Born in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James W. McClain
and Sarah (Bailey) McClain
Sister of
Mary (McClain) Boulware, Elizabeth McClain, Richard W. Mcclain, Jonathan Ward Mcclain, James Vest Mcclain, Phillip (Mcclain) McClain, Michael Smith Mcclain, Euphias (McClain) Strickland, Thomas D. Mcclain, Margaret (Mcclain) Miers, Henry Mcclain and William D. (Mcclain) McClain
Wife of
William Allen
— married
14 Dec 1807 in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Barbara Lee (Allen) Dawson, George W Allen, Jesse Jobalyn Allen, William H Allen, Landon C Allen, Sallie B Allen, James M Allen, Elizabeth M Allen and Andrew Jackson Allen
Died
at about age 78
in Kanawha City, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Nov 2016
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Biography
File Format: jpg. Dolly Baily Allen Revolutionary War pension application.
Marriage Husband James W. McCLAIN. Wife Sarah Bailey. Child: Dolly T McClain Bailey. Marriage Dec 3, 1787. Amherst County, Virginia. [1]
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.
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S1453758283
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 05 June 2021, 21:25), entry for Dolly T. McClain (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHZK-6SQ ); contributed by various users.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 June 2020, 23:08), entry for Dolly T. McClain(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHZK-6SQ); contributed by various users.
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 May 2019, 16:37), entry for Dolly T. McClain(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LHZK-6SQ); contributed by various users.
- Source: S1453554768 Repository: #R1450211287 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=104062605&pid=261
- Repository: R1450211287 Ancestry.com
- http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=va2&h=153316&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7836
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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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dolly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dolly:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Darlene (Nelson) Carerros 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch F17810 [compare] [compare x]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A829471 [compare] [compare x], Ancestry member darlenemarie2006
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F17810 [compare] [compare x], FTDNA kit #17810
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Robert Tiffner :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A738136 [compare], Ancestry member Robert_Tiffner
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Cheryl (Moseman) Rowe :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cherowe1
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~0.78%
Roger Tiffner :
23andMe, GEDmatch NG3416351 [compare]
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Karen (Malley) Morris
Anon (McClain) Anonymous
Dolly's surname is McClain, not McCain
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on McCain-1501 (merged)
by Anon (McClain) Anonymous
Karen (Malley) Morris
As Dolly is listed as William Allen's second wife, was she also married before? to someone with the surname Bailey? Her mother's maiden name was Bailey and In that era I don't think her LNAB would have been McClain Bailey.
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on Bailey-13674 (merged)
by Karen (Malley) Morris
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