From Richard R Allen family group sheet
JACOB ALLEN, b. 24 May 1793, Anson County, NC; d. 27 Dec 1858, Madison, MS.
Son of Richard R Allen and Mary Braxton.
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Note: Dickson County, TN was in North Carolina at the time of birth.
Children of JACOB ALLEN and SARAH are:
18. i. CHARLOTTE ALLEN, b. 1815, North Carolina; d. Bef. 1870, Houston County, Texas.
19. ii. MARY Z (ZERIAH?) ALLEN, b. 24 May 1816, North Carolina; d. 14 Aug 1897, Rison, Cleveland County,
AR.
iii. RICHARD ALLEN, b. 1820, North Carolina; m. MALINDA WHITTLE, 03 Jan 1850, Sumter County, AL; b.
1830, Alabama.
iv. UNKNOWN ALLEN, b. Bet. 1820 - 1825, Alabama.
v. SARAH ALLEN, b. 1827, Alabama; m. UNKNOWN YOUNG.
20. vi. REBECCA J. ALLEN, b. Abt. 1828, Alabama; d. Vicksburg, Warren County, MS.
21. vii. SUSAN M ALLEN, b. 15 Jun 1831, Alabama; d. 20 May 1869, Bradley County, AR (now Cleveland).
Children of JACOB ALLEN and CAROLINE CRAWFORD are:
22. viii. ROSA ELIZABETH ALLEN, b. 10 Oct 1836, Alabama; d. 14 Dec 1920, Madison County, MS.
ix. EMMELINE ALLEN, b. 1839, Alabama.
x. FRANCES ALLEN, b. 1841, Alabama.
Notes for FRANCES ALLEN:
Was living with Mother Caroline and brother Edward Allen at the Deaf & Dumb Institute in Jackson, Hinds
County, MS. Her mother was a Governess.
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Residence: 1860, Hinds County, MS
xi. ANN E ALLEN, b. 1844, Alabama.
xii. WILLIAM W ALLEN, b. 1846, Alabama.
xiii. BUENAVISTA ALLEN, b. 1848, Sumter County, AL; d. Bef. 1860.
xiv. EDWARD ALLEN, b. 1854, Madison County, MS.
Notes for EDWARD ALLEN:
Was living with Mother Caroline and sister Fanny Allen at the Deaf & Dumb Institute in Jackson, Hinds
County, MS. His mother was a Governess.
More About EDWARD ALLEN:
Residence: 1860, Hinds County, MS
Notes for JACOB ALLEN:
Will of Jacob Allen, Madison County MS Cause #1009; Book A; Page 280
This my last will and testament
First of all I will and bequeath my soul to God and my body to be decently laid away in the earth.
Secondly..I will that all my just debts shall be paid.
Thirdly..Mary Granbuys (Greenlee) & Charles(Charlotte) Whitly (Whitley) having had five hundred dollars each
I will that Richard Allen, Sarah Young, Susan Beard and Rebecca Hendrix be made equal with them with what
they have already recieved, Rebecca H having recieved one hundred fifty & Susan B one hundred & sixty dollars,
the above to be paid as early as convenientout of my estate.
Fourthy..I will all the balance of my porperty to my wife Caroline Allen during her life and then to her children
share and share alike, leaving her to give to each one when they become of age or marry, such porperty as she
may think best making each equal firstly and lastly.
I will that Gabriel W. Davis & Caroline Allen my wife, be and they are hereby appointed Executor & Executrix of
the above will without security.
In testimony whereof I having set my name & offer my seal, day and date above.
Jacob Allen (seal)
Attest
G. W. Davis
A. L. Neal
5
State of Mississippi Probate Court
Madison County Regular January Term 1859
Be it remembered that a certain instrument in writing attested by Gabriel W. Davis and A. L. Neal, dated Dec 26,
1858 and purposing to be the last will & testament of Jacob Allen deceased. was presented at the present Term of the
Court of Probate wherein after also was produced before the Court A. L. Neal a subscribing witness of said Will,
who being duly sworn deposed and said that he saw the testator Jacob Allen sign seal publish and declare said
instrument as ? for his last Will and testament on the day and year of its date. That he this despondent signed his
name as a witness there in the presence and at the request of the Testator that at the time of signing sealing ? of said
instrument said Testator was of sound and dispensing mind and memory and was then Twenty one years of age. It is
therefore ordered and adjudged by the Court that said instrument be and the same is hereby established as --- true
original and last Will and Testament of said Jacob --- so far as his Personal Estate is concerned that the same be
filed in the said court and Recorded
Ordered adjudged & devised Jany 10th 1859
J. H. Postell
Judge of Prob.
Jacob is buried at the foot of his granddaughter Mary F. Edwards grave