Early Marriages:

Allen, Richard J. m. Martha Lamar Jan 6, 1848
Allen, Sarah Ann m. Moses P. Lamar Feb 1, 1848
Allen, Rosanna m Sterling B. Robertson Feb 1, 1848
Allen, W.J. m. Elizabeth Jane Baily May 1, 1848
Allen, Martha m. Pleasant R. Snow Aug 16, 1849
Allen, Enoch m. Elizabeth Lemmon Mar 27, 1850
Allen, Mary B. m. James L. Porter Jun 5, 1853
Allen, James m. Mary Carolina Barstow Jun 1, 1854 (or Mary Carolina Benston)
Allen, Ann Virginia m. R.H. Ward May 30, 1855

1850 Census Records:

P.R. Snow 40 M Tn
Martha Allen 36 F Ala
Virginia Allen 15 F Ala
Eliza Allen 11 F Tx
Martha Allen 4 F Tx
Richard Allen 30 M Ky
Penelope 28 F Ky
C.G. 2 F Tx
John A. Allen 30 M Miss
Carolina 33 F Miss
Joel 2 mo M Tx
William Allen 31 M Tn
Milley 29 F NC
Sarah E. 7 F Ala
Nancy E. 2 F Tx
Jacob Allen 22 M Tn
Martha 19 F Mo
James A. 5 mo M Tx

1860 Census Records

B.L. Allen Hickory Hill Precinct (Avinger)
J.C. Allen Linden Precinct
William Allen Linden Precinct
Jordan Allen Hickory Hill Precinct (Avinger)
James Allen Hickory Hill Precinct (Avinger)
Allen Allen Hickory Hill Precinct (Avinger)
John Allen Hickory Hill Precinct (Avinger)

Tax Records

1849 Martha Allen (wife of W.K. Allen, deceased)
land in W.K. Allen headright survey, 2 horses, 25 cows and 2 slaves
1949 R.J. Allen, land

Confederate Pension Applicants

Mattie Allen A-47714 (husband was Thomas Sims)
T.S. Allen Application was rejected
William Alexander Allen A-33766

Deed Records

July 13, 1847 William K. Allen & wife Martha B. Allen & their children Ann Elizabeth, Tilford Rowan & William L. Grand
Book B - pg 167: Acreage on the N. side of Ferry Lake near Smithland

1859 William & James Allen sold land to Asa Latham
Book M - pg 553

1863 William Allen sold land to James Gibson
Book P - pg 371

1886 W.A. Allen sold land to M.E. McAdams
Book 12 - pg 95-96

Probate Records

R.H. Ward, husband of Ann Virginia Allen, assigned guardian of Elijah T. Allen and Martha K. Allen, heirs of William K. Allen. William died in 1848 or 1849

An Allen Family Story

William B. Allen, son of Jim Allen and Mary Bunton, was born mar 8, 1857 in Cass Co., Tx. and died in 1918 in Kaufman Co., Tx. On Dec 25, 1879, William married Patsy Minerva Henderson. She was b. May 26, 1855 in Daviston, Tallapoosa Co., Ala and d. Mar 29, 1926. Minerva's parents were Archibald and Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" (Sims) Henderson.

William and Minerva's children were Arty, Mary Elizabeth, Martha Ellen "Mattie", James Archibald "Jim", John Samuel, Joseph and William B. Jr.

One of William Allen Sr's sisters married one of Patsy Minerva Henderson's brothers.

(Source of this family story was Shirley Burks Wells account in the "History of Cass County People".)

This was taken from the Cass County Connections, Vol 26, Sept 2000, pg. 81-82