Bond County IL Archives Obituaries.....Thacker, Allen December 18, 1877 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Thomilson eunicepeabody1@aol.com March 23, 2013, 8:20 pm Greenville Advocate? Allen Thacker died Dec. 18, 1877, at his son Elijah's in the north-eastern part of the county. He was born in 1787 and came to Il. from Ky. in 1828. He was a pensioner of the goverment and he is recorded in Squire Howard's books as follows: Allen Thacker, private, drafted in Capt. Malone's Company, 14 Reg. Ky. Vol., in Barron Co., Ky. on or about the first day of July 1814 and was discharged at New Orleans on or about the 11th dayof Jan. 1815. Married Harriet Vaughn, Garrett Co., Ky. Oct. 10, 1810. Was at the battle of New Orleans under Gen. Jackson and was behind the cotton bailes in the seigh of New Orleans. His wife Harriet died at the same place only five days before and six years his junior. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/bond/obits/t/thacker906gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb