Z 1239.000
ALLEN (JAMES) AND FAMILY PAPERS



Reference photocopy of Volume 13 must be used.

Correspondence and fiscal papers of James Allen who came to Warren County from New Jersey and settled on the land which comprised Nanachehaw Plantation. The collection contains the family papers of his nephew and ward, James Bennett Allen of Port Gibson, originally from New Jersey, and his son, Charles Bernham Allen. The family papers of the son of James Bennett Allen, Leigh Briscoe Allen (born 1887) of Port Gibson are also included here.

During the years 1856-1858, James Allen, his wife F. M. Allen, and son Charles B. Allen (born 1843), traveled through Europe where Charles Allen was educated. (Box 1-2) During the Civil War, Charles B. Allen was a member of Company A, Bradford's Battalion, of Warren County Scouts and Guards, CSA. (Box 1) Allen served as Colonel and Provost Marshal of Warrenton District, Office Provost Marshall of Freedman, 1865 (Box 2).

James Bennett Allen of Port Gibson (who lived most of his life in New Jersey) developed a high quality staple of cotton known as Allen's Long Staple Cottons.

The Allen Papers have been processed in the following manner:

Box 1

Folders 1-12

Family Correspondence (complete)
     

Box 2

Folder 13

Jacob Allen (Will)
 

Folder 14

James Allen, Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, n.d.
 

Folder 15

James Allen, Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1850-1859
 

Folder 16

James Allen, Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1860-1864
 

Folder 17

James Allen, Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1865-1869
 

Folder 18

James Allen, Personal Correspondence, 1850 1859
 

Folder 19

James Allen, Personal Correspondence and Papers, 1860-1869
 

Folder 20

Francis M. Allen, Personal and Business Papers (complete)
     

Box 3

Folder 21

Charles Bernham Allen, Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, n.d
 

Folder 22

C. B. Allen, Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1850-1879
 

Folder 23

C. B. Allen, Correspondence and Fiscal Papers 1880-1889
 

Folder 24

C. B. Allen, Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1890-1899
 

Folder 25

C. B. Allen, Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1900-1909
 

Folder 26

C. B. Allen, Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1910-1919
 

Folder 27

C. B. Allen, Personal Correspondence, n.d
 

Folder 28

C. B. Allen, Personal Correspondence, 1890-1899
 

Folder 29

C. B. Allen, Personal Correspondence, 1900-1929
     

Box 4

Folder 30

Eugenia M. (Mrs. Charles B.) Allen, Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, n.d.
 

Folder 31

Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1860-1899
 

Folder 32

Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1900-1909
 

Folder 33

Business Correspondence and Personal Papers, 1900-1909
 

Folder 34

R. M. Allen, Personal Correspondence (complete)
 

Folder 35

James Bennett Allen, Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, n.d.
 

Folder 36

Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1870-1899
 

Folder 37

Business Correspondence and Personal Papers, 1900-February 1905
 

Folder 38

Business Correspondence and Personal Papers, March 1905-December 1905
 

Folder 39

Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers-1906-1907
 

Folder 40

Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1908-1909
 

Folder 41

Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1910-1919
 

Folder 42

J. B. Allen, Personal Correspondence (complete)
 

Folder 43

Lucie Allen, Personal and Business Correspondence (complete)
     

Box 5

Folder 44

James S. Allen (son of C. B. Allen), Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers(complete)
 

Folder 45

J. S. Allen, Personal Correspondence and Papers (complete)
 

Folder 46

Leigh Briscoe Allen, Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1907-1909
 

Folder 47

L. B. Allen, Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1920-1960
 

Folder 48

L. B. Allen, Personal Correspondence and Papers, n.d.
 

Folder 49

L. B. Allen, Personal Correspondence and Papers, 1899, 1900 1909
 

Folder 50

L. B. Allen, Personal Correspondence and papers, 1910-1960
 

Folder 51

Ethel Marks (Mrs. L. B.) Allen, Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, n.d., 1900-1929
 

Folder 52

Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, 1930-1949
 

Folder 53

Ethel M. Allen, Personal Correspondence and Papers, n.d. Folder 54 Personal Correspondence and Papers, 1910-1929
 

Folder 55

Personal Correspondence 1930-49
 

Folder 56

Sarah Augusta Marks--Personal Correspondence (complete)
 

Folder 57

Annie Marks, Personal Correspondence and Papers (complete)
 

Folder 58

Marjorie Allen, Personal Correspondence and Papers and Papers, n.d.
     

Box 6

Folder 59

Marjorie Allen, Personal Correspondence and Papers (complete)
 

Folder 60

L. B. Allen, Jr. - Personal Correspondence and Papers (complete)
 

Folder 61

James M. Allen, Personal Correspondence and Papers (complete)
 

Folder 62

Fannie M. Ballard, Business Correspondence (complete)
 

Folder 63

Estate of F. M. Ballard (complete)
 

Folder 64

Unidentified Material-Business Correspondence and Fiscal Papers, n.d., 1928
 

Folder 65

Unidentified Material-Personal Correspondence and Papers
     

Box 7

Folder 66

Broadsides, brochures, and pamphlets, n.d.
 

Folder 67

Broadsides, brochures and pamphlets, 1850-1929
 

Folder 68

Broadsides, brochures and pamphlets, 1930-1939
 

Folder 69

Maps, n.d., 1899 1935
     

Box 8

Folder 70

Photographs, unidentified, n.d.
 

Folder 71

Photographs, n.d., 1918
 

Folder 72

Newspaper Clippings, n.d.
 

Folder 73

Newspaper Clippings, 1915-1924
     

Box 9

Folder 74

Greetings, n.d.
 

Folder 75

Greetings, 1920
 

Folder 76

Post Cards, n.d
 

Folder 77

Postcards 1907-1920
     

Box 10

Folder 78

Road maps and logs, n.d
 

Folder 79

Road maps and logs, n.d.
 

Folder 80

Road maps and logs, n.d.
 

Folder 81

Road maps and logs, 1912, 1915
 

Folder 82

Road maps and logs, 1916
 

Folder 83

Road maps and logs, 1917
     

Box 11

Folder 84

Road maps and logs, 1918
 

Folder 85

Road maps and logs, 1919
 

Folder 86

Road maps and logs, 1920
 

Folder 87

Road maps and logs, 1921
 

Folder 88

Road maps and logs, 1922
 

Folder 89

Road maps and logs, 1923
 

Folder 90

Road maps and logs, 1924
 

Folder 91

Road maps and logs, 1925
 

Folder 92

Road maps and logs, 1926
 

Folder 93

Road maps and logs, 1927-1928
     

Box 12

Volume 1

History of the Eastern Bank of Mississippi River from Vicksburg to Bayou Sarah

, n.d.
 

Volume 2

Diary of James B. Allen, 1908
 

Volume 3

Diary of James B. Allen, 1910
 

Volume 4

Diary of James B. Allen, 1911
 

Volume 5

Diary of James B. Allen, 1913-1917
 

Volume 6

Diary of James B. Allen and Leigh Briscoe Allen, 1918-1922
 

Volume 7

James B. Allen Account Book, 1896, 1943-1947
 

Volume 8

James B. Allen Account Book, 1912
 

Volume 9

James B. Allen Account Book, 1916
 

Volume 10

James B. Allen Account Book, 1917
     

Box 13

Volume 11

J. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1896-1898
 

Volume 12

J. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1904-1905
 

Volume 13

Account Ledger for J. B. Allen and Leigh B. Allen, 1897-1913 (reference photocopy)
     

Box 14

Volume 14

J. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1906-1908
 

Volume 15

J. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1908-1909
 

Volume 16

J. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1911-1912
 

Volume 17

J. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1914-1915
 

Volume 81

James B. Allen Account Ledger, 1912
     

Box 15

Volume 18

J. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1915
 

Volume 19

J. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1916
 

Volume 20

J. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1918
 

Volume 21

J. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1919
     

Box 16

Vols. 22-34

J. B. Allen's Cotton Books, 1901-1904, 1906, 1908-1911, 1912, 1913-1914, 1916, 1921 (W. L. Brisco)
     

Box 17

Volume 35

Leigh Briscoe Allen Scrapbook, originally an 1873 Account Book of J. B. Allen
 

Volume 36

Marjorie Allen Scrapbook, 1918-1922
 

Volume 37

Marjorie Allen Scrapbook, 1927
     

Box 18

Vols. 38-50

Diaries, private accounts and address listings of Leigh B. Allen, 1902-1917
 

Volume 52

L. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1921-1922
 

Volume 56

L. B. Allen Pass Book, 1902-1910
 

Volume 57

L. B. Allen Time Book, n.d
 

Volume 59

L. B. Allen Time Book, 1921
 

Volume 60

L. B. Allen Account Book, 1930
 

Volume 71

Bank Book of Allen Auto Service Co., 1919, 1920
 

Volume 72

Bank Book of Allen Auto Service Co., 1920, 1921
 

Volume 74

G. M. Ballard Bank Book, 1911-1916
 

Volume 75

Estate of G. M. Ballard Bank Book, 1916-1917
 

Volume 76

Mrs. Fannie M. Ballard Bank Book, 1916-1917
 

Volume 77

Check Book of Mrs. Ballard, 1916-1917
 

Volume 78

Check Book of Mrs. Ballard, 1917-1918
 

Volume 79

Check Book of Mrs. Ballard, 1918-1919
 

Volume 80

Check Book of Mrs. Ballard, 1919
     

Box 19

Volume. 51

L. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1920
 

Volume 53

L. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1922
 

Volume 54

L. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1923
 

Volume 55

L. B. Allen Account Ledger, 1924
 

Volume 58

L. B. Allen Cash Book, 1919-1925
     

Box 20

Volume 69

Cash Book of Allen Auto Co. and Allen Radio Co., 1915-1926
 

Volume 70

Day Book of Allen Auto Co., 1915-1917, 1934-1948
 

Volume 73

George M. Ballard Diary, 1899, 1900
     

Box 21

Volume 61

Ethel Allen Vacation Diary, August 1941
 

Volume 62

Ethel Allen Vacation Diary, June 1947
 

Volume 63

Ethel Allen Vacation Diary, January 1949
 

Volume 64

Ethel Allen Vacation Diary, January 1950
 

Volume 65

Ethel Allen Vacation Diary, January 1952
 

Volume 66

Ethel Allen Vacation Diary, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960
 

Volume 67

Leigh Briscoe Allen Diary, 1965
 

Volume 68

Leigh Briscoe Allen Diary, 1966
     

Box 22

  

Oversized blueprint, poster, photograph, newsclipping, maps
     

Box 23

Volume 13

Account Ledger for J. B. Allen and Leigh B. Allen, 1897-1913

 

Content

Box 1

Folders 2-6

Family travels to various countries of Europe, 1856-1858
   

Slave trade in Mississippi
   

Paris (political unrest, late 1850s)
   

Family's relationship with slaves
   

Bill from French restaurant
   

Social life of wealthy Southerners
   

Private schools in Europe in 19th Century
 

Folder 7

Personal account of Civil War fighting in Richmond
   

Information on how correspondence S-N was handled
     
 

Folder 12

Economic conditions of Port Gibson in Depression
     

Box 2

Folder 15

Documents concerning the sale of a Negro slave
   

Private schools in Europe (19th Century)/
   

The secession of Mississippi and economic consequences
     
 

Folder 16

Official permission to travel issued by the Confederate States
   

Receipt for Confederate war bonds
   

James Allen's appointment as Provost Marshall
     
 

Folder 17

Economic conditions in Mississippi after the War
   

Timber business transactions
     
 

Folder 18

1856 Passport
     

Box 3

Folder 21

Genealogical outline of Allen and Rossman families
   

Muster roll list of Warren and Claiborne Guards and Cavalry Co.
     
 

Folder 22

Documents of enlistment into the Confederate Army and one discharge
     
 

Folders 22-26

Agricultural developments in cotton planting

   

Transactions of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Co
   

Real estate map of Madison Parish, Louisiana
   

Map of Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company
     

Box 4

Folders 30-33

Donations of land to the African Methodist Church and the Negro Methodist Episcopal Church by Allen family
   

War claims by E. M. Allen
     
 

Folders 35-41

J. B. Allen's developments in cotton growth
     

Box 5

  

Society of the Ark and the Dove (J. S. Allen Papers)
   

Sinking of the Steamboat Norman in 1925
     
 

Folder 46

Correspondence concerning photographic techniques at the turn of the century (L. B. Allen)
   

1904 document of the Mississippi National Guard
     
 

Folder 50

Personal references to W.W. II from London
   

Ethel Marks (Genealogical tree of the Montgomery family in Mississippi)
     

Boxes 5-6

Folders 58-59

History of Claiborne County before the Revolution

   

Pamphlet of the Presbyterian Synod of Mississippi (1920)
     

Box 6

Folder 64

1926 Bulletin of the Mississippi Flood Control Association
     
 

Folder 65

Personal references to the Civil War battles in Manassas
     

Box 7

Folder 67

Publications of the Vicksburg Garden Club toward the development of Historic Vicksburg
   

Membership Book of the Boston Club Junction in New Orleans (1854-1855)
   

Advertisement of an 1858 theatrical performance in Russia
   

Newspaper Account of the National Democratic Convention in Baltimore, 1889
   

"Results of Cotton Experiments" by J. B. Allen
   

1925 Bulletin of Washington and Lee University
   

Publications of the Natchez Garden Club
 

Folder 68

1934 Guide to Historic Sites concerning Mississippi Methodist Church
   

The National Constitution of the National Society of Descendants of Participants in the Siege and Defense of Vicksburg
     
 

Folder 69

1899 Arkansas map of wild lands in Craighead, Poinsett, and Mississippi counties
 

Folder 69

1935 map of the Greenwood Cemetery in Port Gibson, showing graves of Civil War Veterans
     

Box 12

  

Diaries of J. B. Allen and later L. B. Allen (see also Box 18, the L. B. Allen diaries)
   

Records of river flooding, cotton experiments, general crop growth
   

Some discussion of boll weevil problem

     

Box 17

  

L. B. Allen Scrapbook (many postcards and greeting cards of the 1880s, 1890)s
     

Box 20

  

George M. Ballard Diary (personal accounts of his voyages in Europe, 1898, and Alaska, 1900)