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Col James Allison

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Col James Allison

Birth
Northern Ireland
Death
24 Jul 1820 (aged 76–77)
Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.2417653, Longitude: -80.1770578
Memorial ID
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aka Judge James Allison

Ancestry.com: 861 family trees for Col James Allison
Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot
Probate dated 1820 in Phladelphia, PA

History of Chartiers Township, Washington Co, PA:
Early Settlers. - Col. James Allison in the fall of 1773 emigrated with his family from Cecil County, Md., to the "Forks of the Yough" (now McKeesport), where he resided that winter, and in the spring of 1774 came to what is now Washington County and settled on Chartiers Creek.He and his family were one of the twenty families who came to this area in that year.

Wife: Mary Bradford, sister of David Bradford of Whiskey Rebellion fame.
Children: (some of these names may be duplications or grandchildren)
James Bradford Allison 1756–1828
Elizabeth Allison 1766–1843
Robert Allison 1770–1816
William Allison1770–1770
Rachel Allison 1770–1830 md Thomas Craighead
James Allison Jr 1772–1854
Andrew Allison 1772–1840
George Allison 1774–1840
William A Allison 1776–1857
David Allison 1777–1830
Thomas Allison 1780–1849
John Allison 1783–1853
Mary Allison 1787–1850
Andrew Allison 1795–1854
William Lee Allison 1796–1852
John Allison 1805–1887
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Suggested By: Angela, 31 May 2021
Birth Location: from Ireland; to Northern Ireland
Article: Commissioned Portrait Donated to Washington & Jefferson College in Peters Township, Washington, PA by Col James Allison descendants published in The Almanac, Southern Hills Community News, May 23 & 28, 2021
Served as a Washington County Judge and Commissioner. Served as a trustee of Jefferson College, Canonsburg, appointed in 1802; and of Washington College, starting in 1806.
Served as a Washington County Judge and Commissioner. Served as a trustee of Jefferson College, Canonsburg, appointed in 1802; and of Washington College, starting in 1806
Member of the Supreme Executive Council at Philadelphia in 1789, where he voted to abolish slavery. An initial director of the Branch Bank of Philadelphia when it was incorporated in Washington County.
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aka Judge James Allison

Ancestry.com: 861 family trees for Col James Allison
Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot
Probate dated 1820 in Phladelphia, PA

History of Chartiers Township, Washington Co, PA:
Early Settlers. - Col. James Allison in the fall of 1773 emigrated with his family from Cecil County, Md., to the "Forks of the Yough" (now McKeesport), where he resided that winter, and in the spring of 1774 came to what is now Washington County and settled on Chartiers Creek.He and his family were one of the twenty families who came to this area in that year.

Wife: Mary Bradford, sister of David Bradford of Whiskey Rebellion fame.
Children: (some of these names may be duplications or grandchildren)
James Bradford Allison 1756–1828
Elizabeth Allison 1766–1843
Robert Allison 1770–1816
William Allison1770–1770
Rachel Allison 1770–1830 md Thomas Craighead
James Allison Jr 1772–1854
Andrew Allison 1772–1840
George Allison 1774–1840
William A Allison 1776–1857
David Allison 1777–1830
Thomas Allison 1780–1849
John Allison 1783–1853
Mary Allison 1787–1850
Andrew Allison 1795–1854
William Lee Allison 1796–1852
John Allison 1805–1887
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Suggested By: Angela, 31 May 2021
Birth Location: from Ireland; to Northern Ireland
Article: Commissioned Portrait Donated to Washington & Jefferson College in Peters Township, Washington, PA by Col James Allison descendants published in The Almanac, Southern Hills Community News, May 23 & 28, 2021
Served as a Washington County Judge and Commissioner. Served as a trustee of Jefferson College, Canonsburg, appointed in 1802; and of Washington College, starting in 1806.
Served as a Washington County Judge and Commissioner. Served as a trustee of Jefferson College, Canonsburg, appointed in 1802; and of Washington College, starting in 1806
Member of the Supreme Executive Council at Philadelphia in 1789, where he voted to abolish slavery. An initial director of the Branch Bank of Philadelphia when it was incorporated in Washington County.
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