Adoniram "Teges" Allen b. 1734 (date on headstone) New Hampshire near the Vermont border, he was in the Revolutionary War, his first battle The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge in North Carolina & his next battle was at Kings Mountain South Carolina. Capt. Rev. War Continual Line.
h/o Elizabeth Morris,
David & his son Adoniram were in Elizabeth Town, New Jersey in 1761. The date they moved to Elizabeth Town & the date when Adoniram married Martha Riddle are unknown. They journeyed to North Carolina by the way of the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road & they both fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
At that time, 1780, David was 66 years old & Adoniram was 46. A family legend claims that Adoniram was awarded a land grant of five thousand acres on the south fork of the Ky. River for his services during the Revolutionary War.
Clay Co., Ky. historian Jess Wilson states that "Captain ‘Teges' Adoniram D. Allen was a remarkable man. Past seventy years when he migrated (1807) with his family to Clay Co., Ky., built his saw & grist mill, & his home. He began a new life when most people at age seventy are no longer able to work."
The known children of Adoniram Allen I & Martha Riddle are John (born 1787), Adorniram D. II (born 1788), Allie (born 1790), Morris (born 1794), Phoebe & William.
Adorniram D. Allen II remained in North Carolina & married Lucinda Riddle Koon (Koontz). They had the following children: John, Blanchey (mother-in-law of James Riddle), Benjamin, Margaret, William, James (married Rachel Riddle, daughter of William Riddle), Nathaniel, Mary, Adorniram, Irvin, Jobe, Nancy, Jane, & Lucinda.
It is believed that all 14 children of Adorniram & Lucinda were born in Yancey (Buncombe at that time) Co.
h/o Elizabeth Morris,
David & his son Adoniram were in Elizabeth Town, New Jersey in 1761. The date they moved to Elizabeth Town & the date when Adoniram married Martha Riddle are unknown. They journeyed to North Carolina by the way of the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road & they both fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
At that time, 1780, David was 66 years old & Adoniram was 46. A family legend claims that Adoniram was awarded a land grant of five thousand acres on the south fork of the Ky. River for his services during the Revolutionary War.
Clay Co., Ky. historian Jess Wilson states that "Captain ‘Teges' Adoniram D. Allen was a remarkable man. Past seventy years when he migrated (1807) with his family to Clay Co., Ky., built his saw & grist mill, & his home. He began a new life when most people at age seventy are no longer able to work."
The known children of Adoniram Allen I & Martha Riddle are John (born 1787), Adorniram D. II (born 1788), Allie (born 1790), Morris (born 1794), Phoebe & William.
Adorniram D. Allen II remained in North Carolina & married Lucinda Riddle Koon (Koontz). They had the following children: John, Blanchey (mother-in-law of James Riddle), Benjamin, Margaret, William, James (married Rachel Riddle, daughter of William Riddle), Nathaniel, Mary, Adorniram, Irvin, Jobe, Nancy, Jane, & Lucinda.
It is believed that all 14 children of Adorniram & Lucinda were born in Yancey (Buncombe at that time) Co.
Adoniram "Teges" Allen b. 1734 (date on headstone) New Hampshire near the Vermont border, he was in the Revolutionary War, his first battle The Battle of Moores Creek Bridge in North Carolina & his next battle was at Kings Mountain South Carolina. Capt. Rev. War Continual Line.
h/o Elizabeth Morris,
David & his son Adoniram were in Elizabeth Town, New Jersey in 1761. The date they moved to Elizabeth Town & the date when Adoniram married Martha Riddle are unknown. They journeyed to North Carolina by the way of the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road & they both fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
At that time, 1780, David was 66 years old & Adoniram was 46. A family legend claims that Adoniram was awarded a land grant of five thousand acres on the south fork of the Ky. River for his services during the Revolutionary War.
Clay Co., Ky. historian Jess Wilson states that "Captain ‘Teges' Adoniram D. Allen was a remarkable man. Past seventy years when he migrated (1807) with his family to Clay Co., Ky., built his saw & grist mill, & his home. He began a new life when most people at age seventy are no longer able to work."
The known children of Adoniram Allen I & Martha Riddle are John (born 1787), Adorniram D. II (born 1788), Allie (born 1790), Morris (born 1794), Phoebe & William.
Adorniram D. Allen II remained in North Carolina & married Lucinda Riddle Koon (Koontz). They had the following children: John, Blanchey (mother-in-law of James Riddle), Benjamin, Margaret, William, James (married Rachel Riddle, daughter of William Riddle), Nathaniel, Mary, Adorniram, Irvin, Jobe, Nancy, Jane, & Lucinda.
It is believed that all 14 children of Adorniram & Lucinda were born in Yancey (Buncombe at that time) Co.
h/o Elizabeth Morris,
David & his son Adoniram were in Elizabeth Town, New Jersey in 1761. The date they moved to Elizabeth Town & the date when Adoniram married Martha Riddle are unknown. They journeyed to North Carolina by the way of the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road & they both fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain.
At that time, 1780, David was 66 years old & Adoniram was 46. A family legend claims that Adoniram was awarded a land grant of five thousand acres on the south fork of the Ky. River for his services during the Revolutionary War.
Clay Co., Ky. historian Jess Wilson states that "Captain ‘Teges' Adoniram D. Allen was a remarkable man. Past seventy years when he migrated (1807) with his family to Clay Co., Ky., built his saw & grist mill, & his home. He began a new life when most people at age seventy are no longer able to work."
The known children of Adoniram Allen I & Martha Riddle are John (born 1787), Adorniram D. II (born 1788), Allie (born 1790), Morris (born 1794), Phoebe & William.
Adorniram D. Allen II remained in North Carolina & married Lucinda Riddle Koon (Koontz). They had the following children: John, Blanchey (mother-in-law of James Riddle), Benjamin, Margaret, William, James (married Rachel Riddle, daughter of William Riddle), Nathaniel, Mary, Adorniram, Irvin, Jobe, Nancy, Jane, & Lucinda.
It is believed that all 14 children of Adorniram & Lucinda were born in Yancey (Buncombe at that time) Co.
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ADONIRAM ALLEN CAPT CONTINENTAL LINE REV WAR 1734 1838
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