Descendants of Richard R. Allen 1768 NC

Richard Allen was born about 1768 North Carolina and died in Madison County, MS. either in December, 1839 or the first part of 1840. His will was admitted to probate Court, May Term 1840 by one of the subscribing witness, Thomas B. Walters.

Richard married Mary Braxton and lived in Dickson County, TN. This part of Tennessee was originally part of North Carolina. This is the reason some of the children state on various censuses that they were born in North Carolina. About 1819 the family left TN, and moved south to Marengo County AL. There was a short stay in Marengo County before they moved Northwest into Madison County, MS. Mary died prior to 1835 when Richard married for the second time to Jane Foster 1 September, 1835 in Madison Co. MS.

The known Children of Richard R. Allen Are:

EDMUND ALLEN, b. Bef. 1789, Dickson County, TN; d. Aft. 1841, Madison County, MS.

WILLIAM H. (HODGES?) ALLEN, b. 20 Nov 1789, Dickson County, TN; d. 21 Nov 1837, Lexington, Holmes Co., MS. (Not mentioned in father's will - predeceased him)

GABRIEL ALLEN, b. Abt. 1791, Dickson County, TN; d. 1849, Madison County, Mississippi.

JACOB ALLEN, b. 24 May 1793, North Carolina; d. 27 Dec 1858, Madison, MS.

DOROTHY ALLEN, b. Abt. 1807, Dickson County, TN; d. Madison County, MS.

ELIZA ALLEN, b. 1811, Dickson County, TN; d. Leake County, MS.

REBECCA ALLEN, b. Abt. 1813, Dickson County, TN; d. 24 Jan 1872, Leake County, MS.

BENNETT R. (RICHARD?) ALLEN, b. 1814, Dickson County, TN; d. Madison County, MS.

CATHERINE ALLEN, b. Abt. 1821, Dickson County, TN1; d. Bef. 1839, Madison County, MS. (not mentioned in Father's will)

WESLEY G. ALLEN, b. Abt. 1822, Dickson County, TN