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Hill Family History

(last update 03 Oct 2003)

Third Generation

( WILLIAM², WILLIAM¹)

Children of William Allen and Mary Ann Moore

1. WILLIAM N. ALLEN [2036] was born 2 March 1818 in Madison County, Alabama, and died 21 December 1891 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He married ELIZABETH FRANCES 'BETTY' SCOTT in 1849. She was born 24 October 1832 in Kentucky, and died 2 March 1919 in Johnson County, Arkansas. William was opposed to secession. In February 1862, after Arkansas voted to secede from the Union, William mustered with the 10th Arkansas Militia in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas as required by law. Clarksville was a very dangerous place, especially for Union sympathizers so William sent Elizabeth and their children to Illinois. The militia units were soon disbanded and on 2 September 1863 he enlisted in Company A of the 2nd Arkansas Union Infantry Regiment in Warren, Bradley County, Arkansas at age 43. He filed for a Civil War invalid pension for Union service in 1887 and, after his death, Elizabeth filed for a widows pension. William and Elizabeth are buried in Watson Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Children of WILLIAM ALLEN and ELIZABETH SCOTT are:

MARY JANE ALLEN, b. about 1849; m. [first name unknown] MARSH about 1874. They had 9 children 6 of whom were living in 1910. Mar is buried in Hogan Cemetery, Johnson County, Alabama.
WILLIAM A. 'BILL' ALLEN, b. about 1851, Arkansas.
MARTHA MELINDA ALLEN, b. about 1853, Arkansas; d. 1950, Dayton, Walla Walla County, Washington; m. Samuel George Harris.
ALICE A. "ALLIE" ALLEN, b. about 1856, Arkansas.
SUSANNAH ALLEN, b. about 1860, Arkansas; m. JIMMIE WEST and divorced before 1910.
JOHN PATRICK ALLEN, b. about 1863, Arkansas; m. ALONIA WILLIAMS, 27 May 1883, Johnson County, Arkansas.
THOMAS FRANKLIN ALLEN, b. 29 June 1867, Illinois; d. 20 Jul 1933, Horsehead, Johnson County, Arkansas; m. SOPHIA ANN MIRACLE, 21 September 1890; b. 11 May 1876; d. 1944.
RICHARD SCOTT ALLEN, b. 7 May 1870, Arkansas; d. 1960, Johnson County, Arkansas; m. Amanda Campbell, 23 November 1890, Johnson County, Arkansas.
CHARLES HARRISON 'CHARLIE' ALLEN, b. April 1873, Arkansas; m. 1) MARY ELIZABETH GARRETT and 2) LAURA PRYOR.
ELIZABETH 'LIZZIE' ALLEN, b. about 1877, Arkansas; d. after 1946; m. [first name unknown] WILLIAMS
DANIEL ALLEN, b. about 1878, Harmony, Johnson County, Arkansas..

Bibliography

1850 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas

1860 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas

1880 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Horsehead Township, ED 94, Vol 7, sheet 13, page 361a, William Allen.

1883 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Book P, page 519 [John Patrick]

1890 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Book K, page 613 [Thomas Franklin]

1890 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Book Q, page 623 [Richard]

1897 Grave Marker, Watson Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas [William N.]

Union, Civil War Service, Pension Index Card

1900 Federal Census, Johnson County, Arkansas

1910 Federal Census, Horsehead Township, Johnson County, Arkansas

Bible: Lillian Susan Allen

National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, "Electronic," William Allen.

Desmond Walls Allen, Second Arkansas Union Infantry, Arkansas Research, Conway, Arkansas, 1987

Grave marker, Watson Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas

Research Note: There may be a problem with this family group. The connection to William Allen and Mary Moore is based on what appears to be Mary Moore living in the household in 1880. However William states in that census that both his parents were born in Alabama. The Mary in his household was reported as being born in Tennessee. Some researchers believe that William is the son of Pete Allen. It is possible that William is the product the probable unknown first marriage of Peter Allen.

William and Elizabeth's son William A. Allen does not appear in the 1880 Johnson County census. He may have married Savannah Taylor and moved to Scott County about 1872. Savannah's husband (William A. Allen) presumably passed away before 1880 leaving her with a son named William Andrew Allen, b. 1878. A marriage record has not yet been found to establish this connection.