LOOKING FOR MISSING PARENTS &/or SIBLINGS! I thought maybe someone might like a REAL challenge! Fam

KerryHolloman

JONAS ALLEN (FamilySearch #LVSR-Y2J)

(Allan/Allin – no middle initial)

Has been indexed as 'James'

B: March 22, 1807, unknown, KY (family Bible)

March 27, 1863 in Dot, Logan County, KY (unknown reason, Administrator’s Bond)

M: February 12, 1829 (family Bible)

NANCY WILSON 

B: 5/27/1814, unknown, NC (family Bible)

3/25/1863, Logan Co., KY (family Bible)

   mom: Sarah Wilson Whitehead  

   B: 1795/96 NC 

   D: 2/25/1863 Logan Co., KY (unknown reason, Administrator’s Bond); 

   dad: unknown; 

   stepdad: John Whitehead/Whited 

   B: 2/21/1765 Orange Co., NC (Pension statement)

   D: 8/20/1855 Logan Co., KY (Will)

   M: 10/22/1820 Franklin Co., TN (Marriage Certificate)

   Whiteheads arrive in Logan Co., KY in 1822 (Tax List).

Jonas is first found in Logan Co., KY in 1829 (Tax List). 

Jonas is assumed to be in John Whitehead’s house with wife and child in Logan Co., KY in 1830 (Census). 

Jonas and family live in Logan County, KY 1840, 1850, 1860 (Census). 

Jonas bought land from Charity Richerson in Robertson Co., TN in 1854 (Deed).

Somehow related to that land purchase is an indictment for Assault & Battery in Robertson Co., TN in 1854.

After his death, John Q. Hite sues for money owed 8/27/1863 Logan Co., KY.

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Other facts that makes this guy difficult: 

*No birth certificate, no marriage certificate, no death certificate, no cause of death, no will. Do have Administrator's Bond 8/17/63.

*Settled in the Dot/Keysburg, Logan Co., KY area – right on the Walker Line. That wonderful misdrawn line creating the KY/TN border, where most folks didn’t know which state they were in!

*Settled very near Beverly Anthony Allen (ex-Methodist preacher/fugitive killer/fake doctor) family and other Allens of Beverly’s family but cannot make a connection! His family is in Logan Co., KY in 1794 (Tax List). I have Beverly's & brothers Reuben, Elijah, & William C.'s wills. No mention of Jonas in any.

*There is an Allen Cemetery in Dot, KY where Beverly A. Allen AND Jonas Allen are both supposedly buried. No tombstones. Allen descendants from both families are also buried there.

Places searched:

*Logan Co., KY and Robertson Co., TN (Some in Christian, Todd, & Lincoln Co. according to county creation dates.)

*KY & TN: Tax lists, Census, Circuit Court Minutes, County Court Minutes, Deed Books, Newspapers.com, Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Find A Grave, (last 3 are NOT CORRECT for parents- I can prove those are wrong), archives, libraries… I have uploaded documents on FamilySearch.

**In the Logan Co., KY Archives, there is a note written by a now deceased researcher. "Jonas Allen family comes to KY from Mass. in early 1800s. Jonas parents were at Paris, KY in 1819 when Christian Church (West) was formed. Parents died Jonas raised by relatives." No one knows any further information about this. I have had no luck connecting Jonas to Paris, KY. I have had no luck finding Christian Church (West).

 

That's ALOT of information I just typed and I have LOTS more. However, I can't find his parents or siblings. Both of my paternal grandparents trace back to this one man. I can't go any farther back until this is solved. Any help?

 

Dennis J Yancey

I note you allude to a Family Bible.

As the leader of the Family Bible Community Group - Id be interested in learning more about the family bible you refer to.

 

I will also see what I can find as to the parentage of Jonas,