Individual Details

Chatham Co formed from Orange Co, 1770
Alamance Co was formed from Orange Co, 1849 (Snow Camp now in Alamance as is the Cane Creek MM)

Cane Creek Friends Meeting, founded in 1751, is considered the first established Quaker community in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. The site was occupied by British troops during the American Revolutionary War.

Thomas was first married to Elizabeth Stout, about 1825. She died in 1848.

1850 Census. Upper Regiment, Chatham Co, NC, Hh 549
Thomas Allen, 46
Elizabeth J., 25
Jane, age 14? (number marked out - Etta Jane perhaps)
Elizabeth, 8
Thomas A., 1 (only child of Elizabeth Pugh)
Joel, 16

1860 Census. Alamance, NC, Hh 896
Thomas Allen, 36, Carpenter
E. J., 25
Elizabeth, 18
Thos. 13
Nancy, 9
John, 7
Albert, 6
Wm, 3
Martha, age 1

Birth	17 Jul 1804	Chatham County, North Carolina
Marriage	4 Jul 1848	Orange County, North Carolina - Elizabeth Jane Pugh
Death	26 Aug 1878	Alamance County, North Carolina

Spouse	Elizabeth Jane Pugh (1825 - 1865)
Child	Albert Hugh Allen (1855 - 1905)

Father	Peter Allen (1781 - 1845)
Mother	Elizabeth Dixon (1781 - 1849)