General Notes

Member Ayuntamiento of Mina (Goliad)
Associate Land Commissioner for Austin County
Justice of Peace in Austin
Martin and his father moved from Campbell County , KY. around 1808 to Louisana.
He was married to Elizabeth Vice and had three children, Miles N. , Anna Catherine, and Mary G.  Upon reaching a settlement in Louisana, which was later renamed Allen's settlement. He and Elizabeth had James Bud, Elizabeth ,Martin Jackson , Nancy, Saraha, and Benjamin John, and Carolina Eliza Matild               In 1809 , Martin and his father and their families led a colony of settlers from  Kentucky to the coast of ''Louisiana,  then called Attakapas Parish, Now St. Marys.  The Allens moved further inland to Natchitoches Parish and  founded what was then know a Allen's Settlement.  Later the name was shortened to  Allen.  La. It is located not far from the town of Natchitoches. When the "republican Army of the North" was defeated at Medina River in Texas.  Martin Allen returned to Allen's Settlement in Louisana to care for his family and step-mother , Sarah.  There are various documents in Natchitoches Parish concerning Sarah after her husband's death.  In February of 1822, she bought a slave and child from James W. Allen; October of 1822 she recorded a will in which the two slaves were to be freed upon her death. Then in February of 1823 Sarah mortgaged the two slaves for a debt of $100.  Mary Ann Allen the widow of Hiram, Married Dury Thompson in St. Parish in 1814. In 1820 , Mose Austin obtained permission from the Spanish government, to establish a colony of settlers from the United States on Spanish soil in the Provence of Tejas.  Returning to Missouri, Mose Austin became ill and died.  His deathbed wish was that his son , Stephen F. Austin, carry through with his plans for a colony.  In August of 1821 ,Stephen Austin returned to San Antonio to finalize the agreement with Governor Martinez to bring 300 families to Tajas.  These 300 Families, know as "The OLD THREE HUNDRED" are considered the founders of Texas. The next year in 1822, Martin Allen began preparation to fulfill his dream of moving to  Texas.  Martin began the move on his own before applying to Austin.  Throughout the "Austin Papers" are letters from Martin Allen to Austin.  These letters have provided a wealth of information on Austin's Colony and the Allen family's move to Texas.  We know it took three years for martin to  finalize the move.  In 1822 he was 42 years old , and Mary was 38 and the mother of eight children. Their ages ranged from 16 to a baby of less than a year old.  In the 1826 Census of Texas we can only account for seven children, Three boys and four girls.  It is possible the one boy died or stayed in Louisiana. TX+index+711170730+F  at searches.rootweb.com source for following information
Cnidr isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (file probate.txt)   Houston Texas Newspaper Probate Notices 1839-1844.  Probate Notices From The Houston Morning Star Newspaper 1839-1844.  Probate notices in Houston newspapers were placed as advertisements notifying the " Republic of Texas, County of Harrisburg (later Harris)Probate court, (date) Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern that- The following list the petitioners name first , then the deceased, as noted wit.    ( on page 4 0f 5) James B. Allen for Martin Allen, dec'd 7/7/1840:2

Martin Allen , born November 28, 1780 in Irland or Newport, KY. (Source DRT Founders & Patriots of the Republic of Texas)  ; died Dec 20, 1837 in Wallis ,Austin Co.,TX. (Source  : DRT Founders & Patriots of the Republic of TX.) He was the son of Benjamin Allen.  He married Elizabeth Vice on September 27, 1804 in Campbell Co. . KY. (Source DRT founders & Patriots of the Republic of TX. and Bob Reed.
The following is a letter in the "Austin Papers" to Stephen F. Austin. State if Louisiana    Parrish of Natchitoches Allen's Settlement 24th March 1822
Judge Austin Sir I must troble you with a few lines without having the pleasure of