Georgia:  Gwinnett County: Biography of Thomas Allison

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Thomas Allison was born 1779 in Abbeville, SC. He married Margaret ? and they 
lived in Gwinnett Co, Ga in 1850. They had several children and one named 
Thomas died in 1850 of typhoid. He married Charity and they had these 
children: John, Margaret E., Thomas R., and Preston. Both Thomas and his 
father are buried in Gwinnett Co, GA. They are buried at the Fairview 
Cemetary in Lawrenceburg, GA. Their graves are on the hill. After the death 
of her( Margaret ) 70 yr old husband, she moved to live with the Thomas 
Tumlin family of Bartow Co, GA , she died 1873. Thomas Allison born 1779 had 
a daughter named Margaret (Peggy), born 1809 in SC. She married Judge Robert 
Sinclair Foster also of Abbeville. She died in Chattooga Co, GA and is buried 
in the Lyerly Cemetary along with Robert S. Foster and their beloved family 
slave Green Foster(aka Squire Allison) She died Dec 29, 1861. Their children 
raised in Gwinnett & Floyd Co, GA were: Kinchen Rambo, William Green, 
Margaret, Matilda, John Cunningham, Thomas Allison, Moses Little, Robert 
Sinclair Foster. 

 
From "Gwinnett Co., GA Deaths 1818-1989":

Allison, Thomas, Jr. b 1824 d 03-1850: d. of typhoid age 26, farmer, married 
(p. 215 1850 census)

Allison, Thomas, Sr. b 06-1779 d 01-1850: farmer, Robt. FOSTER, admr.

Allison, Margaret b 1782 d after 1850: w/Thomas (p. 152 1850 census)

In Vol. II of "History of Gwinnett Co.", Thomas Allison, Jr. is listed on p. 
48 as one of the Inferior Court Jurors for June, 1843. P. 50 lists Thomas 
Alison as a Juror for June 1846. Note spelling difference.