Drury Allen (1749 - 1823)

Born 1749 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, British Colonial America

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Died 18 Apr 1823 at about age 74 in Burnsville, Anson, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Allen Name Study.

Drury was born in 1745. He is the son of William Allen and Mary Lewis. First-hand information as remembered by Donna Thompson, Wednesday, May 6, 2015. He died on April 18, 1823 in Burnsville, Anson, North Carolina, United States

Drury had the folowing child:

1. David Allen

• Fact: Military Service (war of 1812) North Carolina
• Fact: Burial Drury Allen Cemetery, Anson, North Carolina, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch per Susan Koyle on Aug. 2, 2019 > Note: the spelling (Drury) of his given name on the attached newspaper article. This particular Drury Allen, who died in 1814 at Rutherford County, North Carolina is the husband of Lorana Hartgrove. His paternity is not known at this time. He is not the son of Robert Allen and Nancy Coleman who died in Georgia in 1826. They are two different men. The following is a journal entry made by his grandson in 1868. "Allen Weeks, son of Benjamin Weeks and Hannah Allen. May 1868; Fort Cedar, Utah Territory, Utah County, Allen Weeks: This morning I commence to write a scetch of my history commensing about the time my father left Alabama Morgan County on the 18 of September 1829 and emigrated to the state of Illinois, Shelby County with his family. My fathers name was Benjamin Weekes my mothers name before marriage was Hannah Allen. Her fathers name was Drury Allen her mothers name before she was married to Allen was Leurany Heart groath . . . .,."

Sources

• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/n/Joe-Hinds-NY/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0520.html
• http://hagen.familyfiles.info/2/1741.htm
• http://www.johnbrobb.com/JBR-ALLENtrees.htm
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 May 2021, 12:28), entry for Drury Allen (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVKQ-XQY ); contributed by various users.
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/89179402/drury-allen : accessed 22 May 2021), memorial page for Drury Allen (1749–18 Apr 1823), Find A Grave: Memorial #89179402, citing Drury Allen Cemetery, Anson County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Rick Philemon (contributor 46969369) .