Alternate birth day- March 13, alternate birth year- 1730. Alternate death - 1 August 1797. These dates were stated on a S.A.R. application by a Gideon Campbell Montjoy, dated 25 August 1952.
Another alternate death date is 17 September 1799.
On 25 April 2016 Find-A-Grave contributor Phyllis (Menna) Berker (#48292847) submitted the following:
"Found North Carolina Wills & Probate Record 1665-1998 for Lt. Col. Valentine Allen, showing his death as 1 Aug 1797, Rockingham, N.C.; other documentation, as you already stated, is the U.S. SAR membership application, showing the same date of death."
Valentine was born to William Allen (b.1692 in York Co., Virginia - d. 1752) and Mary Hunt Allen (1695-1763). On 26 February 1753 he married Nancy Ann Arnold.
Ancestry.com researchers list a family of 11 children for them. They were:
#1 Elizabeth ALLEN b. 1754 in Goochland Co., VA m. Elijah J. Joyce 23 Nov. 1773 Guilford Co., NCd. Nov. 1804 or 1808 Rockingham Co., NC
#2 William Hunt ALLEN b. 1756 in Goochland Co., VA m. Agathy Scales 3 July 1777 in Guilford Co., NC d. 1823 in Bedford, Bedford Co., TN.
#3 Nancy Ann ALLEN b. 1759 in VA m. Nathaniel Scales 3 July 1777 Guilford Co., NC d. 6 July 1824 or 1840 in Rockingham Co., NC
#4 Mary ALLEN b. 1762 in Albemarle or Buckingham Co., VA m. John Chadwell 1780 Rockingham Co., NC m.2nd James Peay
#5 George ALLEN b. 1765 in NC d. 1791 in NC
d. 15 October 1821 Williamson Co, NC
#6 Valentine Sublett ALLEN b. 1 Jan 1764 in Guilford Co., NC m. Agnes Whitlock Hogatte 1792 Rockingham Co., NC d. 6 September 1840 Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TN
#7 Patricia ALLEN b. 1766 Guilford Co., NC d. 1780
#8 Martha "Patsey" ALLEN b. 16 Jul 1768 m. Joseph Scales 7 April 1785 d. 25 July 1818 Shelby Co., TN
#9 Obedience "Biddy" ALLEN b. about 1768 in Guilford Co., NC d. 1782.
#10 Samuel Alexander ALLEN b. 22 Jul 1778 in Guilford Co., NC m. Ellen Scales 1800 d. 15 February 1855 Dan River, Rockingham, NC
#11 George ALLEN b. 22 Jul 1778 in Guilford Co., NC m. Mildred B. Johnson d. 1791 in NC
Some have also stated that famous descendants are Laura Welch Bush and John McCain.
Valentine fought in the Revolutionary War as a Lt. Col. in the North Carolina Militia and therefore played a part in creating this great nation of ours!
Valentine is memorialized on a monument erected by the D.A.R. in Glenn's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Ayersville, Rockingham Co., North Carolina.
Photograph of monument taken by Find-A-Grave contributor David Clay (#46973418). Photograph of Allen Family Cemetery taken by Jan Bellard and posted on the Cemetery's Find-A-Grave page 7 January 2012.
Alternate birth day- March 13, alternate birth year- 1730. Alternate death - 1 August 1797. These dates were stated on a S.A.R. application by a Gideon Campbell Montjoy, dated 25 August 1952.
Another alternate death date is 17 September 1799.
On 25 April 2016 Find-A-Grave contributor Phyllis (Menna) Berker (#48292847) submitted the following:
"Found North Carolina Wills & Probate Record 1665-1998 for Lt. Col. Valentine Allen, showing his death as 1 Aug 1797, Rockingham, N.C.; other documentation, as you already stated, is the U.S. SAR membership application, showing the same date of death."
Valentine was born to William Allen (b.1692 in York Co., Virginia - d. 1752) and Mary Hunt Allen (1695-1763). On 26 February 1753 he married Nancy Ann Arnold.
Ancestry.com researchers list a family of 11 children for them. They were:
#1 Elizabeth ALLEN b. 1754 in Goochland Co., VA m. Elijah J. Joyce 23 Nov. 1773 Guilford Co., NCd. Nov. 1804 or 1808 Rockingham Co., NC
#2 William Hunt ALLEN b. 1756 in Goochland Co., VA m. Agathy Scales 3 July 1777 in Guilford Co., NC d. 1823 in Bedford, Bedford Co., TN.
#3 Nancy Ann ALLEN b. 1759 in VA m. Nathaniel Scales 3 July 1777 Guilford Co., NC d. 6 July 1824 or 1840 in Rockingham Co., NC
#4 Mary ALLEN b. 1762 in Albemarle or Buckingham Co., VA m. John Chadwell 1780 Rockingham Co., NC m.2nd James Peay
#5 George ALLEN b. 1765 in NC d. 1791 in NC
d. 15 October 1821 Williamson Co, NC
#6 Valentine Sublett ALLEN b. 1 Jan 1764 in Guilford Co., NC m. Agnes Whitlock Hogatte 1792 Rockingham Co., NC d. 6 September 1840 Clarksville, Montgomery Co., TN
#7 Patricia ALLEN b. 1766 Guilford Co., NC d. 1780
#8 Martha "Patsey" ALLEN b. 16 Jul 1768 m. Joseph Scales 7 April 1785 d. 25 July 1818 Shelby Co., TN
#9 Obedience "Biddy" ALLEN b. about 1768 in Guilford Co., NC d. 1782.
#10 Samuel Alexander ALLEN b. 22 Jul 1778 in Guilford Co., NC m. Ellen Scales 1800 d. 15 February 1855 Dan River, Rockingham, NC
#11 George ALLEN b. 22 Jul 1778 in Guilford Co., NC m. Mildred B. Johnson d. 1791 in NC
Some have also stated that famous descendants are Laura Welch Bush and John McCain.
Valentine fought in the Revolutionary War as a Lt. Col. in the North Carolina Militia and therefore played a part in creating this great nation of ours!
Valentine is memorialized on a monument erected by the D.A.R. in Glenn's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Ayersville, Rockingham Co., North Carolina.
Photograph of monument taken by Find-A-Grave contributor David Clay (#46973418). Photograph of Allen Family Cemetery taken by Jan Bellard and posted on the Cemetery's Find-A-Grave page 7 January 2012.
