Captain Valentine Allen

Valentine fought in the Revolutionary War as a Lt. Col. in the North Carolina Militia and therefore played a part in creating this great nation of ours!

Valentine is memorialized on a monument erected by the D.A.R. in Glenn's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Ayersville, Rockingham Co., North Carolina.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DEGRAFFENREID/1997-12...

Alternate birth day- March 13, alternate birth year- 1730. Alternate death - 1 August 1797. These dates were stated on a S.A.R. application by a Gideon Campbell Montjoy, dated 25 August 1952.

Valentine was born to William Allen (b.1692 in York Co., Virginia - d. 1752) and Mary Hunt Allen (1695-1763). On 26 February 1753 he married Nancy Ann Arnold.

Ancestry.com researchers list a family of 11 children for them. They were:

1. 1 Elizabeth ALLEN b. 1754 in Goochland Co., VA m. Elijah J. Joyce 23 Nov. 1773 Guilford Co., NCd. Nov. 1804 or 1808 Rockingham Co., NC
2. 2 William Hunt ALLEN b. 1756 in Goochland Co., VA m. Agathy Scales 3 July 1777 in Guilford Co., NC d. 1823 in Bedford, Bedford Co., TN.
3. 3 Nancy Ann ALLEN b. 1759 in VA m. Nathaniel Scales 3 July 1777 Guilford Co., NC d. 6 July 1824 or 1840 in Rockingham Co., NC
4. 4 Mary ALLEN b. 1762 in Albemarle or Buckingham Co., VA m. John Chadwell 1780 Rockingham Co., NC m.2nd James Peay
5. 5 George ALLEN b. 1765 in NC d. 1791 in NC d. 15 October 1821 Williamson Co, NC
6. 6 Valentine Sublett ALLEN b. 1 Jan 1764 in Guilford Co., NC m. Agnes Whitlock Hogatte 1792 Rockingham Co., NC d. 6 September 1840 Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TN
7. 7 Patricia ALLEN b. 1766 Guilford Co., NC d. 1780
8. 8 Martha "Patsey" ALLEN b. 16 Jul 1768 m. Joseph Scales 7 April 1785 d. 25 July 1818 Shelby Co., TN
9. 9 Obedience "Biddy" ALLEN b. about 1768 in Guilford Co., NC d. 1782.
10. 10 Samuel Alexander ALLEN b. 22 Jul 1778 in Guilford Co., NC m. Ellen Scales 1800 d. 15 February 1855 Dan River, Rockingham, NC
11. 11 George ALLEN b. 22 Jul 1778 in Guilford Co., NC m. Mildred B. Johnson d. 1791 in NC

Some have also stated that famous descendants are Laura Welch Bush and John McCain.

Valentine fought in the Revolutionary War as a Lt. Col. in the North Carolina Militia and therefore played a part in creating this great nation of ours!

Valentine is memorialized on a monument erected by the D.A.R. in Glenn's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Ayersville, Rockingham Co., North Carolina.

Photograph of monument taken by Find-A-Grave contributor David Clay (#46973418). Photograph of Allen Family Cemetery taken by Jan Bellard and posted on the Cemetery's Find-A-Grave page 7 January 2012.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54257716

Valentine fought in the Revolutionary War as a Lt. Col. in the North Carolina Militia and therefore played a part in creating this great nation of ours, Valentine is memorialized on a monument erected by the D.A.R. in Glenn's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Ayersville, Rockingham Co., Ref-DAR

Valentine Allen, b. St. James Parish, Henrico Co., Va., 13 March 1727 according to Ref-Boddie he was born 29 Apr. 1730 in Goochland Co., Va.), d. Rockingham Co., N.C., 17 Sept. 1799 Ref-Boddie, bur. Henrico Co., Va. Ref-Boddie : "Lt. Col. Valentine Allin, son of Mary (Hunt) and Capt. William Allin, was born March 28, 1730, in Goochland County, Va., and died Sept. 17, 1798, in Rockingham County, N.C. He married Feb. 25, 1753, Nancy (Anne) Arnold, the daughter of William Arnold. Valentine moved to Rockingham County, N.C., where he served as a Lieutenant Colonel, North Carolina Troops, Quartermaster, during the Revolution. Ref-DAR, [1] He made his will August 18, 1797, recorded 1798. His legatees were children: Mary Peay wife Nancy. Also 'To daughter Mary Peay's children that she had by her former husband, John Chadwell, Decd m. Cumberland Co., Va., 26 Feb 1753

Valentine Allen and his wife lived on the Dan River near Long Island Ford. The Allen family cemetery is located on the Motsinger farm near the Dan River and near the original homesite of Valentine and Nancy Allen.

Valentine Allen was the first of the Allen family to reside in Rockingham County. Virginia. In 1790, only seven slave holders had more than 20 slaves. Valentine Allen was one of the seven with 28 slaves, which indicates that he was a wealthy Planter on a large scale with a large plantation. The earliest records found on this Allen family were in Charles City , Virginia.

Valentine was 3rd of 9 children born to William Allen. His father was Captain William Allen, born about 1690. William Allen married Mary Hunt. She was born May 15, 1695 and died March 8, 1763 in Buckingham County, Virginia. William's will names nine children; the third child being named Valentine Allen. He was born about 1730 and married Ann (Nancy) Arnold February 26, 1753 Ref-VMR

The exact date Valentine Allen and his wife moved to Rockingham County is not known, but he was well-established there long before 1790. Valentine Allen served with the North Carolina Troops in the Revolutionary War Ref-DAR.

Ancestor of First Lady Laura [Welch] Bush: Valentine Allen m. Nancy Anne Arnold .Mary Allen m. John Chadwell .David Chadwell m. Jane Johnson .Mary Chadwell m. James T. Aldridge .Nancy Jane Aldridge m. Dr. William Franklin Welch .Mark Anthony Welch m. Marie Lula Lane .Harold Bruce Welch m. Jenna Louise Hawkins .Laura Lane Welch m. GEORGE WALKER BUSH (b. 1946), US President [2] Sources

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   ↑ http://www.wargs.com/political/mccain.html

   DAR -- National Numbers 235067, 426664 & 307338. 

   Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Dec 5, 2017), "Record of Valentine Allen", Ancestor # A001866. 

   Boddie -- John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families, vol. 3 (1959, repr. 1967). 

   VAF -- "Valentine Allen Family" on pp. 146-147 of The Heritage of Rockingham County North Carolina [1983] 

   VMR -- marriage bond was found in Buckingham County, Virginia Court Records. 

   "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-Z8Q : accessed 9 August 2015), Valentine Allen, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm . 

   Find A Grave [Memorial for Valentine Allen Created by: David ♥ Lee] 

   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3M5S-WNR : accessed 2016-09-03), entry for Valentine /Allen/. 

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• Military service: Lieutenant Colonel
• Residence: 1790 - Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Oct 18 2021, 23:41:45 UTC