James Bennett Allen

1846 - 1919  (72 years)

• Name	James Bennett Allen  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	12 Aug 1846	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [1, 2, 4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Cotton Planter  [2, 5]
  Residence	1850	Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	North Ward
  Residence	1900	Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  Death	1919	Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA   [1, 6]
  Burial	1919	Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA   [1, 6]
  Person ID	I61567	Rountree Family | Crockett Family, Pickens, John Woods_Elizabeth_____
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Lucie Ann Briscoe,   b. May 1843, Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA d. Mar 1911, Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	12 Apr 1881	Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA   [2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Leigh Briscoe Allen, Sr,   b. 1882, Mississippi, USA d. 1967 (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F38716	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Aug 1846 - Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA Residence - North Ward - 1850 - Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 12 Apr 1881 - Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA Residence - 1900 - Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA Death - 1919 - Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA Burial - 1919 - Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3294] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for James B. Allen https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=99421873&indiv=try [S3773] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi; Page: 15; Enumeration District: 0156; FHL microfilm: 1240804. Record for J B Allen https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=27620234&indiv=try [S3860] Ancestry.com, Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). Record for James B. Allen https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7842&h=8383&indiv=try [S3774] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Newark North Ward, Essex, New Jersey; Roll: 447; Page: 49a. Record for James Allen https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=4303933&indiv=try [S5004] Mackenzie, George Norbury, Colonial Families of the United States of America, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Date: 1995, 2012;), Volume III, Page 82 Briscoe Family https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61175/images/colonialfamiliesiii-001980_82?ssrc=&backlabel=Return. Book found on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61175/?ftm=1 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61175/images/colonialfamiliesiii-001980_82?ssrc=&backlabel=Return [S3294] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Leigh Briscoe Allen https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=99422016&indiv=try