Date of Birth calculations for Allen

1850 - 34 years old b. 1816
1860 - 40 years old b. 1820
1870 - 51 years old b. 1819
1880 - 65 years old b. 1815

Allen Salts was a resident of the Bowmantown area of Washington County between 1835 and 1844. He is listed among the early residents in a day (account) book of Bowman's Mill. The Bowmantown community, located about five miles west of Jonesboro, had its beginning with a North Carolina land grant, dated in 1778, and issued to John Trotter. It was later purchased by John Carmichael and then sold to John Bowman in 1833. Daniel Bowman built a grist mill near where Blackley Creek empties into Big Limestone Creek. The mill was operated by four generations of Bowmans until about 1930 (Ref: p.163, History of Washington County, Tennessee, compiled by the Watauga Association of Genealogists, 1988).

4 Jun 1841 - Allen married Sarah J. Erwin in Washington County, Tennessee

1848 / 1849 - Allen first appears in the Tax Records for Washington County, District #17, in 1848 and 1849; he paid a poll tax for 1 ($.50 in 1848, $.52 in 1849).

1850 - Sub Division 4, Washington County, Tennessee Census250 [he has been indexed in Ancestry.com as Latt, Allen, but it is clearly written in as Salts]
SALTS, Allen 34 TN
SALTS, Sarah J. 25 TN
SALTS, Sarah 9 TN
SALTS, Alex 7 TN
SALTS, George 6 TN
SALTS, Ann 5 TN
SALTS, Arch 4 TN
SALTS, James 4/12 TN
SALTS, Malinda J. 3 TN

1853, March 26th - Judgement102
Brodrick & Carson vs Allen Salts for $12.77

1856, July 23rd - Judgement102
John Mulse [or Nulse] vs Allen Salts - plaintiff paid costs of mis-suit

1857 September 11 - Judgement102
Duncan & Blair vs Allen Salts for $24.85

1859, March 26th - Judgement102
S.C. Teedlock vs Allen Salts for $6.58

1859, July 29th - Judgement102
S. R. Kenedy vs Allen Salts, David Maltnberger, Zacarah, Shields for $6.66 in favor of plaintiff

1860, January 16th - Judgement, The State vs William Hickman and John Pursel - Allen Salts, paid witness in attnendance paid .50 cents102

1860, May 10th - Judgement102
Catherin Moody vs William N. Hickman, Allen Salts, paid witness in attnendance paid .50 cents

1860, July 7th - Judgement102
Isam Cooper vs Allen Salts, the plaintiff was taxed with cost of suit

1860, July 25th - Judgement102
H.A. Ferguson vs Al Salts & Isam Cooper, David Martin, assignees for $25.10 paid to plaintiff

1860 - Campbells Twp, Washington County, Tennessee94
SALTS, Allen 40 TN farmer
SALTS, Sarah 39 TN domestic
SALTS, Sarah 19 TN domestic
SALTS, Alexander 16 TN farmer
SALTS, Hannah E. 15 TN domestic
SALTS, George 14 TN
SALTS, Archibald 12 TN
SALTS, Matilda J. 11 TN
SALTS, James 9 TN
SALTS, Margaret 7 TN
SALTS, William 6 Tn
SALTS, Louisa 4 TN
SALTS, Josiah 2 TN
SALTS, Franklin 1 TN
SALTS, Susannah 1/12 TN

1862, M arch 1st - Judgement102
J. & T.K. Haws vs Allen Salts for $42.01 in favor of plantif

1865 - He is listed in the Washington County, Tax Book 1856-1865 District 17, which is located east of Jonesborough on the other side of the Big Limestone Creek (Jonesborough Courthouse Vault Records) - his property value was $42 and his personal value was $250

1867, December 2nd - Court Cast
J. W. Hartman vs C A Senaker...Allen Salts, paid witness in attendance paid $1.00

1870 - District 17, Washington County, Tennessee census92
SALTS, Allen 51 farmer TN
SALTS, Sarah 46 keeping house TN
SALTS, Alexander 24 works on farm TN
SALTS, Arch 21 works on farm TN
SALTS, James 20 works on farm TN
SALTS, Margaret 17 TN
SALTS, William 16 works on farm TN
SALTS, Martha L. 14 at home TN
SALTS, Joseph 11 at home TN
SALTS, Franklin 9 at home TN
SALTS, Elizabeth 8 at home TN
SALTS, Andrew J. 7 at home TN
SALTS, Mary C. 4 at home TN

1880 - Washington County, Tennessee census251
SALTS, Allen 65 farming TN TN MD
SALTS, Martha 30 wife TN TN TN [second wife Martha Gibson]
SALTS, Louisa 18 daughter at home TN TN TN
SALTS, Lizzie 18 daughter at home TN TN TN
SALTS, Andrew J. 17 son works on farm TN TN TN
SALTS, Mary C. 13 dau works on farm TN TN TN

Please Note - There is a confusing birth location for his mother on the 1880 census. The Salts research group noted that the only other person who was born in Maryland was Rebecca Ball Salts, wife of Daniel Salts. So if that's the case, then Allen isn't the son of Henry, but the grandson of Henry. Maybe one day the answer will be found. Until then, I will keep Allen here as a son of Henry's.

1897 - An inventory of Allen's estate was taken in December 1897 "Washington County Inventory Book 5A," page 262.

OTHER FACTS -

2 February 2008 - From Layton Stout, who descends from Allen Salts’ line - Allen Salts had two other children that you did not know about with Sarah Erwin. They are: George W. Salts born April 13,1868 died March 3,1950 and Julia Alexendra Salts born 1870 died July 12 1903. These two children were raised by the neighbors of Allen and Sarah Salts they were James (Jim) and Rebecca Tesnear. The Washington and Greene County line went right thru the two neighbors land, this is probably why you did not find out this information. Thats why the two children did not show up on the Washington County Census because they were in Greene County. George and Julia ended up adding the Tesnear name to theirs. George W. Salts Tesnear married Mary Ethel Whitaker. Their daughter was Fannie Louise Tesnear who had a daughter named Wanda Faye Tesnear who is my mother.

1850 census - 25 - born in 1825

1860 census - 39 - born in 1821

1870 census - 49 - born in 1821

He is listed as Allen Salls and she is listed as S. Erwin in the marriage records.

Allen and Sarah applied for their marriage license on 31 May 1841. They were married by W. Melburn, Minister of the Gospel. Marriage License is filed at the court house, Jonesboro, Tennessee.