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Hill Family History

 (last update 09 Aug 2003)

Third Generation

( NATHANIEL2, WILLIAM1)

Children of Nathaniel Allen and Penelope Williams

 

1. William Allen [14024] was born about 1810 in Louisiana, and died 13 April 1868 in Jasper County, Texas. He left Louisiana with his father and siblings and settled in the Bevil District before 1835. He served in the Texas Revolution under 2nd Lt. Chesser at the Siege of Bexar. There he married (1) Ann Mitchell Grigsby on 25 February 1836 in Texas, daughter of Joseph D. Grigsby and Sally Graham. She was born 2 January 1819 in Daviess County, Kentucky. After his marriage he was awarded a land grant in Jasper County. William was elected Justice of the Peace for Beat 5, Walnut Run in June 1839 and apparently served one two-year term. He was again elected Justice of the Peace for Precinct 4 for two consecutive terms beginning in July 1843. Ann died 27 October 1863 in Jasper County, Texas and is buried in the Allen Family Cemetery in Jasper County.  William then married (2) Frances Harriett Thomason on 26 January 1865 in Jasper County, Texas, daughter of Moses Thomason and Thryza Campbell and widow of William H. Grigsby, his first wife's brother. She was born 21 March 1837 in Mississippi, and died 27 February 1865 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas, just one month after the marriage. Harriett is buried in Holton Cemetery, Jasper County and William is buried in the Allen Family Cemetery in Jasper County.

 

Children of William Allen and Ann Grigsby are:

  1. Nathaniel Allen, b. 3 Mar 1837, Jasper County, Texas; d. before 1860; m. Catherine Adams, 25 Nov 1855, Jasper County, Texas.

  2. Joseph Allen, b. 28 Nov 1838; d. before 1850.

  3. Sarah Ann Allen, b. 3 Aug 1840, Jasper County, Texas; m. (1) George Washington Traylor on 9 Oct 1856, Jasper County, Texas; m. (2) Fletcher H. LaPorte on 2 July 1861 in Jasper County, Texas; m. (3) Henry F. Arline, b. c1839, Georgia.

  4. Penelope Allen, b. 21 Oct 1842, Texas; d. 5 Oct 1873, Jasper County, Texas; m. Francis Marion Smith, 9 Oct 1856.

  5. Nancy Allen, b. 4 Dec 1844, Texas; d. 1 Oct 1919, San Francisco, California; m. 1) Thomas F. Truett; m. (2) John Jackson Smith.

  6. Edward 'Eddy' Allen (m), b. 3 Dec 1846, Texas.

  7. William Allen, b. 18 Dec 1850, Jasper County, Texas; d. 9 Mar 1923.

  8. Frances Allen, b. 8 Dec 1848, Jasper County, Texas.

  9. William Allen, b. 18 December 1850, Jasper County, Texas; d. 09 March 1923; m. Sarah Elizabeth Glenn.

  10. Mary Jane Allen, b. 22 May 1852, Jasper County, Texas; d. 19 Nov 1914; m. Francis Marion Smith, 30 June 1875.

  11. Enoch Allen, b. 14 Sep 1855, Jasper County, Texas; d. 31 Oct 1910, Texas; m. Sarah Elizabeth Glenn.

  12. John Allen, b. 14 Feb 1858, Jasper County, Texas; d. 4 Apr 1860.

Bibliography:

  • 1835 Census of Texas, Bevil's District
  • 1836 Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Austin, 1986
  • 1839 State Archives Division of the Texas State Library, 1981, Compiled Index to Elected and Appointed Officials of the Republic of Texas: 1835-1846, Vol 1, page 296 (William Allen)
  • 1843 State Archives Division of the Texas State Library, 1981, Compiled Index to Elected and Appointed Officials of the Republic of Texas: 1835-1846, Vol 11, page 58.
  • 1845 State Archives Division of the Texas State Library, 1981, Compiled Index to Elected and Appointed Officials of the Republic of Texas: 1835-1846, Vol 11, page 59.
  • 1846 Tax List, Jasper County, Texas
  • 1850 Federal Census, Jasper County, Texas, Page 227a
  • 1860 Federal Census, Jasper County, Texas, page 387a

Research Notes: The 1850 Jasper County Census states that William and Ann's children were born in Kentucky. This was an error by the census taker. All their children were born in Texas as indicated by later census records.

2. Delilah Allen [14023] was born 22 October 1811 in Louisiana, and died 13 August 1811. She married (1) Larkin Wales on 28 August 1828 at the age of 17 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. He was born 7 February 1808 in Kentucky, and died 13 Aug 1884. It appears that they divorced and she returned to her parents' home in St, Helena Parish, Louisiana. She then married (2) Robert Conn on 23 July 1830 at the home of her Uncle Michael Dailey. He was born about 1800 in South Carolina, and died after 1835. They  they separated in 1831. She and daughter Penelope migrated to Texas with her father in 1834. She married (3) Daniel Chesser after 1835. He was born about 1809.

Child of Delilah Allen and Robert Conn is:

  1. +Penelope Conn, b. about 1831; m. Claiborne Newsome. They lived in Tyler, Polk and Trinity Counties, Texas.

Children of Delilah Allen and Daniel Chesser are:

  1. Eliza Chesser, born 1838. She married John Fowler on 2 May 1854 in Jefferson County.
  2. Mary Chesser, born 1842; lived with her half sister, Penelope Conn in Trinity County, Texas in 1860.

Bibliography:

  • 1828 Marriage Records of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana (Delilah and Larkin)
  • 1835 Census of Texas, Bevil's District
  • 1850 Federal Census, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
  • *Madeleine Martin, More Early Southeast Texas Families, Nortex Press, Quanah, Texas, 1978

Research Notes: Delilah Allen marry a Larkin Wales in St. Helena Parish on 28 Aug 1828. Larkin Wales of St. Helena Parish married Rebecca A. Fletcher on 22 Sep 1834 in St. Helena Parish. This would seem to indicate that Larkin and Delilah divorced. Larkin and Rebecca are found in subsequent St. Helena Parish census records with a large number of children, all born after their marriage. They are both buried in Wales Cemetery, St. Helena Parish. It is believed that Delilah then married Robert Conn on 23 Jul 1830 but no record to support this fact has been found. Delilah is found living with her father in Bevil District, Texas in 1835 along with 4-year old Penelope Conn. Delilah is listed as a widow, but a Robert Conn  is living alone and is listed as a widower in the same census. It is believed that Delilah then married Daniel Chesser/Chessher about 1835. There is a Daniel Chessher, age 22, listed as single in the same census.

An interesting family story was related by Andy Anderson. He states that according to family lore Delilah's first born was John/Jerry Allen and that his father was an overseer on a plantation in Louisiana. This child lived in Louisiana and frequently told the story that his father, an Indian, was killed by Delilah's father, Nathaniel. Delilah then went to Texas with her father. No records have been found to substantiate any of this story but, if true, it may have been the cause of the divorce of Delilah and Larkin and may have prompted Nathaniel to remove to Texas. Of course, Jerry's father may have been Larkin Wales and Jerry may have just been told that his real father was dead when he was actually still alive. Family lore also states that Jerry may have been raised by his aunt Mollie Allen who was married to a doctor. Delilah had a sister name Mary (Mollie?) who married William Rollins. They are found in the 1850 Rapides Parish, Louisiana census.

3. Mary Allen [14026] was born about 1816 in Louisiana. She married William Rollins, son of John Rollins. He was born about 1814 in Louisiana. William was a farmer. They lived their lives in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Children of Mary Allen and William Rollins are:
  1. John Rollins, born about 1834 in Louisiana; m. 1) Mary Jones, 2) Ellen Jesper.
  2. William Rollins, born about 1836 in Louisiana.
  3. Mary Rollins, born about 1838 in Louisiana. She married William Walker 1876.
  4. Martha Rollins, born about 1840 in Louisiana. She married (1) William Terrell 1867. She married (2) B. A. Taylor 1890.
  5. Nancy Rollins, born about 1842 in Louisiana. She married James Blevin 1866.
  6. + David Rollins, born about 1846 in Louisiana.
  7. Fletcher Rollins, born 25 October 1848 in Louisiana, d. 29 July 1935, m. Nancy Bass, b. 11 January 1852, Louisiana, d. 9 December 1937. Both buried in Campground Cemetery, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
  8. Isaac Rollins, born about 1852 in Louisiana.
  9. Jacob Rollins, born about 1855.
  10. Penelope 'Penny' Rollins, born about 1857 in Louisiana.
  11. + Thomas M. Rollins, born January 1860 in Louisiana. He married Mary E. Taylor about 1890; born about 1872 in Louisiana.

Bibliography

  • 1840 Federal Census, LA, Natchitoches Parish, page 167.
  • 1850 Federal Census, LA, Rapides Parish, page 71a.
  • 1860 Federal Census, LA, Rapides County, page 97.
  • 1870 Federal Census, LA, Rapides Parish, page 102b.
  • 1880 Federal Census, LA, Rapides Parish, Spring Hill Ward, William Rollins.

4. Sarah Nancy Allen [14025] was born 1817 in Louisiana, and died in Louisiana. She married Sheppard B. Draughon on 2 August 1832. He was born 10 February 1810 in Louisiana, and died 20 January 1870.

Children of Sarah Allen and Sheppard Draughan are:
  1. +L. R. Draughon, born about 1836, Louisiana; married Nancy [last name unknown], born about 1841 Louisiana.
  2. +Rufus L. Draughon, born about 1836 in Louisiana.
  3. Leonidas W. Draughon, born about 1838 in Louisiana.
  4. Mary S. Draughon, born about 1840 in Louisiana.
  5. Amanda Draughon, born about 1842 in Louisiana.
  6. Robert L. Draughon, born about 1843 in Louisiana.
  7. Catherine L. Draughon, born about 1848 in Louisiana. She married Rufus Lewis Pray 3 September 1869 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana; born 03 October 1843 in Hancock County, Mississippi.
  8. Millard Draughon, born about 1852, Louisiana, married Elizabeth [last name unknown], born about 1851, Louisiana.

Bibliography

  • 1850 Federal Census, LA, St. Helena Parish, family 297.
  • 1860 Federal Census, LA, St. Helena Parish, page 476

5. John M. Allen [14027] was born about 1825 in Louisiana, and died before 1860. He married Ann Thryza Thomason on 21 May 1853 in Jasper County, Texas, daughter of Moses Thomason and Thryza Cambpbell. She was born 1 August 1832 in Moulton, Lawrence County, Alabama, and died 26 January 1893 in Texas.

Child of John Allen and Ann Thomason is:
  1. Frances Amanda Allen.

Bibliography

  • 1835 Census of Texas
  • 1850 Federal Census, TX, Jasper County, page 218b.
  • 1853 Marriage Records of Jasper County, Texas, Book MF#1, page 23.

Children of Nathaniel Allen and Sarah Grigsby

7. Nathaniel Allen [14010]  was born 4 February 1837 in Jasper County, Texas, and died 1862 in Jasper County, Texas. He married Rachel Truett. She was born about 1832 in Louisiana. Family lore states that Nathaniel died as the result of a fight with his half brother Christopher Columbus Glenn.

Children of Nathaniel Allen and Rachel Truett are:

  1. Laura E. Allen, b. about 1857, Texas; died after 1870.
  2. John W. Allen, b. 1 Feb 1856 or 1859, Texas; m. 1) Mary Emma Newman; b. about 1865; m. 2) Olive Langham; b. about 1864.
  3. Annie Allen, b. about 1862, Texas; m. Wesley Robinson; b. about 1858.

Bibliography

  • 1850 Federal Census, Jasper County, Texas

  • 1856 Marriage Records of Jasper County Texas, Book MF#1, Page 105

  • 1860 Federal Census, Jasper County, Texas, page 387b

  • *Madeleine Martin, More Early Southeast Texas Families, Nortex Press, Quanah, Texas, 1978
  • 1870 Federal Census, Jasper County, Texas, page 528a

9. Elizabeth Allen [14012] was born 13 March 1843 in Jasper County, Texas, and died 9 October 1900 in Jasper County, Texas. She married Richard M. Sanders son of William C. and Nancy Sanders on 13 April 1865. He was born 3 March 1843 in Georgia and died 17 September 1910 in Texas. Richard was a farmer and served in Company E of the 27th Texas Cavalry Company (Whitfields Legion) during the Civil War. He operated a store in Jasper County, Texas. They are both buried in Sanders Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas.

 

Children of Elizabeth Allen and Richard Sanders are:

  1. Sarah Ann 'Sallie' Sanders, b. 5 Mar 1866; d. 12 Sep 1876.

  2. James William Sanders, b. 24 Oct 1866, Beech Grove, Jasper County, Texas; d. 23 Nov 1941, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; m. Lola Gertrude Smith.

  3. Charles 'Charlie' Sanders, b. 6 Apr 1870; d. 2 Aug 1872.

  4. Kate Matilda Sanders, b. 23 Aug 1874, Jasper County, Texas; d. 20 Jul 1960, Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas; m. Dallas M. Wigley.

  5. + Fannie Rose Sanders, b. 7 Apr 1877, Jasper County, Texas; d. 24 Dec 1950, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; m. William James Bilbo about 1902. He was born 15 April 1879 in Louisiana, and died 26 August 1941 in Deridder, Louisiana, b. 11 October 1870 in Alabama, and died 03 April 1926 in Brownfield, Terry County, Texas.

  6. + Sharkie Elizabeth Sanders, b. 20 Sep 1879, Jasper County, Texas; d. 15 Jan 1958, Brownfield, Texas; m. Simon Albert Shepard; b. 11 October 1870 in Alabama, and died 03 April 1926 in Brownfield, Terry County, Texas. They lived in Terry County for 55 years where Simon was a County Commissioner. Both buried in Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas.

  7. Dana Aris Sanders, b. 10 Jun 1882; d. 16 Apr 1886.

Bibliography

  • 1850 Federal Census, Jasper County, Texas, page 218b (Nathaniel Allen)

  • 1860 Federal Census, Jasper County, Texas, page 386b (William Sanders)

  • 1860 Federal Census, Jasper County, Texas, page 387a (Sallie Allen)

  • 1870 Federal Census, Jasper County, Texas, page 491a (Richard)

  • 1900 Grave Marker, Sanders Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas

  • 1910 Grave Marker, Sanders Cemetery, Jasper County, Texas (Richard)

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