Allen
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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
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October 17, 1888
Rec’d of DJ Allen J.O. Five dollars fine State v. I M Flake (Col) Oct 17 1888 S. H. Hearne C.T. 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 otherwise Continue reading
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Treasure Chest Thursday
For the next year, or more, you’ll see my latest family treasure discovery. All of my life I’d heard about these ‘love letters’ that were sent between my great-grandparents in the late twenties. She was a teacher. I’d never actually seen these letters. I’m not sure how long my aunt had the actual letters, whether Continue reading
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A Reward of Merit
A Reward of Merit Presented to Mr. Jones Allen by ?. ?. Wright for most improvement in Writing At a School taught at Zoar Church begun Jan 30th and ended Feb 10th A.D. 1882 This post is part of a series of transcriptions of letters, papers, receipts, and other ephemera that are held in the Continue reading
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Five Ancestors Ago–Nancy McSwain Allen (52 Ancestors)
Nancy McSwain Allen was my 3rd great grandmother via her son David Jones Allen his daughter Virginia Allen Smith her son his daughter According to her gravestone, she was born August 22, 1828 and died May 10, 1806. The year of her birth was fairly close to what was reported on each census I’ve seen. Continue reading
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Five Ancestors Ago–William Allen (52 Ancestors #5)
I found a challenge yesterday and thought it would be a perfect way to really get this blog going. I’m going to go back (cheat) and add the other two for previous weeks and I’ll catch up the other two posts sometime later. In August of 1862, William Allen headed to war. On August 6th, Continue reading
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Three Ancestors Ago…A Picture doesn’t always tell the whole story (52 Ancestors #3)
For this photo, Grandmother Allen (Rosa Caudle Allen) took little Virginia and Margie to Troy. It may be hard to tell from the photo, but this was no simple feat. She had to get them up early and get a ride to the train station in Norwood (a couple miles away). Then, they took the Continue reading
Chasing the Past 