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- Robert Allen was the first Secretary of State of Indiana when the old capital was in Corydon.
Robert Allen was a trustee in the Hebron Baptist Church in Madison, Jefferson Co. IN.
Robert Allen New died, June 20, 1856, in Jefferson County, and was buried in Hebron Cemetery, Jefferson County, Indiana. He is buried on lot about 50 feet south of last tree on North side of road, and about fifteen feet south-east of monument of James E. Henry lot.
The tombstone has the following inscription:
Robert New
Born: January 20, 1787
Died: June 20, 1856
Other grave to his right on said lot has a tombstone with the following inscription:
Margaret New
Daughter
R & S New
Born August 18, 1787 - Died March 17, 1856
Susannah Taylor New, wife of Robert Allen New, is buried on his left but has no grave-stone. She was the daughter of Joseph Taylor, A Revolutionary Soldier, and Susan Wooden Taylor. They are buried at Woodfill Cemetery.
Another child might be Mary Ann New that married Thomas Hinton in Jefferson Co, IN.
Other children listed by Linda Baker [ndnblu@texoma.net] are -------------
iii.JOHN BOWMAN NEW, b. Abt. 1815, Jefferson Co. IN.
iv.AMANDA NEW, b. Abt. 1832, Jefferson Co. IN.---------Susannah 45 years old.
v.JAMES S. NEW, b. Abt. 1835, Jefferson Co. IN.--------Susannah 48 years old.
vi.SUSANNAH NEW, b. Abt. 1848, Jefferson Co. IN.--------unlikely, Susannah would have been 61 years old.
- BIRTH-DEATH: County of b assumed. Year of d may have been 1850; see census rec.
MAR: Pl of marriage assumed. Date of mar estimated from birth of first child.
HISTORY: From notes of Beverly Williams Long posted at www.gencircles.com/ users/ blong/1/index/14. Robert Allen New was the first Secretary of State in Indiana when the old capital was in Corydon. Robert Allen New died, June 20, 1856, in Jefferson County, and was buried in Hebron Cemetery, Jefferson County, Indiana. He is buried on lot about 50 feet south of last tree on North side of road, and about fifteen feet southeast of monument of James E. Henry lot. The tombstone has the following inscription: Robert New Born:January 20, 1787 [CONFLICT:She has 1789 on family chart; which is right?] Died:June 20, 1856. Other grave to his right on said lot has a tombstone with the following inscription: Margaret New Daughter R & S New Born August 18, 1787- Died March 17, 1856 [CONFLICT:This cannot be Robert's dau as she was born the same year he was born!] Susannah Taylor New, wife of Robert Allen New, is buried on his left but has no grave stone. She was the daughter of Joseph Taylor, A Revolutionary Soldier, and Susan Wooden Taylor. They are buried at Woodfill [sic] Cemetery. Another child might be Mary Ann New that married Thomas Hinton in Jefferson Co, IN. Other children listed by Linda Baker [ndnblu@texoma.net] are: iii. John Bowman New, b abt 1815, Jefferson Co, IN. iv. Amanda New, b abt 1832, Jefferson Co, IN,---Susannah 45 years old. v. James S. New, b abt 1835, Jefferson Co, IN, --- Susannah 48 years old. Susannah New, b abt 1848, Jefferson Co, IN ---unlikely, Susannah would have been 61 years old.
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