Genealogy of George Allen Family of Halifax NC

Q149 GEORGE ALLEN: b. in Halifax, N. C. in 1745 and d. in 1836. His father
     was a native of England. The date of his arrival in America is not
     known. George fought in the Revolutionary War under General Nathaniel
     Green and was in the battle of Eutaw Springs, S. C. He m. Susannah
     Rievis, dau. of a French Hugenot. They had:
         (1) George: b. 1774. Settled in Tennessee.
         (2) Benjamin: b. 1776.
         (3) William: settled in Alabama.
         (4) Eli Rievis: b. 1793; m. Catherine Smith. Had the folowing ch.:
             (A) Clark: d. 1910.
             (B) O. Lee: d. 1911.
             (C) Cornelia.
             (D) Catherine.
             (E) George: a physician; d. 1890.
             (F) Robert: b. 1826. Killed in battle of the Peninsula, Civil
                 War. He m. Elizabeth Robinson, 1845. Two ch.:
                 (a) Lee.
                 (b) Avery Clark: b. on Cane River, N. C., 1846, and
                     drowned in Lake Ozette, Wash., 1904. He m. Fannie
                     Holcombe, 1865. They had:
                     1. Robert Lee: b. 1867.
                     2. Willard M.: b. 1868. Retired Inspector, Department
                        Interior U. S. M. in 1894 and has three dau.:
                        A. Carmen E.: b. 1895.
                        B. Elithe: b. 1902.
                        C. Lovada L.: b. 1908.
                     3. Elizabeth: b. 1870.
                     4. Howard H.: b. 1872.
                     5. Lois H.: b. 1874.
                     6. George C.: b. 1875.
                     7. Ira E.: b. 1877.
                     8. John L.: b. 1881.
                     9. Virginia C.: b. 1884.