Email From Gary Aden to Gary Aden
Email Dated 12/15/1997

     On Sept. 30, 1997, I visited the Augusta area to explore biblical and
courthouse references to William Allen. First stop was in Louisville,
Jefferson County where Mr. Leroy Lewis assisted me in a courthouse
record search. The records they have include those from Burke County, a
predecessor county because Jefferson County was not formed until 1796.
The famous Queensborough settlement was located there, but nothing
remains today except a monument in the middle of the city. A drawing of
landholders' properties has been sketched in the public library by a
devoted descendant which indeed shows holdings by William Allen. This is
a good place to start a visit. Mr. Lewis surmised that Allen's property
was high quality based oon location as it would be fertile and
relatively easily protected against indian attack.

     At the courthouse, records go back no further than 1794 pertaining to
taxes and land.

     The l799 volume shows William Allen holding land in Captain Vinery's
79th general militial district on page 39. The land adjoined Addam
Tapley and was located in West Louisville conisting of 600 acres On
Rocky Comfort Creek. On page 47, there are two entries(#59 and 75) for
land adjoining James Bynum, one of 200 and the other, 400 acres- both in
Captain Terry's district. The latter entry was recorded by Joseph Allen
acting as agent for William Allen. On page 48, entry 75  in the same
militia district, Robert Allen is shown as the holder of 400 acres.

     In the 1801 volume, p.3, entries 41 and 45, sales to Tapley of land
adjoining Hardwick  and Rodgers are recorded. A similar entry   appears
on page7(entry 68). Mr Lewis evaluated the data and stated that the
lands involved were on BiG Creek and Dieharts Creek. Following this
meeting we went to Sparta, Georgia where a member of the library staff
had been doing sme research for us. Sparta i te ifth largest county in
Georgia but nearly all black and the courthouse records are poorly
organized if available at all.

     Augusta in the next self memo.