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Collection: ALLEN FAMILY PAPERS
1467.1
1756-1877, [1967 ?] , ft. d.
P.C.
Physical Description: C. 235 items consisting of correspondence,
deeds, wills, land grants, receipts, account books, day books,
weather book, genealogy, and miscellaneous.
Acquisition: Deposited by Miss Beulah 0. Allen, Snow Camp, N. C.
to Division of Historic Sites and Museums, June 15, 1967; re¬
ceived in Archives, August 5, 1970; accessioned, February 9,
1971.
Description: This collection is composed of miscellaneous items
concerning the Allen Family that were collected in connection
with the restoration of the Allen House at the Alamance Battle¬
ground historic site. John Allen (1720-1754) came to North
Carolina from Chester County, Pennsylvania, and applied for a
land grant along Cane Creek in present day Alamance County.
Although he died before the grant was issued on February 20,
1756, his wife and five children settled on the land. The
collection is centered around one of his sons, also named John
(1749-1826) , who built the Allen House in 1782. Amy, daughter
of the younger John, was, according to many sources, the third
wife of Hermon Husbands. A genealogical table and sketch of
the family is included in the papers as is information concern¬
ing the relationship of Hermon Husbands and Simon Dixon with
the Allen Family.
The majority of the collection consists of estate papers,
receipts, and miscellaneous legal documents, including deeds,
wills, and land grants. Most of the estate papers are from
the estate of John Allen (1749-1826) . There is some personal
correspondence from the children of Allen and other relatives.
The letters usually deal with family matters or crops; ten are
from Indiana and one is from Kansas (1870) .
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Miscellaneous items in the collection include account books,
day books, and a weather book. There are two small books and
three loose pages containing medical recipes and eleven items
concerning schools. Among the recipes are cures for cancer,
consumption, the "yaws or Countray Distemper," "Deafness &
busing in ye head" and "any Inward Weakness." The items on
schools include rules and regulations for behavior of students,
