John Allen (1771 - 1813)

Born 30 Dec 1771 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Logan) Allen — married 20 Oct 1798 in Shelby county, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1813 at age 41 in Michigan Territory, United States

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Biography

John Allen is Notable.

Colonel John Allen, the son of James Allen, the Irish immigrant, was born in the Colony of Virginia, in 1771. The place of his birth is in present day, Rockbridge County, which was established in October, 1777 from parts of now neighboring Augusta and Botetourt counties, and the first county elections were held in May 1778. Rockbridge County was named for Natural Bridge, a notable landmark in the southern portion of the county.

John's father moved his family, first to Lincoln County, Kentucky. About the year 1784, John's father bought a large tract of land near the present town of Bloomfield, Nelson county, Kentucky, and built a cabin. He returned to Lincoln county to bring his wife and children to the new cabin, but when he returned he found it in ashes. Indians had burned it and the neighboring fort near which it was built. James Allen built another home, which was eventually owned by a great-grandson, also named James Allen.

On October 20, 1798, in Shelby county, Kentucky, John married Jane Logan, born September 26, 1779, the daughter of General Benjamin Logan. ^[1]

John was a lawyer, by profession, and was a Representative of Shelby County, in the Kentucky State Legistature. In 1807, he was elected to the Kentucky Senate from Franklin county. In 1811, he commanded as Colonel the First Kentucky Rifelmen, the first regiment raised in that state to fight the British. His military career was short, for he fell mortally wounded at the battle of River Raisin on January 22, 1813.

Allen County, Indiana is named for him.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F477-G46 : 4 December 2014), John Allen and Jean Logan, 20 Oct 1798; citing , Shelby, Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 259,276
2. ↑ Allen County, Indiana wikipedia article.

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A071122
• From the article, Col. Allen, Lawyer, Legislator and Soldier, as published in Irish Pioneers in Kentucky: A series of articles published in The Gaelic American, by Michael I. O'Brien, New York, pages 23 and 24
• For more about the Battle of River Raisin, see article here: http://www.riverraisinbattlefield.org/the_battles.htm

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Allen_(soldier)

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99521704/john-allen

See also

• Death of Col. John Allen Memorial Marker

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Yates and Allied Families.ged on 21 December 2010