Richard ALLEN {M} = Edith WILLIAMS {F}

Married 20 January 1819¹

Richard ALLEN:

Born 1797
Died 1866
Death: FROM JOYCE PERREAULT: "Richard Allen's father came to America from Wales in the mid 1700's. Richard Allen was born in North Carolina in the late 1700's and came to Kentucky via Wythville, Wythe Co., Virgina, according to his great grandson, Grover Cleveland Allen in SEVEN GENERATIONS OF ALLENS IN KENTUCKY, p. 636. Richard Allen came to Kentucky before 1800, to an area that is now Magoffin County, Kentucky but was once Morgan County. He received land grants in Morgan Co., KY on 9 Oct 1824 for 50 acres on White Oak Creek, and on 27 June 1830 for 50 acres on White Oak Creek. Richard first lived in Caney, Kentucky, for a short while then moved to White Oak Creek. He died at age 69, year not known. (Magoffin Co., KY Cemetery Records, Vol. 3, lists the marked graves in the Allen Cemetery on Lower White Oak and states that there are 20 or more unidentifiable graves, probably Richard and Edith Allen are buried there as their son Daniel W. Allen was buried in this cemetery.) There are no markers for Richard or Edith." Information on this family assimilated by Todd Preston and Ernest Allen. Some early material from Joyce Perreault, P.O. Box 223, Rysley, OK 74062. NOTE FROM ERNEST ALLEN: "This information is of the descendants of Richard Allen, born 1797 and married 1819 Edy Williams, daughter of Elder Daniel Williams. These authentic records are from old family Bibles of the ALLEN families, church records, census reports, cemetery records, and information from older ALLEN family members. The first three or four generations of the Richard ALLEN family settled on the White Oak Creeks of Morgan and Magoffin counties and on Caney Creek in Morgan County, Kentucky." See information on Daniel Allen who died April 1826 in Morgan Co., KY. Richard ALLEN is found in the 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, U.S. Censuses for KY. Some researchers have listed Richard ALLEN as a child of Samuel ALLEN and Sarah Prater. Samuel ALLEN's proven child, William ALLEN was born ca. 1783. It is possible for Richard ALLEN to have been a brother to William. The descendants of the "White Oak Set" of ALLENs have always claimed a relation with the family of William ALLEN who settled mainly in the Magoffin Co. area.


Edith WILLIAMS:

Alias Edy WILLIAMS
Born 1803
Died 1858

Daniel Webster ALLEN {M}

Born 5 December 1820, Floyd Co, KY²
Died 11 January 1911, Magoffin Co, KY
Buried Lower White Oak, Magoffin Co, KY at Allen Cemetery
Occupation: Farmer, Judge, Minister
Occupation: Daniel Webster Allen was the first judge of Magoffin Co., KY. He was a tall man with white hair and he wore a distinctive suit. When Mack Farland Allen was very young he remembers seeing his great-great Uncle Daniel. Mack named his son Dan after Judge Daniel Allen, who was likely named after Daniel Williams, Edy's father. Note from Alkie COLLINSWORTH: "When he (Judge Webster) left office, the county was in debt fifty cents. Dan Allen reached in his pocket, pulled out fifty cents and paid the county debt out of his own pocket."

Elijah ALLEN³ {M} = Martha Darcus BARKER {F} > Family

Married 3 October 1843, Morgan Co, KY

Elijah ALLEN:

Born 16 September 1822, Floyd Co, KY⁴
Died February 1896, Morgan Co, KY
Buried White Oak, Morgan Co, KY at Oney Cemetery⁵
Burial: The tombstone in Oney Cemetery is barely legible. It reads El____ Allen b. Sept ____ d. Feb _____. Oney Cemetery is on the Chris Lykins Farm near White Oak, KY in Morgan County. Buried in the same cemetery is a Richard Allen d 17 Oct 1877, his son. Also buried there is Sarah L Allen b 2 Aug 1813 d 7 June 1903.
Census Date: 1850
Nancy Barker (16) is staying with Elijah, probably Martha's younger sister.


Martha Darcus BARKER:

Born 6 February 1823
Died 21 October 1886

= Prenthia Heiss⁶ {F} > Family

Prenthia Heiss:

The two children may be hers from a previous marriage, or they may be Elijah and Martha's younger children. Information from Gerald Allen.

Mary Ann ALLEN {F} = Caleb Williams LYKINS {M} > Family

Mary Ann ALLEN:

Alias Polly ALLEN
Born ABT 1824, Morgan Co, KY


Caleb Williams LYKINS:

Born 1832, Caney, Morgan Co, KY

Samuel ALLEN {M}

Born ABT 1826, Morgan Co, KY⁷
Died ABT 1863, Morgan Co, KY
Birth: In the 1850 Census, Eliza A. Click is also staying with this family.

Violet ALLEN {F} = Eli WILLIAMS {M} > Family

Violet ALLEN:

Born ABT 1827, Morgan Co, KY
Birth: Violet was named for her maternal grandmother, Violet Crouch, mother of Edith Williams. Her husband was her first cousin, son of Isaac L. Williams, Sr.


Eli WILLIAMS:

Born 15 August 1825, Morgan Co, KY
Died 24 January 1916, Magoffin Co, KY

Joseph D ALLEN⁸ {M}

Born 1829, Morgan Co, KY
Occupation: Laborer

Frances Jane ALLEN {F}

Born ABT 1831, Morgan Co, KY

George Washington ALLEN {M}

Born ABT 1835, Morgan Co, KY
Died March 1867, Morgan Co, KY
Buried White Oak, Morgan Co, KY at Oney Cemetery
Census Date: 1860
Census Place: Magoffin Co, KY
A George ALLEN, age 24, with wife Celia is listed at household 272. Is this George Washington ALLEN?

Dorcus ALLEN {F}

Born ABT 1837, Morgan Co, KY

Nancy Ellen ALLEN {F}

Born ABT 1839, Morgan Co, KY

Rachael ALLEN {F}

Born ABT 1842, Morgan Co, KY

Marriage: It is logical that Richard and Elijah were brothers; also worth noting is that they both married WILLIAMS girls. Most likely Edy and Catherine were cousins. (See Floyd Co. Marriage Records.) Note that Richard names his second son Elijah, possibly after his brother (or father?). See note for Daniel Allen who died in Morgan County, KY, April 1826.

1 : "Annals of Floyd Co., KY 1800-1826 (Baltimore: Gateway Press,"
2 : "1850 U.S. Census, Morgan Co., KY"
3 : "1850 U.S. Census, Morgan Co., KY"
4 : "1850 U.S. Census, Morgan Co., KY"
5 : "Nickell, Joe, Morgan Co., KY Cemetery Records, 1981"
6 : "Allen, Thomas D, MrTDA@aol.com, tdallen@ (Website) tdallen@s"
7 : "1850 U.S. Census, Morgan Co., KY"
8 : "Allen, Thomas D, MrTDA@aol.com, tdallen@ (Website) tdallen@s"