I85211: Devereaux Frederick ALLEN C.S.A. (Nov 1845

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2 Devereaux Frederick Allen b: Nov 1845 d: 1933 + Delilah T. Layne b: May 1850.
Children:
Children
Reuben Thomas Allen b: 18 Sep 1873 in Amherst County, Virginia
Florence M. Allen b: Oct 1875 in Amherst County, Virginia
Roberta C. Allen b: 8 May 1876 in Amherst County, Virginia
Samuel H. "Sam" Allen b: 18 Dec 1877 in Amherst County, Virginia
Bertha G. Allen b: May 1878 in Amherst County, Virginia
Joseph T. Allen b: 11 Apr 1879 in Amherst County, Virginia
Lula Rob Allen b: 20 Oct 1880 in Amherst County, Virginia
Lula Lane Allen b: Jul 1882 in Amherst County, Virginia

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From "Notes on the Garnett Families of Virginia" from Charles L. Garnett:

Orange County Marriage Register, page 1. Thomas Garnett to Rachel Hawkins, St. Thomas Parish, October 3, 1760.

Orange County Marriage Register, page 9,. Thomas Garnett to Sucky Brockman, daughter of Samuel Brockman, St. Thomas Parish, November 15, 1780.

Deed Book No. 18, page 168, Orange County. Deed by Thomas Garnett and Sucky, his wife, of Carolina Co., to Lindsay. Dated March 21, 1783.

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Land Bequest: 1751 in Pr. WilliamCo, VA 1
Fin. distress: 1761 in Pr. WilliamCo, VA

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"Benj T. m. his neighbors Daughter of David John Martin and Susannah Bange (Benge), who was the 10th child of Thomas Benge and Susannah Lewis and gd of Wm Terrel Lewis and Sarah Martin Lewis of VA." ^[S838]

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"The Old Tavern, long since vanished, with its round swinging sign and low bar room, one corner of which was fortified with long pine pickets, extended from the bar to the very ceiling, in times of youre was owned successively by Wm Allsworth, Phillip Swartz, Isaac Dolph, Henry W. Drinker and Samuel Depuy before its destruction by fire."

At one time all the children owned farms between Moscow and Hollisterville, and at this time the farms are owned by the same families, except. three.

"I have reason to believe that a Henry Swartz lived in the Moscow area of Lackawanna Co., Pa. I don't know if this Henry is the father of George W. because I don't know who Henry married. The Henry that I know of is the son of Philip and Maria Magdalena Kratzer Swartz. He was born in March of 1804 and baptized 1 July, 1804 in Easton, Northampton Co., Pa. Philip, his brothers Michael and Balthasar, their sister Margaretha Biesecker Swartz, and most of their children moved to Luzerne / Lackawanna Co. between 1816 & 1820."

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Subject: [PA-LAC] DOLPH Surname History of Dunmore 1937
from janice olds [email protected] 14 Jul 2003
This look-up was for the surname DOLPH though there are references in the passages to other surnames. jho

"History of Dunmore Commemorating Seventy-Fifth Anniversary 1937"

p. 8- Early Settlers
"In 1770 the Lackawanna Walley was divided into two townships; these were named Providence and Pittston. The area of each township was about 36 square miles. Dunmore was a part of the Providence twonship. In 1771, the first settlers came from Providence Township. They were originally from Connecticut, but there is no record of their names."

"Twelve years later, in 1783, according to Dr. Horace Hollister, an early historian, William Allsworth of Connecticut - a shoemaker by trade - reached here one evening and deeming it a suitable place, camped for the night. He had been searching for a location in the Wyoming Valley, on the land owned by Connecticut, but, liking the Dunmore locality, determined to settle here. Bringing his wife and family with him in a covered wagon, he took up land and built a long-cabin from the trees which had to be removed to make room for a dwelling and garden, and utilized the wagon as a sleeping place during the erection of the cabin."

"The house of Mr. Allsworth, famed for his readiness, as host, to smooth by his dry humor and kindliness the ruggedness of every man's daily road, became a common point of interest and attraction to the wayfarer. He kept the old inn, locted at the northeast intersection of Blakely and Drinker Streets until his death; his wife continued it for several years longer. The old tavern, with its round swinging sign and low rooms, was finally destroyed by fire."

"Charles Dolph, John Carey, and John West, in the summer of 1795, began the labor of clearing and plowing lands in the neighborhood of Bucktown or the Corners, as this place was called. Abundance of deer in the woods about Allsworth's and roast venison, a permanent fixture on the menu at the Inn, is generally understood to have caused the pioneers of the region to call the little hamlet of half dozen houses, "Bucktown."

Later, when the first foot-path from Blakely to the Roaring Brook crossed the Wyoming or Connecticut Road at Allsworth, it also became known as the "Corner."

"Four years later, Edward Lunnon, Isaac Dolph, James Brown, Philip Swartz, and Levi DePuy purchased land and settled here between 1799 and 1805."

p.8/9- Farming
"Mr. William Potter of Shoemaker Avenue, Dunmore, gave us the only available account of Dunmore as a farming community. He tells us that before the completion of the Gravity Railroad, Dunmore was an agricultural community, there being many large and fertile farms within its borders. Each farm-owner also possessed large tracts of wooded land, by which he added to his income, by cutting down the trees and sawing them into different kinds of lumber. There was a saw mill located ont he Roaring Brook, at what is now known as Number Six.

The following men who owned farms were:
Isaac Dolph - one hundred acres - located just above Dunmore Cemetery on N. Blakely St.
Edward Dolph - fifty-seven acres - on South Blakely St, of which Laurel Hill Park is now a part.
Jonathan Apgar - sixty-five acres - on S. Blakely St.; his home is still standing [1937]. It was the home of his grandson, George Nye, but has been recently purchased by the Dunmore American Legion.
Edward Spencer - three hundred and eighteen acres. Mr. Spencer's house was on E. Drinker St., opposite the Spencer shaft.
Calvin Spencer - one hundred and fifty acres - E. Drinker St.
Samuel Sherwood - one hundred and fifty acres - E. Drinker St. The house was knwon as the Marcus Smith House for a good many years. The Carney and Brown Breaker is located on this farm.

Philip Swartz, eighty acres, located on E. Drinker St. This house was constructed of logs and was torn down to make room for the brick house of the George Potter.

Charles Potter, seventy acres, located on S. Blakely St. His home was on the corner of Green Ridge St.

Isaac Depew, seventy acres, N. Blakely Street, the house of Levi Depew, two hundred and ten acres, N. Blakely Street."

My Southern Family

Devereaux Frederick ALLEN C.S.A.

Nov 1845 - 1933

ID Number: I85211

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Susannah BURFORD

1767 - BEF 1820

ID Number: I87581

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Thomas GARNETT

1738 - ____

ID Number: I71719

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Rebecca L. HILL

ABT 1840 - ____

ID Number: I62436

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Howard KELLEY

Margaret LANE

John LINTON

by 1731 - 1775

ID Number: I46515

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Mary Elizabeth MARTIN

2 Feb 1797 - ABT 1863

ID Number: I3842

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Robert Nicholas SHORE

1867 - 1868

ID Number: I33911

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Philip SWARTZ

1775 - 1835

ID Number: I37232

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