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- Went with his father to Hampshire County, Va., about 1748. He secured a 222-acre Fairfax farm near Dillon's Run, which he reassigned to James Smith in 1764. After emigrating from Hampshire County, Allen married Elizabeth Giles. They lived in Rowan County, N.C., where in 1794 he was on the Rowan County Tax List of Capt. Davis of Bald Mountain District: Allen Parke-300A, 1wp. Allen, along with relatives Ebenezer, Timothy, and John Parke, moved to Madison County, Ky., late in his life and died there. They had eight children, all born in Rowan County, N.C. ,
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Allen received a land grant in 1762, Rowan Co., NC He appears in the 1790 census for Rowan Co., NC Affidavits from the" History of the Park Family" by George W. Park, is in possession of Thomas Baldwin, Jr. Allen had previously lived in Hampshire Co., Va, where he owned land next to his brother John Park/e.
Moses Parke on the Yadkin River between the mouth of Lick and Cabin Creeks. Land originally part of Allen Parke's original Rowan Co. land grant of Feb. 21, 1767 sold to Allen by Charles Smith of Montgomery Twp, Philadelphia Co., PA - 240 acres on Cabin Creek, witnessed by John Davis and Israel Cox. In 1784 part of this land deed to Charles Parke on both sides of Cabin Creek Nov. 4, 1784 adjacent to Phineas Runyan & Allen Park.
Allen first entered land in Rowan Co., NC and paid taxes, 1759-67 and 1778. Other Parkes who paid taxes were: Timothy, in 1773,1778; Ebenezer, 1778; Charles Parke 1778. All men lived next to each other. Allen sold the 240 acres of land he had purchased in 1767 to Phineas Runyon. and purchased another tract of 150 acres on Dry Fork of Lick Creek. In 1794, he recorded yet another 300 acres of land on Cabin Creek, which he sold on September 5, 1797 to Clement Lanier Sr., before he removed to Madison County, Kentucky.
Vol. 6, No. 2 Salisbury District State Docket, Superior Court page 1280 1.5 March 1778 (Jury) - Allin Park listed - he was one of 3 "not summoned".
Allen and his family moved to Madison County, Kentucky when other Parks of the Rowan area made the move. He died in Madison County prior to Dec. 2, 1805,(Letters of Administration).
Date of death has not been confirmed for a typescript version of the Certificate granted Elizabeth and Amos Parks, which is stated to have been dated December 2, 1805, for obtaining letters of administration on the estate of Allen Parks, Deceased )(Allen Park book. p. 14).
Sources: Rowan Co., NC Deeds, Land entries...Salisbury Library, Rowan Co., NC
Marriage records in Madison County. (1785-1851)
The name Park has been spelled without the "e" and sometimes with the "s".
"Allen Park, 1745-1805 of Rowan Co., NC & Madison Co., KY " by Evelyn Potter Park PS565
Descendants of Allen Park are eligible for patriotic societies of the Revolutionary war period for his services during the Revolution as Processor in Rowan Co., North Carolina, as recorded in Court Minutes dated February 6, 1778, provided they have necessary documents of proof of their own lineages. Established in DAR by Margaret Kay Park, #535542 on October 17, 1968.Allen received a land grant in 1762, Rowan Co., NC He appears in the 1790 census for Rowan Co., NC Affidavits from the" History of the Park Family" by George W. Park, is in possession of Thomas Baldwin, Jr. Allen had previously lived in Hampshire Co., Va, where he owned land next to his brother John Park/e.
Moses Parke on the Yadkin River between the mouth of Lick and Cabin Creeks. Land originally part of Allen Parke's original Rowan Co. land grant of Feb. 21, 1767 sold to Allen by Charles Smith of Montgomery Twp, Philadelphia Co., PA - 240 acres on Cabin Creek, witnessed by John Davis and Israel Cox. In 1784 part of this land deed to Charles Parke on both sides of Cabin Creek Nov. 4, 1784 adjacent to Phineas Runyan & Allen Park.
Allen first entered land in Rowan Co., NC and paid taxes, 1759-67 and 1778. Other Parkes who paid taxes were: Timothy, in 1773,1778; Ebenezer, 1778; Charles Parke 1778. All men lived next to each other. Allen sold the 240 acres of land he had purchased in 1767 to Phineas Runyon. and purchased another tract of 150 acres on Dry Fork of Lick Creek. In 1794, he recorded yet another 300 acres of land on Cabin Creek, which he sold on September 5, 1797 to Clement Lanier Sr., before he removed to Madison County, Kentucky.
Vol. 6, No. 2 Salisbury District State Docket, Superior Court page 1280 1.5 March 1778 (Jury) - Allin Park listed - he was one of 3 "not summoned".
Allen and his family moved to Madison County, Kentucky when other Parks of the Rowan area made the move. He died in Madison County prior to Dec. 2, 1805,(Letters of Administration).
Date of death has not been confirmed for a typescript version of the Certificate granted Elizabeth and Amos Parks, which is stated to have been dated December 2, 1805, for obtaining letters of administration on the estate of Allen Parks, Deceased )(Allen Park book. p. 14).
Sources: Rowan Co., NC Deeds, Land entries...Salisbury Library, Rowan Co., NC
Marriage records in Madison County. (1785-1851)
The name Park has been spelled without the "e" and sometimes with the "s".
"Allen Park, 1745-1805 of Rowan Co., NC & Madison Co., KY " by Evelyn Potter Park PS565
Descendants of Allen Park are eligible for patriotic societies of the Revolutionary war period for his services during the Revolution as Processor in Rowan Co., North Carolina, as recorded in Court Minutes dated February 6, 1778, provided they have necessary documents of proof of their own lineages. Established in DAR by Margaret Kay Park, #535542 on October 17, 1968. [3, 5, 6]
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Abt 1741 - Abt 1805 (~ 64 years)
