The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-03

act of heroism he was given large tract of land. My great-great-Erand- father. David Allen, like Richard C.. cspi conspicuous mus position in the Revolution; ary War. My great-aunt could not tell what the special act of bravery was. put knew that during her mothers lifetime. had urged that a lawsuit be brought to reclaim the bounty lands which lay where Mobile now stands. We are sure count of long and expensive law-suit matter matt sSi was abandoned. Do you know anything of stephen z; Jones of Louis s- of my Jones kin. am sure of my line back to David Allen. and Afha Lewis and Richard C.. Jones and Elizabeth Crawley Ward. am descendant of Lewis was nearly related to the Merri- wether branch of Lewises which should certainly decide my Lewis branch.
 ITO. RUFFIN-CoCKE-I have been greatly interested in the Ruffin notices: im sps k %naSsn s the nss parsRR,s Raa o who was the wife of Nathaniel Cock and was he the Nathaniel Cock that l | find in Heitman? J. B. M.
 1n: THOMAS BENNETT lived in the | southeastern part of Louden County, Va. in 1790. A few years afterward he re- moved to Nelson County, Ky. A Thomas Maryland Regiment, Captain Deans company served for three years and was honorably discharged. Were these two the same man?
 married Annie Tillett. He was reared by wealthy parents, had servants to attend him wherever he went and was very aristocratic in his bearing.
 fa of H- ing in the northern part of Maryland, on the eastern side of the Chesapeake. who owned large bodies of land. and m ent of the Revolutionary War, in the manufacture of iron They failed fnan- cially during the war. Was Thomas fennett of Lopdsn County a member formerly reside in Maryland? There are Tilletts in Eastern Virginia. and some who migrated from that State are now Tillett. Dean of the Theological School family.
 father of Thomas Bennett 2f Louden | County. M. B. B | Answers.
 15E. LAwRENCE--Seeing a query in last Sunday Advertiser in regard to | Rufus Haywood Lawrence, I think I can give some information. He moved 10 | Tuscaloosa from Lagrange, Ala, and was killed by horse about 1S43. His l first wife was Mary Prime. His chill dren by this marriage were Maria. who married Haywood Parker; James. liar riet, who married John Colgin; Mary. Robert, William. who married Miss Cald- McCrary, Charity. who married Mir. | Newell.
 His second wife was Lucy Anthony He had children by this marriage, but A~ AAA IrA AhAtN To A1A Lawrence of Livingston, Ala. Is his grandson. I suppose MT. King could get the information he desires from him.
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 (PIease send us the Haywood record. 1t will be interesting to many readers. This column is for mutual information. -Editor.J
 155 LAWRENCE-In answer to query in The Advertiser of the 2oth. will say MT. Lawrence lived in Tuscaloosa. ried MT. Colgin), Robert, William. Mary and Arianna, his first wife's children MT. Lawrence married Miss Anthony by them Lily. who married Mir. Alto V. Lee. I think Mir. Lawrence had two sisters who married brothers of the name of Prince Tuscaloosa. 122. CLAIBORNE-FOX- - Philadelphia Claiborne. the wife of Lieut.. Thomas Fox, was the daughter of Wm Clai- VIII, page 3S4) It is said that there is full Claiborne gcneaology published in Vol. l. of the Virginia Magazine. Nos. 3 and 4.
 15S. ALLEN-David Allen served as a Lieutenant in Virginia troops in conti- mental line, tpage 250. Vol. H., Va. Mag) In Saffell's Records, page All, he is men, tioned as a Lieutenant from Virginia. and he Is in the list of those officers who were either killed in service, became supernumerary, or served to the end of the war and acquired the right to half der act of Congress. On page 5O1 his name is found in a list of officers for whose Revolutionary services Virginia military land warrants were issued prior ister, David Allen of Virginia, is de scribed as Second Lieutenant. 5th Vir- ginia. 10th of May. ITS: transferred to 3d Virginia. 14th of September. 177S; prisoner at Charleston, 12th of May, 17SO. exchanged July 17sl; served to close of the war. As M. c. H. says that David Allen was born in 175O, he was not too young (as she feared) to serve in the Revolution, and was doubtless the hero of the above description, as it tallies with her family traditions; The editor advises M. c. H. to join the D. A. R. Society on the excellent record of David Allen
 1GO. JONES-There is no General Jones from Virginia to be found on the list of officers in Heitmans Register. There are other officers by that name but no generals. Mrs. FTournoy Rivers of Pu- laski, Tenn. is d descendant of Peter Jones. who founded Petersburg, through Lieutenant Binn Jones, his grandson. She has published notes on her ancestry. We would advise M. C. II. to apply to her for information.
 l49. WiLLIAMS-For the use of Miss Nj. L. Strngtield of Waynesvile, N. C., State Regent of North Carolina, l send the following beautiful description of the home of Col. Joseph Williams of Surry now Yadkin County, N. C. The Nich- olas Williams mentioned was his son. and successor in ownership of the home Col. Joseph Williams, son of Nathaniel Williams. was horn in Hanover County, Va. March z, HIS. and in l766 he re- moved to I,, anville County. N. C., where many of his relatives lived. Here he married Rebecca the daughter of Thom- as Lanieer (not Le Noir), and soon thereafter he settled near the Shallow Ford of the Yadkin River, the location of the home described below When