John Colgate Allen

1797 - 1854  (56 years)

• Name	John Colgate Allen  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	26 Mar 1797	Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States of America   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1854	, Edgefield, SC, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	Saluda, Saluda County, South Carolina, United States of America   [2]
  Person ID	I13640	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Orsamus D Allen,   b. 1773   d. 1830 (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Messiah Crane,   b. 1780, Barnwell, South Carolina d. 1849, Barnwell, South Carolina (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1796  [3]
  Family ID	F6842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Beale Coate,   b. 10 Feb 1801   d. 26 May 1883, , Edgefield, SC, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1821
  Children	1. Capt. Walter Scott Allen,   b. May 1843, Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States of America d. Jul 1904, Saluda County, South Carolina, United States of America (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Washington D. Allen   d. Aft 1883  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Zulime G. Allen   d. Aft 1883  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Sarah H. Allen   d. Aft 1883  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Margaret S. Allen   d. Aft 1883  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John R. Allen   d. 1854, , Edgefield, SC, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Joseph Duncan Allen   d. 1854, , Edgefield, SC, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. James H. Allen   d. Aft 1883  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Elizabeth E. Allen   d. Aft 1883  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Ossamus Walter Allen   d. Aft 1883  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Major John C. Allen was elected Mayor of Edgefield during the days of Nullification. He was the representative for Edgefield in the State Legislature in 1852 until he died of typhoid fever in 1854. Three of his sons died with him. (C-191

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] Collins, Emma Odesa, Coate, Coates, Coats Family History and Genealogy (Lovington, New Mexico: Desert Plains Stationers, c1989). [S21] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115339273/john-colgate-allen [S185] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 108 : 1914.