Looking for any Allen's in and around Suwannee,
Thanks,
Edith

I]m not from Suwannee county but my family for the past 170 years have lived in Columbia County. My great great grand father is Wyatt Carter Allen Sr. I have read some of your earlier postings on Wyatt which helped validate Andrew Y Allen relationship with him. I look foward to discussing this in further detail.

You might want to contact the Suwannee Valley Genealogical Society. They have a tremendous amount of information and might be able to assist you. They are open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 AM to 5 PM. The phone number is (386)330-0110 and email is jinnieSVGS@windstream.net.

Hi Edith,

I'm not certain that my reply went out to you. It vanished from the screen. I will send it again.

The name Allen appears 21 times in the book "Discovering Genealogical Roots In Suwanee County, Florida" (Late 1700's to Early 1900's by Rev. Harold Borden bennett.

Page 33 shows that "George W. Allen was a tax collector in Wellborn. As a result of his death in 1876, his land was bequeathed to his wife (Ann L.) and to his children etc..."

Rick

I see in your post that Wyatt Carter Allen is your gggrandfather. I am trying to find out if he is the father of my John Allen born 1853/6 in Florida. John was married to Mary Adams and they lived near Jacksonville. I know that Wyatt and Amelia had a son named John born about the right time but I would like a more concrete connection. Do you have the names of Wyatt's children and possibly their spouses? John died in Gulf Hammock in Levy County in 1895. He and Mary lived in Nassau County. Could there be a connection? I would appreciate any information that you can share with me that would help me make the connection or prove that this is not the right family.
Thank you.
Terry Price

Terry,
Just read your post concerning John Allen, may I ask his middle name.
gggrandfather is John Allen and his fathers name was Miles Allen.
John had a son by the name of Williamson Allen and he married a
Jimmie Gray.

They were from Hamilton and Suwannee Coutny Florida.

Thank You
Patricia Thomas
Allen family member.

I'm sorry but I do not know John's middle name, but I am fairly certain that he did not have a son named Williamson.
Terry

Thanks for the reply.
Will continue the search,
Miles and John are somewhere
in Jasper.
Again thanks for your time.

Terry,
Sorry for the time lapse in responding to you. The information that I have does not show a John Allen being born to Wyatt C Allen and Amelia Ann. The source is a information copied from an old family bible, however two census show a John in the family household in the 1860 & 70 fed. census matching the age of your John. I not sure if john was a relative, nephew living with them at the time. I hope this helps.

Thanks, it does help to eliminate choices. Now the question is do you have any siblings for Wyatt? Or do you have Wyatt's parents? He really could be a nephew. My grandmother insisted that JOhn came over from Ireland as a ship's boy--but the census always has him as born in Florida. She also said he had unusually large feet. :)(she wore a 41/2) Someday I'll ask the right question to the right person and will unravel this story. Thanks again.
Terry