Dudley Allen (abt. 1845 - 1911)

Born about 1845 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Husband of Margaret Crittenden — married 1866 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Died 24 Oct 1911 at about age 66 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Dudley Allen is Notable.

Dudley Allen served in the United States Civil War.
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Allen was the first African American to own a Kentucky Derby winner, in 1891: he was part-owner of Kingman, ridden by Isaac Murphy. Allen was one of two leading trainers at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. (From Notable Kentucky African-American Database):

"Dudley Allen, a slave born in Lexington, KY, was owned by either Walter or John Dunn. Allen became a noted thoroughbred owner and trainer. He owned a stock farm in Lexington, where he trained his own young horses and sold others to wealthy horsemen. Allen had purchased the farm after serving in the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment.

The following was submitted by University of Kentucky Anthropology Researcher Nancy O'Malley: Dudley died at his residence at 416 Kinkead Street in Lexington. He and his wife, Margaret Crittenden Allen (d. 1919), had lived in the home since around 1871, when Margaret purchased the lot from George B. Kinkead. The couple was married by Reverend George Downing in Lexington in 1866, after Dudley had served in the Army with Company M of the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry, 1864-1866, as a Quartermaster Sergeant.

The 5th Colored Cavalry fought October 2, 1864, in Saltville, VA; "many of the soldiers had not been adequately trained and were not properly equipped, and a disastrous defeat followed." The 5th Colored Cavalry also fought in Lexington on October 19 and in Harrodsburg on October 21, retuning to Virginia in December when the Saltville works were destroyed.

For more see Dudley Allen in the Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States, by G. B. Kirsch, et al; and "The Allen House Lot," chapter XI in Kinkeadtown: Archaeological Investigation of an African-American Neighborhood in Lexington, Kentucky, by N. O'Malley."

Slave Owners

• John Dunn

Sources

• https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1910
• “Allen, Dudley,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed June 1, 2021, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1910.
• https://africanamericanhorsestories.org/research/people/dudley-allen
• http://tourthehistoricbluegrass.com/items/show/16?tour=1&index=12

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX71-VY6 : 29 May 2021), Dudley Allen, 1870.

• Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
• Dudley Allen Male 25 Kentucky
• Margaret Allen Female 22 Kentucky
• John Sparrow Male 13 Kentucky
• James Graham Male 14 Kentucky
• David Dawson Male 13 Kentucky

Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/271126/dudley-allen : accessed 31 May 2021), memorial page for SGT Dudley Allen (1845–24 Oct 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #271126, citing Lexington National Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by kellybean (contributor 47383012) .

• http://5thuscc.net/rostera.htm
• "United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWYN-FQF : 12 December 2014), Dudley Allen, 1864; from "Civil War Soldiers - Union - Colored Troops," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit 5th US Colored Cavalry, NARA microfilm publication M1817, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., roll 61.
• https://africanamericanhorsestories.org/research/people/dudley-allen