LITTLEBURY W. ALLEN
Caroline and Henrico both claim the honor of having been
the birthplace of this distinguished minister, but the claim of
Henrico is probably better sustained than that of Caroline,
although it is an undisputed fact that practically all of his life
was spent in Caroline. He was born March 26, 1803 and as a
young man he was gay and dashing and aspired to military
honors. He first was known as Captain and later as Colonel
Allen. He was an officer in the Confederate Army and a
prisoner at one time on Johnson's Island. He was married three
three times; his first wife being Miss Bradley; his second, Miss
Ann Martin and his third Miss Lucy Martin, of Spotsylvania.
His ministry began in 1835 and the greater part of it was spent
with County Line and Bethany churches in Caroline, two Sundays
monthly with each. After filling a large and influential place
in the Baptist denomination in Virginia he died at "Applewood"
in Caroline county in 1872.
