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Family: John Wooldridge Allen / Caroline C. McGrew (F677)

m. 22 Apr 1845


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  • Father | Male
    John Wooldridge Allen

    Born  24 Apr 1823  South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  10 Jan 1896  Patroon, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Allen Family Cemetery, Patroon, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  22 Apr 1845  [1, 2, 3]  Louisiana  [1, 2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Margaret Ann Harvey | F678 
    Married  Abt 1853   
    Other Spouse  Mary Frances A. Alford | F680 
    Married  17 Jan 1865  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Thompson Allen | F671 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth Wooldridge | F671 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Caroline C. McGrew

    Born  Abt 1827  Marion County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef 1853  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Father  Alexander McGrew | F681 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elizabeth Blackburn | F681 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Male
    James T. Allen

    Born  10 Oct 1846  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef 1900   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Mary E. Dorsey | F682 
    Married     

    Margaret Elizabeth AllenChild 2 | Female
    Margaret Elizabeth Allen

    Born  15 Oct 1847  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Nov 1916   
    Buried    Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  William Morrison Fullen | F675 
    Married  Abt 1868  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location

    Jane AllenChild 3 | Female
    Jane Allen

    Born  5 Dec 1850  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  6 Jan 1926  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  John W. Fullen | F123 
    Married  Abt 1868  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • It appears from the preponderance of evidence that John Allen's first wife, Caroline C., was the daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Blackburn) McGrew. The 1850 Sabine County, Texas census shows that she was born circa 1827 in Mississippi. Alexander and Elizabeth McGrew lived in Marion County, Mississippi at the time of 1820. 1830, and 1840 Federal census. They also had a daughter who has not been accounted for by other researchers that was born sometime between 1820-1825.

      Blanche Finley Toole, a Sabine County Genealogist, writes that Caroline McGrew and John Wooldridge Allen were married in Louisiana on 22 April 1845. She was given this information by Edna Mae Hackney, an Allen family researcher. Mrs. Hackney did not cite a source, and to date a marriage license has not been located.

      Blanche Toole indicated that both Harriet (McGrew) Partin and Caroline (McGrew) Allen are mentioned in the Estate Settlement of Alexander McGrew who died in late 1849. The Sabine County Clerk notes that the records from this time period were burned in a Courthouse fire.

      The strongest written evidence located to date is a deed showing John W. Allen purchasing the former homestead of Alexander McGrew from the Estate of Elizabeth Blackburn McGrew. This is the land that was deeded to her by her husband on January 22, 1849. Blanche believes that the careful wording of the deed shows that they wanted to be very careful and take all precautions to ensure that no questions arose, since relatives were selling to relatives. According to the deed, the land was sold at public auction "in strict conformity to the law, for the sum of four-hundred and one dollars, that being the highest and best bid therefore at sale and whearas afterwards, to wit, at the November term 1868 of said Court, report of said sale having been made in writing on oath and the court having inquired into the manner in which said sale was made and conducted and having found that the same was conducted fair and in accordance with the law, did order and decree that the undersigned administratix make the conveyance." Frances Steel, the Administratix of the Estate of Elizabeth McGrew was the daughter of Harriet McGrew and John Partin, and granddaughter of Elizabeth (Blackburn) McGrew. The deed was recorded on August 17, 1869 at the office of D. Pratt Clk. Ct. and on March 25, 1882 at the office of W.T. Arnold Co. Clk. Sabine Co, Texas.

  • Sources 
    1. [S250] Ancestral File, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [database online], (Ancestral File (found at www.familysearch.org) is a collection of genealogical information taken from Pedigree Charts and Family Group Records submitted to the Family History Department since 1978. The information has not been verified against any official records. Since the information in Ancestral File is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the file to verify its accuracy.).

    2. [S119] Halbert Hackney, Eva Mae--Family Researcher; Notes left to Blanche Toole of Sabine County, Texas.

    3. [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979.