1794 Will of John Allen, Craven County
John Allen of Craven County, North Carolina, drafted his last will on October 7, 1794. He bequeathed his plantation and 700 acres of land to his wife, Ann G. Allen, for her widowhood, along with enslaved individuals, livestock, and household goods. His children, Mary, Burton, Burton Allen, and John Burton Allen, received extensive landholdings and slaves to be divided upon Mary’s sixteenth birthday. Cash and property were to be equally divided among his children. Executors were Shadrach Allen and Robert Williams. The will was proven in court in March 1795.