Thomas Daniel Allen

Thomas Allen or perhaps Thomas Daniel Allen. It seems possible two different men have been combined here, perhaps father and son or perhaps two brothers.

The Revolutionary War application of Daniel Allen, says Daniel came from Rockingham County where his unnamed father lived in 1788. The pension application of Daniel's wife names his father as Thomas Allen, a farmer in Rockingham County, North Carolina.

Note that his death date is given both as 30 July 1759 and 30 July 1799. According to LDS postings by Bill Ravey and James Kennedy, Thomas Allen. Sr. was born about 1735, "probably Orange County, NC and died 30 July 1759, Rockingham County, NC." A source is needed. If he died in 1759 he could not have been father of the children listed here.

A Thomas Allen appears on the 1790 census of Rockingham County, but it is not clear this the same person. That Thomas has a household consisting of 1 male over 16, 3 males under 16, and 3 females.

Ancestry

His ancestry is unknown. He has been speculated as a son of:

• William Hunt Allen and Mary Owen. However, the relationship does not seem possible. William Hunt Allen listed all of his children by his two wives in his will. He does not name a son Daniel Allen. He names a son Thomas Allin, who was not this Thomas Daniel Allen.
• Robert Allen and Elizabeth Stokes. This Robert was a brother of William Hunt Allen, above. There is no evidence he had a son named either Thomas or Daniel.
• William Allen and Sarah Smith. They had a son Thomas Allen but he died in New Jersey. He was not this Thomas Daniel Allen.

The Allen and Bethel families were founding members of Brush Creek Baptist Church in Smith County, Tennessee in 1802. Some members of his family were dismissed by letter in 1837, which probably represents the date of their removal to Missouri. See http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mpsmith/V1_1_10.html.

Land Records

• 15 August 1775 - a man named Thomas Allen was a servant of John Peoples (Chalkley's Augusta County records).
• 17 May 1780 - David Peebles enter 80 acres in Guilford County on Waters of Jacob's Creek.Border: A late survey of said Peebles and entry of Thomas Allen. (Pruitt, p. 25).
• 22 February 1785 - Thomas Allen enters 180 acres in Guilford County on Waters of Prewett's Fork of Hogan's Creek. (Puitt, p. 41).
• 22 May 1785 - Thomas Allen of Rockingham County entered 180 acres on Privett's Fork of Hogan's Creek in Guilford County, North Carolina Land Grant No. 161, issued 27 June 1793 (Sara C. Allen, Hiddenite, NC, citing Entry 2418, Book 80, Page 385).
• 7 January 1786 - William Brown to Richard Marr, 100 pounds for 500 acres on Burchfield's Creek of Wolf Island Creek, adjacent to Benjamin Parrott, a tract of land entered by Joshua Brown in 1782.Witness:Thomas Allen, Reubin Tyler, David Burton.(Webster, p. 10, citing Deed Book A:229).
• 22 August 1786 - Thomas Allen sold 300 acres to David Peebles on Jacob's Creek adjacent to David Peebles. Witnesses Nathaniel Lanier, Nathanial Peebles, and Hubbard Peebles. Rockingham County, North Carolina ((Webster, p. 42, citing Deed Book C: 210).
• 8 September 1788 - George Allen and wife Nancy to Daniel Allen for 95 pounds, 105 acres adjacent each other's property and Nathaniel Williams. Witness David Settle, Benjamin Spencer, and Thomas Allen. (Webster, p. 27).
• 25 July 1789 - Deed of William Allen of Warren Co. to William Bethell for 50 pounds, 100 acres on Hogan's Creek adjacent to _______. Being a grant in 1784 to said Allen. Witnessed by Samuel Bethell.
• 29 December 1790 - William Clark, Jr. enters 50 acres in Rockingham County.Border : John Matlock, Thomas Allen, and Josiah Little. (Pruitt, p. 75).
• 29 April 1791 - William Bethell, Esq. enters 200 acres in Rockingham County on waters of Wolf Island Creek on north side thereof; border: William Self's corner and Mr. Marr's line.
• 1799/1800 - Will of Josiah Settle, died 24 November 1799. Will probated February 1800. Executors:Nancy, wife; Sam Watt. Witnesses:William Bethell. Mentions land adjacent to James Bateman, Joseph Allen and Thomas Allen (Webster, wills, p. 7).
• 24 August 1801 - Samuel Allen to Joseph Allen, Jr. for 100 pounds, 100 acres on East side of Hogan's Creek adjacent to Samuel Watt. Witness: Daniel Allen, John Willson, and Soloman Allen. (Webster, p. 1, citing Deed Book A:36).

Sources

• 1790 United States Federal Census - SmartCopy: Feb 7 2017, 6:50:24 UTC.
• GenForum: Thomas Allen of Rockingham County, NC, March 10, 1998.
• GenForum: Re: Another William Allen Granville NC, May 9, 2000.
• GenForum: Re: Another William Allen Granville NC, May 10, 2000.
• Wikitree: Thomas Daniel Allen.
• Updated from MyHeritage Match via wife Elizabeth Allen (born Bethel) by SmartCopy: Sep 8 2014, 2:09:36 UTC

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Caution: Some facts might pertain to a different Daniel Allen.

The basic outline of his family is given by a history of Callaway County, Missouri, which says, "Bethel, Sampson and Thomas Allen, sons of Daniel Allen and Elizabeth Bethel, settled in Callaway County in 1817.

Daniel Allen married Elizabeth Bethell, who was probably a sister of Sampson Bethell. Daniel Allen was witness to a 1782 survey of Sampson Bethell in Guilford County, North Carolina; it may have been Daniel Allen who first settled in Smith County and encouraged the Bethells to come there. The first settlement in that particular area had been made only three years earlier, in 1798.

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