Allen Genealogy

These pages document the history of the Allen family from William, was born about 1760 in Virginia and his wives Keziah Anders and Hannah Pride. It is our intent to, through this page, to share the results of our research and facilitate the exchange of information among Allen researchers. With your help we hope to make this as complete a history of this family as possible.

Site News

WAP Edition now Available. Do you have a web-enabled phone or PDA? Portions of our research database are now available on these devices by using the built-in microbrowser to go to larkcom.us/ancestry. I developed the WAP Edition so that I would have ready access to research data from cemeteries, libraries or any place where I may not have access to a computer. It has only been tested with the Motorola MPx200 phone running Microsoft SmartPhone 2002. If you have a different phone your feedback will help with continued development. Also, I am very interested in how others might use this new technology. If you find this feature useful please drop me an email.

Most Wanted

Any documented history prior to Peter showing up in Arkansas in 1835. Peter's will and the name of his first wife.

Research News

It is now believed that Peter Allen, son of William Allen and Keziah Anders, married the widow Elizabeth Vaughn in 1817 in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. She had four sons from her previous marriage. Peter and Elizabeth may have had a son born between 1825 and 1828. Elizabeth died in 1828 and the only heirs named were Peter and her four Vaughn sons.

Research Reports

Descendant Outline Tree - Eight generations, 55 pages indexed, 245kb, Adobe PDF format, updated 5 Mar 2003.

Allen, U.S. Marshal? - 4 pages, 23kb, last update 05 Jan 2001. Did a descendant of William Allen serve as in the U.S. Marshal's Service under Judge Isaac "Hangin' Judge" Parker in Fort Smith, and did he participate in the capture and killing of infamous Cherokee outlaw Ned Christie in 1892?

The Allen Family in the Texas War of Independence - 3 Pages, 15kb, last update 17 Jan 2001. William Allen was among the first Anglo-American settlers in Mexican Texas after its independence from Spain. Many of his sons and sons-in-law were at the forefront of the Texas revolution and subsequent Republic of Texas.

Uncle Sam Houston? -  6 pages, 22kb, last update 20 Jan 2001, web page. Did an Allen cousin marry then leave Samuel Houston, forcing his resignation as Governor of Tennessee and possibly ruining his chances for a bid for the U.S. Presidency; and was Houston a friend of Peter Allen of Johnson County, Arkansas?

Allied Families

see www.ancestry.larkcom.org

	Sarah  Ring	Bethena  Kendall	Gomer  Kraus
	1837	1880	c1916

Research Credits

Many researchers have worked long and hard over the years to document the Allen family line. We offer our heartfelt thanks to these seekers of truth who have helped develop our sense of history and the role our ancestors played in making that history; especially those contributors to this web site.