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586.
WILLIAM ALLISON, OF BETHANY CHURCH, N. C. 145
• William
ALLISONS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Allison^ [579], one of the five emigrants
from Pennsylvania, and a brother of Robert Allison, as stated
in a record by Robert Washington Allison, of Concord, N. C,
April, 1887. He was born in Pennsylvania, and his people
from Ireland, like all of the residents in Ulster, were weavers.
He resided in Pennsylvania, removed to North Carolina with
his brothers, and was one of the earliest settlers in Iredell
county, and one of its first purchasers of land. He owned a
plantation which has been in possession of his descendants
for more than one hundred years. Residence at Bethany
Church, N. C, where he died.
CHILB.
587. Thomas Allison' (597); res. Bethany Church, N. C.
588. Robert Allison^ [585], one of the five brothers who
went south from Pennsylvania, between 1760 and 1770, probably,
was born in 1750, and settled near Charlotte, N. C, and
married Sarah Graham. ^ Mrs. Allison was a sister of Joseph
Graham, the father of Hon. William A. Graham, once governor
of North Carolina, and candidate for vice-president of
the United States on the ticket with General Winfield Scott,
in 1852. Mrs. Allison was the aunt of Miss Graham, sister
of Hon. William A.Graham, who married Rev. Hall Morrison,
D. D., and one of their daughters married General D. H. Hill,
and another married General Thomas J. Jackson, known as
"Stonewall" Jackson. In 1790, Mr. Allison removed to
Poplar Tent on Clark's creek, in what is now Cabarrus county,
and was a ruling elder in the church there. He died in 1804,
aged 54 years. Mrs. Allison was delicate in appearance, had
great energy, and was a fine manager and a strong Presbyterian.
CHILDREN.
589. "William Allison^ (599), born Oct. 7, 1780; m. Peggy Young; res.
Charlotte, N. C.
590. James Allison,^ m. his cousin, Polly, dau. of Uncle .John Allison. »
591. Mary Allison,^ m. James Young, a brother of Mrs. Thomas and
Mrs. William Allison. Their sons
I. John Y"oung,2 lived in Concord, N. C, in 1887.
II. Joseph Y'oung,a lived in Concord, N. C, in 1887.-.
'She was a daughter of Widow Graham, of Pennsylvania, who, with
slender means and five small children, John Graham, George Graham,
Joseph Graham, Sarah Graham, and Ann Graham, removed to Mecklenburgh,
N. C, about 17(55.
'The Youngs were of the same Scotch blood who came from Ireland to
Pennsylvania, and later to North Carolina.
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