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James Kenedy Allen

Full Name: James Kenedy Allen
Birth date: 1814
Death date: Deceased, date unknown

Terms of Service

  • House, 10th (1) Legislature
    11/2/1863 - 10/16/1864
     
(1) James K. Allen did not attend 2nd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

Other Resources

  • James K. Allen, marriage to Sally M. Terry, 7/12/1837 in Todd County, Kentucky.
    Census of 1850 - James K. Allen, District No. 2, Todd County, Kentucky, age 36, born circa 1814 in Kentucky, farmer, living in household with Sarah N. Allen (age 36, born circa 1814 in Kentucky), children William T., Mary A., and James K. Allen.
    James K. Allen and Sallie Terry, parents of Mollie Allen King, birth date 5/17/1844 in Kentucky, death date 10/6/1928 in Fort Worth, Texas. FamilySearch . Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 1850
  • Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954
  • James K. Allen, "the senior pioneer ancestor of the Allen family" in Tarrant County, married Sallie M. Terry in Todd County, Kentucky, and had four children: William Terry, Mary Ann or "Mollie," James K. III, and Sarah Katherine or "Katie." James K. Allen (Sr.) and family came to Tarrant County in 1854. "Allen Family Among First Tarrant Settlers: Group Part of Kentuckians to Arrive Here 1854," photo of James K. Allen, Sr., 10/17/1926, p. 3. Fort Worth Star-Telegram .
  • Confederate States Army, private, Company K, Johnson's Mounted Volunteers, 14th Texas Cavalry. John Kenedy Allen. Handbook of Texas Online .
  • ALLEN, JAMES KENEDY, JR. (1814–unknown). Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Mentioned; "Another group of wagons with ten families arrived in 1854. Included in their group was James K. Allen, Sr. with his wife and three children and his brother-in-law Stephen Terry and his family. They settled on a tract of land that Rowland had given up. J.K. Allen, Sr. later became a County Commissioner and a State Representative." Pioneers of White Settlement, Texas .

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