Patience (Julian) Allred (1772 - 1856)

Born 15 Sep 1772 in Guilford, North Carolina, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of William Allred — married 8 Aug 1790 in Randolph, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1856 at age 83 in Grays Chapel, Randolph, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Research Notes

Here is a letter written by William and Patience Allred to their son, Elijah. It gives a ton of information on William and Patience's family.

Letters to Son and Daughter

North Carolina, Randolph County, July the 14th, 1843, to Elijah Allred, Shreveport, LA. This letter to be forwarded to the Republic of Texas, Harrison County.

Dear Son and Daughter:

It is by and through a kind providential hand that I am permitted to write these lines to tell you that we are yet alive and enjoying moderate health in Common tho often complaining; and we cheerfully hope these lines may find you all in good health. We received your letter bearing date May the 20th and posted June the 5th; on the 11th of July; Which gives us much satisfaction to hear from several of them that we had not heard from in a great while.

As you requested to know whether the remaining part of my family was married or not, I can tell you that Mahlon was married the first day of September, 1842, to Miss Nelly Patterson; and is living in the house that Stephen lived in, but is building a verry good house on the premises and has got it up and covered two stories high; the rest of the family is living with me; and as you requested to know how your brothers were doing, I will give you a Brief Sketch of what I think is their standing in life:

My son Reubin is living on the Old Place and is working hard and lives as well as his Neighbours But will take a dram too many sometimes, but is not enthrauld nor in debt. My son John is living in Franklinville and is tending the Mill that was Coffins and has bought a lot and has built a verry good house on it and I believe that four or five of his family is working in the Cotton factory at that place and is doing as good business as any family in the place, and I believe sustains as good Credit as any of the hands in the factory;

My son William is living on the same place he did when you went away and has a large family and is doing very well; he has Built a fraim at the Side and end of his old house and has finished them off very well and has made the Quite comfortable; Your Uncle John is scufling along with a great gang of negroes hard beset to make matters meet some Owing to the Bad conduct of two of his sons;

Elisha is doing very well but John and Claburn is doing no good. John's property is under execution and to be Sold next Monday and I don't see any way he has to prevent them from being sold, and he is not all that is Borne down by hard times and no money and it is hard enough for them that tries to pay their debts and I don't see where those that don't try to pay their debts can ground their hope that they would fair any Better.

You also express a desire to know how your Uncle Samuel Allred and family was doing; I will give you a brief sketch. I believe he is getting along moderately; the hand of providence has Borne down very heavy of late. Some year or two past his old father in law became insane, void of sence and reason, and he took him home to take care of him, which was a great trouble. But some time last Spring he Sickened and Died, and has left him to drag out the rest of his days in trouble and Solitude.

Elisha Coffin's wife died four or five days before your Aunt Polly Allred; I will give you a list of those who had Died of your acquaintance since you went from this Country. Among the Dead are Benjamin Elliott, George Hoover, Isaac Lane, Reubin Lamb, Robert Murdock, Peter Dicks, Aaron Shaw, Isaac Wilson, Henry Gravin, Manlove Cawsey, Francis Lineberry, John Trogdon & his wife, Elisha Reynolds, Samuel Brown, John Elliott, William Walker, John Moss, William Hogan, Thomas Fentress; perhaps many others not recollected at present;

As for my Own part I have no reasonable grounds to supose that I should be far behind them as I am so far advanced as to expect an attack that would sweep me from the Stage of Action and enroll my name in the list that I have just now taken; altho my health with a very few exceptions has been as good through the last winter and spring as to appetite as it ever was in any part of my life; for which Blessing with many Others I desire to be thankful;

I suppose it is unnecesswary to Say much about this Old Country; But I think it would be right to give it a place in my Narrative; produce is plenty and market low Owing I believe to the Bad economy of Our Government Rulers for ever since the contest has raged so high about Moneyed Institutions that people is afraid to engage money on account of the Scarcity of that article; Before that Embarasment, I thought this Old Country was Improving verry fast; the two Cotten factories one at the Cedar Falls and the other at Coffin's Mill, now called Franklinville, they Manufacture vast quantities of Cotton thread and Cloth and sells thred at ninety cents for five pounds and cloth from eight to ten cents per yard.

My desire is if you ever receive these lines, that you will be sure to write to me as soon as Convenient and give me a full description of your country and of its qualities and its government and also the Commonwealth price that land is selling at; for it may happen that Some of Us would take a notion to come to that Country; for it would suit me very well to be in Some Country Where Stock would live the year round without feeding; for I have Considerable of Stock to attend to and it tires me so bad that I can not stand up to it much longer, and where we could live as well as We ever have. But how long it will continue is not likely to be very long as I am left Single handed to work my way through this World the best Way I can;

I and Mahlon was in Fayettesville some time in May last with Bacon and Whiskey; Bacon was worth from five to six dollars per hundred and Whiskey from twenty to thirty cents per gallon; flour is worth about Six dollars per Barrel; and Corn about fifty cents per Bushel;

We never knew where my son Stephen had got too till we recd Elijah's letter, in which he stated that you were living within about two miles from him; But don't say how rich you are for it there was any surplus there is Some people in this Country that would be very willing to receive it; and if there could be any remedy for this defect it would not be too late to apply it.

I should be glad, heartily glad to see all my sons that has gone far to the West; but I very little expect ever to see any of them again during my stay in this World; my son Renee is gone far away from all his Connections and I have not had a scrape of a pen from him since he left Tennessee; nor no word or any account of him in any way; so I want you to Select the Best information you can and give me a schedule of his Standing in life; my son Laban has been the most mindful of any of you in writing to Us, and We have Neglected answering his last letter, But now expect to start one with this;

John McCollom and George Lineberry Died since I commenced writing this letter. We have no account where Stephen's Son Alford is. I want you to tell me; so I Close my Scrabbling Narrative with our Best wishes for your wellfare and happiness; so fare well.

William Allred

and

Patience Allred

• DAR info. for William Allred and Patience Julian: https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm?action=full&p_id=A002014

• Julian Family Research: https://www.tngenweb.org/bradley/b_julian.htm

Sources

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRD-9JX : accessed 25 January 2023), Patience Allred in household of William Allred Jr, Randolph, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 297, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 32; FHL microfilm 337,908.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYY6-S5L8?cc=1803765&wc=QZZC-17J%3A1588179904%2C1588182502%2C1588179902 : 1 December 2015), North Carolina > Randolph > Not Stated > image 4 of 68; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGS-8LG : accessed 25 January 2023), Patience Allred in household of William Allred, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.

• 1830 Census, Randolph County, North Carolina. Randolph County GenWeb, for Patience Allred in household of William Allred, 1830. http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/randolph/census/1830/0057a.gif

• Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Year: 1840; Census Place: Northern Division, Randolph, North Carolina; Roll: 369; Page: 105; Family History Library Film: 0018097. Patience Allred in household of William Allred, 1840. Image

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BN-VX3 : 14 December 2022), Patience Allred, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8L-1BBN : 8 March 2021), William Allred, 1849; citing Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,069,629.

• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8L-1BB4 : 8 March 2021), Patience Allred, 1858; citing Randolph County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,069,629.

• Cemetery Records or Gravestone Transcriptions.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11380920/patience-allred : accessed 11 May 2022), memorial page for Patience Julian Allred (15 Sep 1772–26 Feb 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11380920, citing Grays Chapel Cemetery, Grays Chapel, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Mona Hura (contributor 47044150).