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Andrew Allison

Male Abt 1721 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Andrew Allison 
    Born Abt 1721  Londonderry, Derry, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I9430  MyTree
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2009 

    Father James Allison,   b. Abt 1700, Londonderry, Derry, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F5260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Simonton,   b. Abt 1712, Chester Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1753, Lancaster Co., PA (now New Franklin Co.) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married Abt 1730  Lancaster Co., PA (now New Franklin Co.) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Adam Allison
     2. Elizabeth Allison
     3. Sarah Allison
     4. Theophilus Allison
     5. Thomas Allison
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F5261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Andrew settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and held land grants as early as 1744. He served in the Cumberland County militia. Rowan County Tax List 1759: Andrew, Richard and Adam Allison; also Wm. Simonton and "2 Negroes, Rachel and Peter." Thomas Allison and Negro Jude.
      Andrew Allison of Colerain Township along the Lancaster-Chester County border, married Ann Simonton prior to 1747. On 26 May 1744 he obtained warrants for 50 and 150 acres. He was one of the earliest settlers in what became Rowan County. On 27 Dec 1750 he obtained a warrant for 640 acres on the Catawba River. By 1753 he was a Justice of the Rowan Court.
      Rowan Deeds, I, 72. Although Carter, along with Edward Hughes, John Brevard, and Squire Boone, was later appointed a trustee for the town of Salisbury, he was not present at the June 1753 session of the court which determined the town's location. This decision was delivered by justices Alexander Osburn, Walter Carruth, John Brevard, John Brandon, Andrew Allison, and Robert Simonton. A possibility exists that these men consulted Carter regarding the location of Salisbury at an earlier meeting of the court. See Rowan Court Min., June 1753
      He was a founding member of the Fourth Creek Congregation and by 1768 was the High Sheriff of Rowan County. His term ended badly when he had to report in 1770 that he had collected only 205 taxes in 1768. This was the time of the Regulator Movement in North Carolina and many simply refused to pay their taxes. After the Regulators were suppressed, the Legislature gave Andrew and other Sheriffs the opportunity to collect the back taxes. He continued to serve as a Justice until his death. While he held extensive land, Artisans in the North Carolina Backcountry shows him as a tailor.
      Andrew moved to Rowan Co., NC sometime after Ann's death. He was known as Squire Allison. He was one of the first Magistrates in Rowan Co. in 1753. He was High Sheriff of Rowan Co., about 1768. He enlisted in the company of Capt. John Summers 1st North Carolina Battalion where he served for three years during the American Revolution.
      (Source: genkssst - 20 Sep 2008)