Thompson Allan

1820 - 1875  (54 years)

• Name	Thompson Allan  [1]
  Birth	20 Sep 1820	Habersham County, Georgia
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Sep 1875	Banks County, Georgia
  Notes	In Memoriam Thompson Allan With a sad heart, a long time friend of this true and noble man, pens a few words as a tribute to him whose name appears above. He was an honest man, a gentleman, and a patriot of the highest type, adorning every station he filled, and was honored most by those who knew him best. He was born in Habersham County, Georgia Board in that part which is now Banks county, on the 20th day of September, 1820, and died on Friday last, the 17th instant, at his home, on the same place where he was born, lacking but two days of being 55 years old. He received a good high school education, studied law and was admitted to the bar in early manhood, and practiced his profession for several years. He afterwards went to Washington City, where he received the appointment of Chief of the Pre-emption Division of the General Land Office, early in 1856, and remained till the State of Georgia seceded from the Union, when he resigned and came home to cast in his lot with his own people. While at his post, by his fidelity, ability and integrity, he made his desk one of the most important branches of the Land office. It had been neglected and was an annoyance to the chiefs of the Bureau and the Interior Department, because for some time, no one who had been assigned to the duties, had been competent to the discharge thereof. It was but a few months before Thompson Allan brought order out of the chaos and caused the division to reflect much credit upon the Land Office and the Department. The writer hereof happens to know that the Secretary of the Interior was greatly delighted that he had found one so competent and effecient in a place of so much importance. After the Confederate government was organized, he was called to occupy a very important post in the treasury department; and when the bureau of taxation was established by the Confederate congress, he was selected as the most competent man that could be found to fill that position. He was appointed commissioner of taxation, and held the office till the close of the war. He discharged his duty with fidelity and with a high sense of justice-giving satisfaction to the government and the country. He was in a position where a man, by sacrificing honor, could have made thousands upon thousands, but he came home at the close of the war without a dollar, or a cent of assets saved while it was going on. When Hon. Madison Bell was elected by the republican legislature comptroller general, he tendered Mr. Allan the situation of his assistant in the office, which he accepted, discharging his duty with fidelity till the end of the term for which Maj. Bell was elected. He was a firm uncompromising democrat from his youth, to the day of his death. The situation was tendered him by Maj. Bell, because they had been old personal friends from boyhood, and Maj. B. knew his ability and worth as a business man. He took the situation with a distinct understanding that his political principles were not to be in the least compromised. His disease was an ulceration of the stomach, from which he has suffered much for several years. His few last days were comparatively free from pain, and he died, surrounded by his wife and children, in perfect peace. His funeral took place on Sunday last. He was buried with Masonic honors by the fraternity, attended by one of the largest concourses of people that ever assembled in Banks County, Georgia Board?u? ?/u?He was a true friend and a true man, of great ability, superior judgement and good sense; but he was modest and unobtrusive, and did not receive that distinction in life which he richly deserved. Peace to his ashes and honor to his memory. A Friend Source: http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.allan/162.2.2.1/mb.ashx Obituary postd by l. ramirez on 19 July 2005
  Person ID	I8227	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	James Allan,   b. Between 1767 and 1787, England, United Kingdom d. 27 Feb 1843, Habersham County, Georgia (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Hannah Terrell,   b. Bef 1799   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Aft 1815  [1]
  	Often shown on online trees, with no sources cited, as the parents of William, Thompson, Robert, Henry, Elizabeth, Sarah and Emily.
  Family ID	F3880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Sep 1820 - Habersham County, Georgia Death - 17 Sep 1875 - Banks County, Georgia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S191] Matkin, Marianne--Family Researcher (correspondence).