Cassandra (Bird) Allison (1760 - 1854)

Born 3 Oct 1760 in Frederick, Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Allison — married 17 Aug 1779 in Wilkes County, NC

Descendants

Died 1854 at about age 93 in McDowell County, NC, Old Fort

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NOTE: Cassandra is designated as "Generation 3" in the Bird DNA Study.^[1]

Biography

Cassandra was born in 1760.^[2] She passed away in 1854^[3][4]

She was baptised Apr. 25, 1760 in Prince George Co. MD

She married Thomas Allison in 1779 in Wilkes Co. NC. He was born in the same parish in MD. Cassandra Allison is listed as age 91 (b. 1759) on the 1850 census of McDowell Co. NC. On this census Cassandra is in the household of Moses Allison and her birthplace is given as Maryland. According to a letter written in 1870's by Richard Bird Maffitt, "Mother's grandfather was a Virginian but moved to McDowell Co. before the Revolution. He had some sons and one daughter: Jonothan, Thomas, Richard and Benjamin Bird were their names, Kasander married a man whose name was Thomas Allison". The above written by D.C. Stewart(16676) of Etowah, TN., Bird descendants.

Cassandra was born in 1760. She passed away in 1854 in McDowell County, NC.

NOTE: CONTINUED RESEARCH BY KENNETH RICKETT DOES SUGGEST THAT THE GRAVE OF CASSANDRA ALLISON IN HELEN, LAWRENCE COUNTY, GA IS NOT THE GRAVE OF CASSANDRA BIRD WHO MARRIED THOMAS ALLISON AND SETTLED MCDOWELL CO. NC. CASSANDRA BIRD AND HER HUSBAND THOMAS ALLISON LIVED IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR SEVERAL DECADES. THOMAS DIED IN 1848 IN MCDOWELL CO. NC AND IN 1850 CASSANDRA ALLISON, AGE 91 WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF HER SON MOSES ALLISON AND HER BIRTHPLACE WAS LISTED AS MARYLAND.

The above has been confirmed. The Cassandra (maiden name ??) Allison who died 1851 Habersham Co. GA and was buried in the Lawrence Cemetery of White Co. GA was the spouse of Benjamin Allison (d. 1843), a brother to Thomas Allison (died 1848) who married Cassandra Bird 1760-1854. McDowell Co. NC records show that John Ricketts, son in law, was adm. of the estate of Cassandra Bird Allison in 1854 after she died about 94 years of age. Both Thomas and Cassandra Bird Allison were likely buried in Old Ebenezer Cemetery near Old Fort, McDowell County, NC in unmarked graves.

The 1848 estate records of Thomas Allison, deceased on 6 Feb 1848, reveal the children:, to wit, George Allison and his wife Barbara, Moses Curtis and his wife Mary Allison, Elizabeth Allison (Banning) wife of Frazier Banning, James Banning and his his Jemima Allison, John Ricketts and his wife Winny Allison, Jonathan Allison, Thomas Allison, Bird Allison, Moses Allison, and the children of Benjamin Allison (deceased, 1843) who were R. Hollingsworth and his wife Rachel Allison, Airy Allison, Winny Allison, James Allison, and Cassandra Allison (Ledford).

Cassandra Bird Allison, was nearing 90 years of age when her husband Thomas Allison died. So Charles Mackey was the administrator of the estate of Thomas Allison probably by Cassandra's request.

On 8 December 1848 Cassandra Bird Allison filed for division of property as Thomas died without a will. Thomas owned 632 acres on Newberry Fork and Cane (Cain) Creek in McDowell County, NC and usually widows are entitled to one third. On 12 January 1849 Cassandra Bird Allison, widow, was granted by the court one-third of the property that included the homeplace.

McDowell County Estate records indicate that John Rickett, son in law, was appointed to administrate the estate of Cassandra Bird Allison, wife of Thomas Allison who died 6 Feb 1848. However, the continuation of the the settlement of the intestate Thomas Allison spanned some twenty years, and Cassandra died in 1854, possibly in 1853.

Research Notes

DNA testing has established that Casandra's father Benjamin was descended from the New Castle Co. Bird family of Thomas Bird and Annika Stedham and not related to the Bird family of Rock Creek in Maryland.^[5] Both were Irish families but the former proceeded the latter in America by a generation.

Sources

1. ↑ Bird DNA Study.
2. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYLW-NF6Z : 12 February 2020), Casandra Bird, 1760.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 October 2021) (Note: FAG profile has been merged and appears to be a different person.)
4. ↑ McDowell County NC estate records, John Ricketts, adm. appointed 1854
5. ↑ Byrd DNA Study DNA Detail for the Bird DNA Study: Generation 1

See Also:

• "Bird Family of Burke County, North Carolina"(net).
• Marriages of Wilkes County, North Carolina, 1778-1868]
• "Some Southern Appalachian Ancestors & Old World Roots"(net).
• "My Genealogy Home Page : Information About Benjamin Bird"(net).
• 1850 census McDowell Co. NC.
• Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZV-6LM : 16 March 2018), Casandra Bird, 03 Oct 1760; citing Birth, , Frederick, Maryland, United States, various libraries, churches, historical and national societies, private and public records; FHL microfilm 14,081.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMS-VCCP : 28 November 2018), Thomas Ellison and Casandra Bird, 17 Aug 1779; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMS-487Y : 28 November 2018), Thomas Allison and Casandra Bird, 17 Aug 1779; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFS7-4ZH : 4 November 2017), Thomas Allison and Casandren Bird, 17 Aug 1779; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 1,730,604.
• "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8BV-LJJ : 10 February 2018), Thomas Allison and Casandren Bird, 17 Aug 1779; citing Wilkes,North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,330,285.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF95-LNR : 4 November 2017), Thomas Ellison and Casandre* Bird, 17 Aug 1779; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 546,476.
• "North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q296-9MYG : 11 May 2018), Thomas Allison and Casandren Bird, 1779.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B8-SMZ : 12 April 2016), Cassandra Allison in household of Moses Allison, McDowell county, McDowell, North Carolina, United States; citing family 283, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Cassandra Allison is aged 91 in this census.

NC, US, Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 (McDowell County, NC records)