MARTIN ALLEN

28 Nov 1780 - 30 Dec 1837

• BIRTH: 28 Nov 1780, Newport, KY [13]
• DEATH: 30 Dec 1837, 8 Mile Point (Near Wallis, Texas) [14]
• BURIAL: Allen Cemetery, north of Wallis, TX
• EVENT: Misc event: 1813 [15]
• EVENT: Misc event: [16]
• EVENT: 1 League, 1 Labor (4605.5 Acres)
  LAND GRANT: 19 Jul 1824, Wharton County, Austin, Texas

• MARRIAGE: 24 Sep 1803, Newport, Kentucky

1.  Miles N. Allen
2. +Anna C. Allen
3.  Mary G. Allen
4.  James Bud Allen
5.  Elizabeth Allen
6.  Martin Jackson Allen
7.  Nancy Allen
8.  Sally (Sarah) Allen
9.  Caroline Eliza Matilda Allen
10.  Benjamin Allen

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 _Benjamin Allen _|
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|_Sarah Allen ____|
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INDEX

[10] Military: With Gutierrez Magee Expedition 1812 and 1813 and then with
Texas up until the siege of Bexar when bad health resulted in
honorable discharge from service.

Public Service:
1830 - operated ferry across Buffalo Bayou opposite Harrisburg, 5th
regidor

1832 - member of ayuntmiento of San Felipe, signed call for
Convention of 1832

1837 - associate land commissioner for Austin County

Occupation: Farmer, cattleman, tanner, operated ferrys, operated
Public House (first motel in Texas?) frequented by W. B. Travis.

Route to Texas: From Natchitoches, LA. to Wharton Co., Tx.

Home State in Texas: Kentucky (Later Louisiana, Arkansas territory,
and LA. again.

Flags: Original 300=Y, Military(Texas)=Y, Public Service=Y

[13] Kentucky was still partially a portion of VA.

[14] (Other sources say 30 Dec. 1837. Handbook of Texas says "Before June
25, 1838..."

[15] First time in 1813 with Gutierrez Magee Expedition.
Second time in 1821 as original 300 colonist with Stephen F. Austin.

[16] Wharton - 1 lg.
Austin - 1 la.

[11] [S4] SOURCE #4

[12] [S6] W. E. Belt, Jr. notes.

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