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009    ALLEN-COLEY FAMILY (West Lyon Station Rd)

Location - from I-85S take Exit 191 toward Butner; at stop sign, turn right; go to stop light; turn right onto West Lyon Station Rd (SR 1215). Drive 1.8 miles and cemetery is on the left.

Coordinates: 36d 10m 31.0s N; 78d 42m 58.0s W Click here for Online Maps

Canvassed by Bonnie Breedlove and Sandra Aiken, May 2001. The cemetery is well maintained and preserved. All unmarked graves (fieldstone indicators) are marked with PVC crosses.

32 Unidentified Graves (all are marked with PVC crosses)

Note: Some information furnished by family member David Allen. Also one of the unidentified graves is a child - Euvin Allen Coley

1. Allen, Caroline Elizabeth Mallory   (b. 10 Mar 1833 - d. 14 May 1889)
Wife of Robert B. Allen, married 19 Feb 1857. Children: James P., Jim, William Robert, Ponolia C. Daughter of John F. Mallory and Polly Coleman Mallory. Varified buried here by David C. Allen who found her gravemarker while cleaning up the cemetery.
2. Allen, James   (b. 1794 - d. Sep 1845)
Husband of Dosha (Doshe, Docia) Clay, married 29 Apr 1823. children: Ann E., William P., Isabella F., Robert B.
3. Allen, James P.   (b. 1863 - d. 1897)
Son of Robert Benjamin Allen and Caroline Mallory Allen.
4. Allen, Robert Benjamin   (b. 1831 - d. 18 Mar 1893)
CSA Pvt, Co D, 10th BN NC Hv Arty. Husband of Caroline Mallory, married 19 Feb 1857. children: James P., Jim, William Robert, Ponolia C.
5. Allen, William   (b. 26 Dec 1760 - d. 18 May 1843)
Revolutionary War. Serg., Minutemen and Calvary. Husband of Betsy Johnson, married 16 Mar 1784. children: Judith J., Archibald, James, Mary B., Susannah R., Pamela W.
6. Coley, Lemuel David   (b. 7 Mar 1848 - d. 15 Sep 1927)
7. Johnson, Archer   (b. 1735 - d. Feb 1813)
Revolutionary War. Ensign, Amelia County, VA Militia. Husband of Sarah Francis, married about 1760. children: Dosha, Mildred, Phillip A., Betsy, Fanny, Arthur, Archer Jr., Kissey, Anderson, Susannah
8. Mallory, John F.   (b. 1780 - d. 22 Sep 1860)
War of 1812 Pvt Cockes Detachment, VA Militia. Husband of Molly Coleman Mallory.
9. Meadows, James   (b. - d. 24 May 1907)
aged 75 yrs
10. Meadows, Martha Allen   (b. - d. Nov 1893)
aged 63 yrs
11. Parrish, Eva Elizabeth Coley Allen   (b. 4 Nov 1871 - d. 2 Nov 1906)
* Wife of (1) James P. Allen * Wife of (2) Lee Parrish
12. Whitfield, John C.   (b. 1743 - d. 2 Jan 1832)
Revolutionary War. Granville Co. NC Militia. Husband of Mildred Grimsley, married about 1774. children: Sarah, Polly, Mary Jane, Elizabeth, Martha, L. William, Nancy Kelly, John Wesley, George