NOTE: On 31 May 1854 in Kanawha County VA Dolly Allen applied for a pension as the widow of William Allen. As supporting evidence the file includes an original family record certified by William H. Allen and Landen Allen, and transcribed below. On 31 Oct 1855 Dolly Allen applied for bounty land, certified by James M. Allen. On 11 April 1866 she applied for restoration of her pension, which had been suspended during the Civil War. William Allen and Dolly his wife was married December 16th 1807.
Fact: Residence (1840) Nelson, Virginia, United States
Fact: Marriage Dorothy (Dolly) was William Allen's second wife.
Fact: Residence (1840) Nelson, Virginia, United States
Fact: Marriage Dorothy (Dolly) was William Allen's second wife.
Fact: Residence (1840) Nelson, Virginia, United States
Fact: Marriage Dorothy (Dolly) was William Allen's second wife.
Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.
Marriage Record of William Allen and Dolly T. McClain Bailey
Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters
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