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Granny Rose Allen
Moses "Mose" and Rosie "Grannie" Allen were the parents of Robert Fleming Allen , and the grandparents of his daughter and my grandmother Sarah Ella Allen. He was their only son. Moses was wounded in the Civil War and later died from those wounds in 1902. Rosie was born in 1837 and died in 1931. They came to North Texas from Mississippi in 1890, and Moses died 12 years later.
From Cheryl Williams
They actually came via South Carolina: Moses was first known to have been in Monroe County, Georgia in 1850 with his mother Nancy, and his brothers Greenberry (or Green B), Redmond & Jefferson. In all the recorded census records, it says he was born in South Carolina.
As you look at Rosanna (Rosie's) lineage, you will see that although it says she was born in GA, her parents were from SC, and they can be traced particularly to Chester County South Carolina.
This is where it gets interesting....
I found (via Maryland Genealogical) a very old and much over looked manuscript of an Equity Court Case in Chester County SC which named the decendants & heirs of a Richard Allen ca 1735 - 1806. There were names in about 16 pages of the worst handwriting ever decyphered in the whole history of Earth. I would have never looked at Chester County SC ever had it not been for the clerk at the archives in Maryland.....
There were the names of Richard's heirs, some of whom were trying to claim their part of the land which he gave son Elisha who had since died. In it were named the following children: Barnett Allen, James, John, Isaac, William, Chesley, Elijah, Sarah (Sally), Frances, & Nancy - as well as some of their children. Some had died, some had moved "west" and were not heard from since. The date on this record was 1846, and I have to assume the year that Richard's son, Elijah had died.
Chesley was noted to have left the area, leaving his son Emanual. Saying all of this an heir of Emanuel and an heir from Moses exactly match markers in their yDNA samples. Closer than kin than the cousins I know that we are 100% kin to, simply because we visited and broke bread together back in the 1970's......
Anyway, not to get side tracked, I got very excited to find this information, but have not succeeded in getting any other family interested except for the Cassles family, which one of the Allen girls (Frances) married Benjamin Cassles (Castles). Many people on the internet have placed a very strange but undocumented name as Benjamin's wife. Strange but true. I haven't figured out yet why folks post undocumented stuff, and strangely yet why people believe it.....
The connection to Chester County SC was the clenching deal, BUT which son that Nancy was married to remains to be proven. She may have been a daughter-in-law named in the Equity Court Case (Nancy) but I do not believe that is the case, as she (that particular Nancy) was named as Nancy Nabors (Neighbors) in the case. The mother to Moses was definitely Nancy Allen.
Here is the Reader's Digest condensed version of Richard's Will, and (some) of the Equity Court case:
Richard Allen died about 1806 and left a will - transcribed below:
In the name of God Amen I Richard Allen of the State of South Carolina & District of Chester being weak in body but of Sound mind and blessed blessed be God do this Seventh Day of March in the Year of our Lord 1806 make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following that is to say first I give
and bequeath to my Eldest Son John the sum of five Shillings and no more, Item I give and bequeath to My Son Elijah all the land I am now posessed of Item I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary and Children vis Isaac, Barnet, William, Chesly, Elijah, James, Francis, Nancy, and Sarah, all my personal Estate to be equally divided between them after my just debts are paid & I make Constitute and ordain my trusty friends Christopher Nabors & Benjamin Castels, to be My Executors in trust for my Estate In witness thereof I the said Richard Allen have to this my last will and testament Set My hand and Seal this 7th
March, 1806
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John must have been a scoundrel (my 5th ggfather is John) and he got 5 Shillings - Elijah must have been the brains of the family.....
Then Elijah must have died and then the surviving heirs of Richard petitioned the courts for the land to be appraised, sold, and divided.
This is the short version:
John Allen had moved to AL and had not been heard of since.
James had moved from the state - no heirs listed.
Chesley was the father of Emanuel. Chesley moved to either TN or KY about 1815
and took his family except for Emanuel, and had not been heard of since.
Barnett Allen removed to some Western States about 1810 and they have not heard from him since. Barnett Sr is the father of Barnett Jr who is listed as a plaintiff
James Allen removed from the state and has not been heard from since.
Isaac died about 1820 leaving the following children: Richard, Charity, Mary, Barnett, William, Isaac, James and Francis.
Mary married Tillman Whitehead and he abandoned her.
Francis married Berry Hardin and moved west.
Sally Allen married William Rogers and he abandoned her and left the state.
I am not sure about William - I'm sure that he was described in part that was
unreadable.
I hope this is enlightening and usable in your search for your ancestors. I'd love some help in connecting the dots.
Cheryl
Cheryl30523@yahoo.com
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1891 - 1964 (72 years)
