daughter of

“We find that the Allens came from Connecticut to Virginia, and after the Revolution many went to North Carolina and from Edward “Ned” &Lucinda(Bowling) Sizemore

there to Kentucky and Tennessee. George Allen and two other Allens, it has been told, came to Kentucky about 1793, and it was paternal grandparents:

believed these three were brothers.” p. 8.

DAR states: “John Allen was born 1750 and was a second cousin of Ethan Allen, and married Janet (Jane) Colman, a daugh-maternal grandparents:

ter of Samuel and Sara Lyons Colman of Virginia. John and Samuel were both Revolutionary War soldiers.” According to this b: 1807 Clay Co, KY

version John had three sons: George, William (Bill), and an unknown (Abraham ?) p. 8.

“Bill Allen (b. ca. 1770 or 1775) married a Martin or a Gayheart. He came to Kentucky with George Allen and another

Sarah “Sally” Allen

whose name is lost (Abraham ?) about 1793. Bill went to the Licking River and raised his family in Magoffin County.”

was born in Dec 1834 in Perry County, Kentucky.

HISTORY AND GENEALOGY RECORD OF THE ALLENS-BEGLEYS-MAYS OF KENTUCKY by Jackson Allen Begley.

b: 1837

p. 60.

m: SAMUEL COMBS

Death: The family of Archibald Prater was enumerated in the 1810 Census of Floyd Co. Also present in the county was Sarah son of Moses A. &Lydia(LNU) Combs

ALLEN,the widow of Samuel Allen. William Allen, born ca 1783 in Patrick Co., Va, son of Sarah and Samuel Allen, died in b: Jun 1829 KY

Breathitt Co. in 1854.

m. Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs.

Misc. event Type: Rev War

Samuel was born in Jun 1828.

Misc. event Date: 11 SEP 1780

Samuel “Cedar Head” Combs b 25 Jun 1828 Perry Co KY d 16 Mar 1908 Perry Co KY; s/o and Nancy Campbell. Samuel “Cedar Samuel ALLEN enlisted in the Revolutionary forces, Sept 11, 1780, with Archibald PRATER. Sarah PRATER was a

Head” Combs m. Sarah Sally Allen b 1835 Knott Co KY d 27 Mar 1918 Fayette Co KY; d/o Samuel Allen and Susan Sizemore.

sister of Archibald. Samuel ALLEN signed an oath of allegiance to the United States in Henry Co., VA. on the third Monday They had the following children:

of January, 1777. A Samuel ALLEN was taken prisoner during the Rev. War by the British 19 Oct 1781. Samuel may have

14749 F i Lucinda Combs was born in 1851.

been the brother of John ALLEN. During the period of 1782-87 the name of Samuel ALLEN was on the tax lists of Henry Co.

14750 F ii Polly Combs was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Perry County, Kentucky.

VA. In 1795 Samuel ALLEN was one of the signers of a petition asking that Tazewell County be formed from part of Russell 14751 F iii Lydia Combs was born in 1857. She died in 1917.

County. In the 1810 census of Floyd County, KY. was a Sarah ALLEN, probably the widow of Samuel ALLEN. (What is the