneuvered by
MacDonald's march tactics, Caswell withdrew from defending Corbett's
Ferry on the Black River in order to 'take possession of the Bridge upon
Widow Moore's Creek.' some 20 miles above Wilmington and a place the
loyalists had to cross on their way to the coast. After sending Col.
Alexander Lillington to join Caswell, Moore fell back toward Wilmington,
hoping to fall on the rear of MacDonald's column as Caswell obstructed
him in front.
The Engagement at the Bridge
When Lillington arrived at the bridge on the 25th, he quickly saw the
position's defensive advantages. The creek, a dark, sluggish, stream
about 35 feet wide, wound through swampy terrain and could be crossed in
the vicinity of only over this bridge. To dominate the crossing,
Lillington built a low earthwork on a slight rise overlooking the bridge
and its approach from the east. Joining Lillington the next day, Caswell
sent his men across the bridge to throw up earthworks there. Thus by the
evening on February 26, the patriots straddled the bridge. Lillington
with 150 men waited on the east side of the creek, and Caswell with 850
men were camped on the west. MacDonald's loyalists, 1,600 strong but with
arms for less than half that many, camped 6 miles away.
MacDonald had lost the race to the bridge and now had to decide whether
to avoid fighting once more or to cut through their opponents. At a
council of war the younger leader carried the debate, and eventually all
agreed that the enemy should be attacked. An element in the decision was
the report by a scout that Caswell's position lay on their side of the
river and was thus vulnerable.
At 1 a.m. on the 27th the loyalists set out on their march to the attack,
with a party of 75 picked broadswordsmen under Capt. John Campbell in the
lead. By now MacDonald had fallen ill, and Donald McLeod was in command.
The going was slow, for the route lay through thickets and swampy ground.
During the night Caswell abandoned the camp and withdrew across the
creek. Once on the other side, Caswell's men removed the planks and
greased the girders. Posting artillery to cover the bridge, they waited
in darkness for the advancing Scots.
An hour before dawn the loyalists came upon Caswell's deserted camp and
found the fires burning low. Moving on to nearly woods, McLeod regrouped
his men and passed the rallying cry - 'King George and Broad Swords' -
along the line. There they waited for daybreak. Suddenly gunfire sounded
near the bridge. Though it was not yet light, McLeod couldn't wait any
longer. Three cheers rang out - the signal for the attack - and the
loyalists rushed the partly demolished bridge with broadswords out and
bagpipes skirling. Picking their way over the bridge and onto the
opposite bank, they got within 30 paces of the patriot earthworks before
they were met by a withering fire of musketry and artillery. Nearly all
the advance party were cut down, and the whole force soon retreated. It
was all over in a few minutes. Pursuit turned the repulse into a rout.
The loyalists lost some 30 killed and 40 wounded. Only one patriot died.
Within weeks the patriots had captured 'all suspected person' and
disarmed 'all Highlanders and ex-Regulators that were ... in the late
battle.' The spoils included 1,500 rifles, 350 'guns and shot-bags,' 150
swords and dirks, and £15,000 sterling. Some 850 'common Soldiers' and
most of the loyalists were captured. The leaders were imprisoned or
banished from the colony. The soldiers were paroled to their homes.
Though the battle was a small one, the implications were large. The
victory demonstrated the surprising patriot strength in the countryside,
discouraged the growth of loyalist sentiment in the Carolinas, and
spurred revolutionary feeling throughout the colonies. The British
seaborne force , which finally arrived in May, moved on to Sullivan's
Island off Charleston, S.C. In late June patriot militia repulsed Sir
Peter Parker's land and naval attack, ending the British hopes of
squashing rebellion in the South for two years. 'Had the South been
conquered in the first half of 1776,' the historian Edward Channing
concluded, 'it is entirely conceivable that rebellion would never have
turned into revolution ... At Moore's Creek and Sullivan's Island the
Carolinas turned aside the one combination of circumstances that might
have made British conquest possible.'
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, County of Franklin: Robert Allen, upon honor
and upon best information, says that he is descended fro Revolutionary
ancestors as follows: His father was John Allen, who was the son of
Adoniram Allen, ( a first cousin to Col. Ethan Allen) Adoniram Allen was
Capt. of a company of infantry in a South Carolina regiment during the
Revolution. The applicants mother was Esther Baker Allen, who was the
daughter of Robert Baker, who was the son of John Baker...(?), at the
head of a company rescued Col. Cleveland from tories who were about to
hang him. The applicant has (?) by tradition that his ancestors (the
Morrises, Rowland, Humphreys, Allens, and Bakers) did service during the
Revolution---Most of them. And because of such descent applies for
admission to the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, of Kentucky, this
2nd day of May, 1889 Signed: Robert Allen noted on bottom of
application: Adoniram Allen Captain S.C. Partisan Rangers 1780 -1782
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Captain South Carolina Partisan Rangers
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Adonairm Allen 01001-20010-00
pg. 155
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1782 Wilkes county tax list
Adoniram Allen
250 acres
1 horse
1 mule
9 cattle
Capt, Rennolds District
Also in the district is
Benjamin Cleveland, Exq.
6800 acres
13 slaves
15 horses
100 cattle
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Adoniram Allen was a mountain man. He served as one of Professor
Mitchell's guides, on his quest for the highest peak in the Black
Mountains. Adoniram's adventures are recorded in the history books of
Yancey, and Buncome Counties, and his exploits are talked about, with
pride, by his descendants. Adoniram and Lucindal lived on Cattail Creek,
in Pensacola, Yancey Co., NC. Adoniram was a proud man and a fierce
defender of his name. In the Yancey County Court Records, you will find
an action by Adoniram against John Wheeler and his wife. This action was
brought over something John and his wife had said about Adoniram.
Exactly what was said has been lost in the Court Records. Adoniram and
Lucinda lost their son, William, just prior to their own deaths. After
Adoniram and Lucinda died, their family broke up, some stayed in NC, and
others went to Kentucky.
by. Mrs. Robert T. Allen
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'Yancey County Will Book' Pages 161 - _ death date Nov. 12, 1846 From
the Inventory of the personal property of A.D. Allen deceased...
ELIZABETH HENSLY - 1bed and furniture; JOHN ALLEN - 1 musket; HIRAM RAY -
1 drawing knife, 1 lock chain; ED MCMAHAN - 1 licour; A.D. ALLEN - 1 A. H
; D. W. BURLESON - 1 sickle; HIRAM RAY - 1?; AD. ALLEN ?; JOHN J.
ARROWOOD - 1 trow; HIRAM RAY - 1 half bushel; Wm BIGGS - 1 Mull; THOMAS
WILLSON - 1 razor; SAMUEL AUSTIN - 1 bell; A.D. ALLEN - 1 vice and
hammer; Wm RIDDLE - 1 bell; S.M. RAY - 1 bee stand; JOHN ALLEN - 1 bee
stand; BENJAMIN RIDDLE - 1 bee stand; Wm BRINKLY - 1 bee stand; A.D.
ALLEN - 1 Gr; LUCY ALLEN - 1 loom; SAMUEL ALLEN - 1 horse; ERVIN ALLEN -
1 filey; HIRAM RAY - 1 calf; A. PENLAND - 1 cow; BENJAMIN RIDDLE - 1
calf; JOHN ALLEN - 1 yearlin; ELIZABETH HENSLEY - 1 yearlin; LUCY ALLEN -
1 cow; BENJAMIN ALLEN - 1 heffer; A.D. ALLEN - 1 calf; LUCY ALLEN - 10
head of green; RACHAEL ALLEN -1 oak stack; JAMES ALLEN - 1 pile of
combe?; A.D. ALLEN - 1?; L.M. RAY - 1 mare; LUCY ALLEN - some fowels; Wm.
BRIGGS - 1 shaving box; Wm. BRINKLEY - 1 barrel; LUCY ALLEN - some
leather; JOB ALLEN - 1 pair of chairs. by Nathan Allen/ Adm. (his mark)
Page 162 Inventory of property attached to Lucinda Allen widow of A. D.
Niram Allen, deceased, Nov. 12, 1846, we allow the following articles: 2
oak stacks, 130 bushels of corn, 13 head of hoggs, 2 bee stand, 3 sheep,
2 cows, a quantity of cabbage and potatoes, one mare and two beds,
furniture, and quantity of kitchen furniture....Hiram Ray, John
Wheeler..D. W. Burleson . 'Yancey County Deed Book' 100 acres - $20.00
each This indenture made 08 March 1847 between George Edwards, Margaret
Edwards, James Allen, John Allen, Jobe Allen, Nathaniel Allen, Blanchey
Hensley of Yancey County, North Carolina and Adniram Allen of county
aforesaid...$20 each...do convey to Adniram Allen our undivided interest
of the lands of the late Adniram Allen, Sr. deceased...being the heirs of
law..in presence of E. Wilson, James Roland..Leander Ray, James Riddle ,
and Ervin Allen. 24 October proven on oath of Leander Ray 100 acres -
$200. 00 This indenture made 10 Dec. 1847 between Benjamin Allen, Erwin
Allen, Thomas Wilson, Jane Wilson, Clemuel Arrowood, Nancy Wilson, and
Lucinda Allen, of Yancey County, North Carolina of the one part and
Adniram Allen of the same county...for $20.00 to each..do convey unto
Adniram Allen our undivided interest of the land of which the late
Adoniram Allen, Sr. deceased...Benjamin Allen, Erwin Allen, Thomas
Wilson, Jane Wilson, Clemuel Arrowood, Polly Arowood, Nancy Wilson,
Lucinda Allen...being the heirs at law of said Adniram Allen, Sr.
deceased..in presence of W. Gardner, Leander Ray, and James Riddle,
(signed) Thomas Wilson, Jane Wilson, Benjamin Allen, Ervin Allen, Nancy
Wilson, Clemuel Arrowood, Margaret Arrowood, Mary Arrowood 23 Oct. 1860
proven on oath of William Gardner (signed) D. McCanles.
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Adoniram Allen was a mountain man. He served as one of Professor
Mitchell's guides, on his quest for the highest peak in the Black
Mountains. Adoniram's adventures are recorded in the history books of
Yancey, and Buncome Counties, and his exploits are talked about, with
pride, by his descendants. Adoniram and Rachael lived on Cattail Creek,
in Pensacola, Yancey Co., NC. Adoniram was a proud man and a fierce
defender of his name. In the Yancey County Court Records, you will find
an action by Adoniram against John Wheeler and his wife. This action was
brought over something John and his wife had said about Adoniram.
Exactly what was said has been lost in the Court Records. Adoniram and
Lucinda lost their son, William, just prior to their own deaths. After
Adoniram and Lucinda died, their family broke up, some stayed in NC, and
others went to Kentucky.
by. Mrs. Robert T. Allen
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'Abstracts of Yancey Co., NC Deed Book I' -pg 160 3 Feb. 1832 Adniram
Allen of Buncombe Co. to WM Wilson of same...$300...in Buncombe Co. on
both sides Cat tail fork of Cainy River Beg. on NE side of fork adj
Wilson's other land S 358 at stump in deep hollow...E 129 on N side of
hill...N358 crossing creek...W to beg...400 acres...test. Garret DeWese
& James DeWese.
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Photo of Headstone
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Heitman's Register
[1978]
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Clay County Ky-History & Famil
[1979]
[S94]
Clay County Ky-History & Famil
[121]
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Land Record
[1971]
[S94]
Clay County Ky-History & Famil
- PAGE: Ariticle in" Clay County Kentucky, History & Families"
[1972]
[S94]
Clay County Ky-History & Famil
- PAGE: Ariticle in" Clay County Kentucky, History & Families"
[1973]
[S94]
Clay County Ky-History & Famil
- PAGE: Ariticle in" Clay County Kentucky, History & Families"
[1974]
[S94]
Clay County Ky-History & Famil
[1975]
[S94]
Clay County Ky-History & Famil
[1976]
[S94]
Clay County Ky-History & Famil
[1977]
[S94]
Clay County Ky-History & Famil
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