David Jones Allen Papers
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DJ Allen, JP — 1893
April 6, 1883 Rec’d of Jones Allen JP fines State vs John Talbert 1.00 ” vs Henry Furr .50 ” vs Henry Hooks .50 $2.00 This April 6th 1893 Geo. D Palmer C. Treas DJ Allen served as Justice of the Peace for Stanly County for many years. Unfortunately, I cannot find any information on Continue reading
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Finding long lost relatives
After a looooong hiatus, I’m back. Even though I’ve been at this a while, my attention span often gets in the way of me doing deep dives into finding people. I’m also wondering why such the struggle because today, she was pretty easy to find. I just used a few different words and a different Continue reading
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December 29, 1888
$20.00 One day after date I promise to pay John A Tyson or ??? twenty dollars balance said of 8% interest per annum until paid Dec 29th 1888 DJ Allen {Seal} What was DJ Allen paying $20 for in 1888? That would be just over $3000 in today’s money. Let’s see… This is to certify Continue reading
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December 5, 1888
I have this day released a bay mare that I had a mortgage on that was the property of WF Caudle + said Caudle has trade(???) said mare to Jones Allen Esq Dec 5th 1888 D N Bennett Continue reading
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December 31, 1888
Rec’d of ML Burnhardt One Dollar as ? in case State against 1 Sid? Harris col for 2 days attendance before DJ Allen JP DK Thompson Through some cursory census searches I’ve found some names but I’m certainly not sure I’ve found the right people. The only ML Bernhardt I can find is in Rowan Continue reading
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September 12, 1882
Rec’d of DJ Allen Five + 30/100 Dollars in full of acct for 1882 to date Dec 9th 1882 HC Turner As noted here, HC Turner is listed on the 1880 census as a merchant in Center, Stanly County, NC. This post is part of a series of transcriptions of letters, papers, receipts, and other Continue reading
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November 17, 1888
Received Nov. 17 1888 of Dd. Allen the sum of Five + 45/100 dollars in full of my ??? against him to date. A. Whitley This post is part of a series of transcriptions of letters, papers, receipts, and other ephemera that are held in the Smith Family Collection. All originals are held in this Continue reading
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November 21, 1888
Rec’ of DJ Allen JP Six 60/100 dollars fine state vs E D Colson & Sidney Horne Nov 21st 1888 A.H. Hearne CT This post is part of a series of transcriptions of letters, papers, receipts, and other ephemera that are held in the Smith Family Collection. All originals are held in this collection, unless Continue reading
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October 27, 1888
No 8 Center Township, Stanly County 27 Oct, 1888 Received of D. J. Allen His Taxes for 1888, as follows: For State Tax, $2.80 For County and School Tax, 1.19 Poll Tax, Continue reading
Chasing the Past 