Bluford T. Allen

Notes:

1850 Lauderdale County, Alabama Census
Henry D. Allen69322b
Mary65"
Buford Q. 35"
Henry 8"
Martha 6"
Martha19"
Mary10"
Nancy 3"
Telither 27"

Robert B. 41351b
Melinda38"
Eliza10"
Emily 7"
Margaret 4"
Mary14"
Nancy12"
Sarah 8"


1860 Lauderdale County, Alabama Census
District 1
Household 628
H. D. Allen78NC
Marcy R. 40TN
Michael Robinson 18AL
Sarah A. Robinson 12AL
Hulda E. Robinson 11AL
William Robinson 7AL

Household 677
Bluford Allen44AL
Telither 44AL
Mary Jane18AL
Nancy14AL
Bluford16AL
Henry12AL
Nelson10AL
Telitha 8AL
Martha 6AL

Household 697
Henry Allen, Jr. 25AL
Martha25AL
John 4AL
Liza 2AL


Household 289
G. S. Allen24 mTNMinister
H. Beringfield54NC
H. E. Allen22 fAL

Henry married Mary "Polly" Barnes on 18 Dec 1804 in Sumner County, , , Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Joseph Barnes and Selah DeLoach) was born on 15 Dec 1787 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina; died on 11 Aug 1856 in Lauderdale County, , , Alabama; was buried in Allen Cemetery, , Lauderdale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the name of God Amen. I Joseph Barnes of Sumner County and Territory
South the Ohio, being weak in body but of sound perfect Mind and Memory
do Make and ordain this to be My last will and Testament-Making this and
no other to remain my last will and Testament and as for my worldly Estate
which it hath pleased God to help me with; I give and dispose of the Same
in the following Manner

I give and bequeath unto My daughter Molly Clay My Negro boy Named Jim
Now in her possession to she and her heirs forever.

I lend unto My loving wife Selah Barnes all the remainder of my estate,
Stock of all kind and household goods and furniture_ This I lend unto her
during her life

My will and desire is that the Negros, stock of all (torn) and household
goods and furniture be held together to raise maintain and support My wife
and children, and also I lend unto My loving wife the plantation where I now
live until My son William Barnes arrives to the age of twenty one years.

I give and bequeath unto my daughter Polly and Son John Barnes and
daughter Julan and My daughter Selah and Son Kintchen and my Son
William and daughter Milly all my estate that is not singular mentioned in
Legacies, Negros, Stock of all kind house hold goods and furniture to be
equally divided then and there increase at my wife's decease or when my
daughter Milly Comes of age_ This I give and bequeath to be equally
divided among My seven Children at My wife's decease, or when my
daughter Milly Comes of age.
I give and bequeath unto My Son William Barnes one hundred acres of land,
together with the plantation where I now live and him to be possessed of the
land when he arrives to the age of twenty one.
And Lastly I do hereby Constitute and appoint My wife Selah Barnes and
Son John Barnes executors to this My last will and Testament utterly
evoking all other wills by me forever.
Joseph Barnes (seal)

Signed, sealed and acknowledged to be My last will and Testament this
Seventeenth day of December 1794
Interlined before assigned in the nineteenth line
or when My daughter Milly Comes of age.
Test. John Deloach
Wm Cartweight Recorded or Examined April 15th 1795
John Roberts

Joseph married Selah DeLoach in 1767. Selah (daughter of Samuel DeLoach and Mary Boykin) was born about 1752 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina; died after 1794 in Sumner County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Julan Whitley about 1724. Julan was born about 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Mary Boykin about 1732 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Francis Boykin and Millicent Williams) was born about 1716 in Northampton County, , , North Carolina; died about Jan 1773 in Edgecombe County, , , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]