JOHN ALLEN & WINIFRED VANLANDINGHAM
VARIOUS SITES ON THE WWW ALLEGE THAT THE JOHN ALLEN WHO MARRIED (1) MIDDLETON MYRICK (WIDOW OF JOHN CHRISTMAS) ALSO MARRIED WINIFRED VANLANDINGHAM.THEIR NAMES APPEAR IN THE WARREN COUNTY, NC MARRIAGE BONDS 3-2-1805.THIS IS NOT THE SAME JOHN ALLEN.RECORDS IN THE CHESTER COUNTY, SC. COURT HOUSE INDICATE THAT MIDDLETON ALLEN WAS ALIVE AND WELL IN 1822 AND 1823 WHEN SHE SIGNED DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE SALE OF SEVERAL SLAVES INHERITED FROM HER FATHER, WILLIAM MYRICK.SHE ALSO INTENDED TO HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE SLAVES PASS TO HER GRANDCHILDREN.LAST WEEK WHILE RESEARCHING ANOTHER SUBJECT, I CAME ACROSS WINNIE AND JOHN ALLEN IN GREENE COUNTY, GA.WINNIE WAS NAMED AS AN ALTERNATE BENEFICIARY IN THE WILL OF OLDEN NEAL (HER BROTHER). THE WILL WAS DATED 1 FEBRUARY 1833 AND WAS WITNESSED BY JOHN ALLEN, WILLIAM F. VANLANDINGHAM AND STEPEHN C HESTER.IT WAS RECORDED 6 JUNE 1854.JAMES W GODKIN, ORDINARY.FURTHER DIGGING SHOWED THAT JOHN ALLEN APPEARS IN THE GREENE COUNTY CENSUS OF 1850 AND HE WAS 68 YEARS OLD AND WAS FROM NORTH CAROLINA.HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN IN 1782 AND WOULD HAVE BEEN 23 WHEN HE SIGNED THE MARRIAGE BOND WITH WINNIE.MY JOHN ALLEN WAS BORN IN 1752.