Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Metcalfe County.

ORLANDO C. ALLEN was born July 2, 1852, in Adair County, Ky. At the age 
of three years he came with his parents to Cumberland County, Ky.; in 
1879 to Barren County, and about three years afterward to Metcalfe 
County while he still resides. His father, Norman Allen, was born in 
Cumberland County about 1821, where he now resides.  His is a son of 
George Allen, who was born in Virginia about 1794, and whose father, 
Joseph Allen, a Virginian, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and of 
English descent. Norman Allen, married, about 1844, Amanda, daughter of 
Noah and Elizabeth (Carter) Turk. To this union were born Amelia 
(deceased), Lewis (deceased), Jane (Young), Orlando C., George, Hettie 
(Allen), William, James (deceased), and Earna (Stockton). Orlando C. 
married, May 27, 1877, Sarah, daughter of Bennett and Martha (Hutchens) 
Greer. Mr. Allen is the owner of a first rate steam saw and grist-mill 
on the Horse Cave Road in Metcalfe County, which he has acquired by his 
own industry.  He is a moral man, a believer in the doctrines of the 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in politics a Democrat.

Allen Carter Greer Hutchens Stockton Turk Young
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Adair Barren Cumberland VA

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