b: 9 Nov 1795, Southwest Territory TN (Cherokee Land)
d: 1 Oct 1864, Jasper Co TX
Military Service:
From Dec 1814 to Jan 1815, Battles of New Orleans and San Jacinto, 2nd Div 12th & 13th Regs Louisiana Militia.
The following combines excerpts from (1) "Texas, More Early Southeast Families" by Madeleine Martin, Nortex Press, Quanah, Texas, 1978, (2) "Thru the Years: Family Record of Ila Venable Brown" by Irene Reid Morris and (3) USGenWeb:
"In 1814 the British launched their campaign on the Gulf Coast and John, his brother Nathaniel and brother-in-law John Stephenson, all enlisted to fight. They served during 1814-1815, fighting in the Battle of New Orleans. John married in 1816 (Nancy Day died 1832), and after his wife's death he migrated to the Bevil District, Mexican Texas where he was awarded a land grant in what is now Orange Co, north of the town of Echo, TX. There he married a second time (Luanna Taylor).
When Santa Anna laid siege to the Alamo, Capt Benjamin F Harper immediately raised a company of 28 men at Beaumont, TX, including John Benjamin Allen. At Liberty, Harper's Company was merged with Capt William M Logan's Company and they set out for San Antonio, but did not arrive before the Alamo fell. After the fall of the Alamo, Samuel Houston took control of the remaining Texas Army and retreated eastward with Santa Anna in pursuit, which became known as the 'Running Scrape'. Capt George W Hargraves with 21 men, including John and one other Allen, marched to join Houston at San Jacinto but did not arrive until after the surrender of Gen Santa Anna."
d: 1 Oct 1864, Jasper Co TX
Military Service:
From Dec 1814 to Jan 1815, Battles of New Orleans and San Jacinto, 2nd Div 12th & 13th Regs Louisiana Militia.
The following combines excerpts from (1) "Texas, More Early Southeast Families" by Madeleine Martin, Nortex Press, Quanah, Texas, 1978, (2) "Thru the Years: Family Record of Ila Venable Brown" by Irene Reid Morris and (3) USGenWeb:
"In 1814 the British launched their campaign on the Gulf Coast and John, his brother Nathaniel and brother-in-law John Stephenson, all enlisted to fight. They served during 1814-1815, fighting in the Battle of New Orleans. John married in 1816 (Nancy Day died 1832), and after his wife's death he migrated to the Bevil District, Mexican Texas where he was awarded a land grant in what is now Orange Co, north of the town of Echo, TX. There he married a second time (Luanna Taylor).
When Santa Anna laid siege to the Alamo, Capt Benjamin F Harper immediately raised a company of 28 men at Beaumont, TX, including John Benjamin Allen. At Liberty, Harper's Company was merged with Capt William M Logan's Company and they set out for San Antonio, but did not arrive before the Alamo fell. After the fall of the Alamo, Samuel Houston took control of the remaining Texas Army and retreated eastward with Santa Anna in pursuit, which became known as the 'Running Scrape'. Capt George W Hargraves with 21 men, including John and one other Allen, marched to join Houston at San Jacinto but did not arrive until after the surrender of Gen Santa Anna."
b: 9 Nov 1795, Southwest Territory TN (Cherokee Land)
d: 1 Oct 1864, Jasper Co TX
Military Service:
From Dec 1814 to Jan 1815, Battles of New Orleans and San Jacinto, 2nd Div 12th & 13th Regs Louisiana Militia.
The following combines excerpts from (1) "Texas, More Early Southeast Families" by Madeleine Martin, Nortex Press, Quanah, Texas, 1978, (2) "Thru the Years: Family Record of Ila Venable Brown" by Irene Reid Morris and (3) USGenWeb:
"In 1814 the British launched their campaign on the Gulf Coast and John, his brother Nathaniel and brother-in-law John Stephenson, all enlisted to fight. They served during 1814-1815, fighting in the Battle of New Orleans. John married in 1816 (Nancy Day died 1832), and after his wife's death he migrated to the Bevil District, Mexican Texas where he was awarded a land grant in what is now Orange Co, north of the town of Echo, TX. There he married a second time (Luanna Taylor).
When Santa Anna laid siege to the Alamo, Capt Benjamin F Harper immediately raised a company of 28 men at Beaumont, TX, including John Benjamin Allen. At Liberty, Harper's Company was merged with Capt William M Logan's Company and they set out for San Antonio, but did not arrive before the Alamo fell. After the fall of the Alamo, Samuel Houston took control of the remaining Texas Army and retreated eastward with Santa Anna in pursuit, which became known as the 'Running Scrape'. Capt George W Hargraves with 21 men, including John and one other Allen, marched to join Houston at San Jacinto but did not arrive until after the surrender of Gen Santa Anna."
d: 1 Oct 1864, Jasper Co TX
Military Service:
From Dec 1814 to Jan 1815, Battles of New Orleans and San Jacinto, 2nd Div 12th & 13th Regs Louisiana Militia.
The following combines excerpts from (1) "Texas, More Early Southeast Families" by Madeleine Martin, Nortex Press, Quanah, Texas, 1978, (2) "Thru the Years: Family Record of Ila Venable Brown" by Irene Reid Morris and (3) USGenWeb:
"In 1814 the British launched their campaign on the Gulf Coast and John, his brother Nathaniel and brother-in-law John Stephenson, all enlisted to fight. They served during 1814-1815, fighting in the Battle of New Orleans. John married in 1816 (Nancy Day died 1832), and after his wife's death he migrated to the Bevil District, Mexican Texas where he was awarded a land grant in what is now Orange Co, north of the town of Echo, TX. There he married a second time (Luanna Taylor).
When Santa Anna laid siege to the Alamo, Capt Benjamin F Harper immediately raised a company of 28 men at Beaumont, TX, including John Benjamin Allen. At Liberty, Harper's Company was merged with Capt William M Logan's Company and they set out for San Antonio, but did not arrive before the Alamo fell. After the fall of the Alamo, Samuel Houston took control of the remaining Texas Army and retreated eastward with Santa Anna in pursuit, which became known as the 'Running Scrape'. Capt George W Hargraves with 21 men, including John and one other Allen, marched to join Houston at San Jacinto but did not arrive until after the surrender of Gen Santa Anna."
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