Er ist verheiratet mit Mary (Polly) Jouett.
Sie haben geheiratet am 16. Februar 1789 in Albemarle, Va, er war 31 Jahre alt.
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THOMAS ALLEN, b. May 14, 1757, Hanover County, Virginia; d. June 26, 1833, Harrodsburg, Kentucky; m. MARY ANN JOUETT, February 16, 1789, Albemarle County, Virginia; b. June 11, 1765, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. June 28, 1833.
Notes for THOMAS ALLEN:
Revolutionary Service :
Captain of Tallmans Rhode Island State Regiment. Dec 12,1776 and server as Quartermaster of General Greenes Staff till the close of the war. From Hettmans Register of Officers of the Revolution. He was born May 4,1757 in Hanover Col Va and on Feb. 16,1789 was married to Mary Jouett, daughter of John (Jack) Jouett, . During his service under General Greene he took part in the retreat of that general from South Carolina into Virginia. He participated in the Battle of Guilford Court House in 1781. He emigrated into Kentucky Lincoln County which at that time comprised a greater area than at present. Here he was appointed deputy sheriff opening the first court there, being the first in the state. He had a large area to cover while acting in that capacity and rode from fort to fort and had many narrow escapes, as the county was infested with hostile Indians. There was a fort at the present location of Harrodsburg, Ky and when Mercer county was organized the location was chosen as the county seat and Thomas Allin laid out the town. He was made county court clerk and circuit on quarterly sessions court clerk for Mercer Co in 1786, This office after his death was held by his son Philip Trapnal Allin and after his death by another son Benjamin C. Allin, after whose death it passed into the hands of a grandson Benj. C Allin, who at present 1912, holds the position, making a period of 126 years in the Allin family as county clerks of Mercer County, as unbroken epoch of official trust in the family.
Previous to his appointment as county clerk Thomas Allin did considerable work as surveyor laying out town sites , Henderson ,Danville, Lexington and Harrodsburg, Ky and receiving compensation for his services, land where Newport now stands. Later he wasappointed Deputy Clerk in Colonel's Greene Office at Danville, this following by his appointment in l786 Thomas and his father-in-law, John Jouett were among the thirty eight men who organized the society of promoting useful information Thomas Allin was a member of the convention in Virginia which ratified the present Constitution of the United States. When the call for volunteers came from General Harrison in his Indian campaign, Thomas Allin took the field as Captain of Light Horse under General Scott. The fighting terminated in the Battle of Tippicanoe on the banks of the Wabash River. Later Major Allin returned to his clerk work at Harrodsburg and continued as clerk until his death. He was placed on the pension rolls Feb. 15, 1833 under the Act of June 7, 1832. He died about five months later June 1833 at Harrodsburg. Thomas Allin settled in Harrodsburgh. The residence of Thomas Allin, constructed about 1790 and one of the earliest brick structures in Ky., is located on the Southwest ourskirts of Harrodsburgh and is in the possession of the widow of the late Bush W. Allin, great grandson.
The Birthday of Henderson, Kentucky; As given in the Report of Col. Thomas Allin; Deed Book A, Page 25
At the request of Gen. Samuel Hopkins, agent for the Richard Henderson &Co. I began,the 31st of March, 1797, and proceeded to lay off the town of Henderson on the Red Banks of the Ohio as follows:To wit,132 square lotts containing one acre each, four of which form a square following a street on the river from the top of the bank 200 feet wide to street parallel thereto and ten cross strets and a street environing the whole excep[t the side next the river each of which said streets are 100 feet wide the course of the parallel streets run down the river south 19
Degrees West and the cross streets are at right angles thereto. Also the same number of lots with like streets the upper corner of which (to wit) the upper corner of lott No. 133 and the lower corner of Lott No.---- lying distant from each 205 yards, 2 feet,5 inches, the parallel street of the lower part of the town, conforminng to the course of the river runs to the river South 31 degrees West and the cross streets are at right angles thereto space between the upper and lower parts of the town forming two squares of platts between the environing streets for public purposes. I then laid out 32 lotts of ten acres each bounding on the environing streets of the river all of which is comprised and see on the plan hereto prefixed and the lotts are bounded as follows: And I finished laying off the said In-and-Out Lotts on the sixth day of April 1797 --which I do hereby certify. Given under my hand this 20 of June 1797
Signed, Thomas Allin
I do believe the annexed platt and the certificate to contain a true state of the town and out lotts of the town of Henderson as therein expressed.
Signed, Samuel Hipkins; Agent for Richard Henderson & Co.
Proven Oct. 29,1799,by Jno. D Haussman, County Clerk, Deed Book 1,page 27
Stokeley Donelson, Surveyor Page 44, Deed Book 1
The above is a report of Col. Thomas Allin to the Transylvania or Richard Henderson & Co. on the laying off of Henderson, KY in April of 1797.
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Marriage: February 16, 1789, Albemarle County, Virginia