Robert Allison, Sr., was born circa 1745 and died June 13, 1801. According to church records, Robert Allison died of consumption, aged 56 years. His funeral was held on June 14, 1801.
During the American Revolutionary War, Allison signed a legislative petition on October 25, 1779 to establish a naval office in Alexandria. His actions qualify him as a Patriot and he was honored as such on on a group memorial placed on the burial grounds.
He was a landowner of a 44-acre property named, Milford, near present-day Holmes Run Stream about 5-1/4 miles from Alexandria, in Fairfax County. It was described in the newspapers as:
- 44 acres of land on Holmes Run.
- Excellent location of a mill to purchase wheat from the back county
- Has excellent pair of buhr and country stones
- A new bolting cloth and screen, flour elevators and hopper boy
- New water and cog wheel
- Sufficient water to turn both stones nine months each year
- An excellent dam, newly built
- A good log house and a smoke house with a kitchen
- A new stable to hold four horses
- Excellent spring of water
- A miller's house.
Allison Sr., is not to be confused with his son, Robert Allison Jr., (1787–1814) who was killed in action during the Battle of White House Landing, as part of the War of 1812.
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SAR Patriot P-102931
Robert Allison, Sr., was born circa 1745 and died June 13, 1801. According to church records, Robert Allison died of consumption, aged 56 years. His funeral was held on June 14, 1801.
During the American Revolutionary War, Allison signed a legislative petition on October 25, 1779 to establish a naval office in Alexandria. His actions qualify him as a Patriot and he was honored as such on on a group memorial placed on the burial grounds.
He was a landowner of a 44-acre property named, Milford, near present-day Holmes Run Stream about 5-1/4 miles from Alexandria, in Fairfax County. It was described in the newspapers as:
- 44 acres of land on Holmes Run.
- Excellent location of a mill to purchase wheat from the back county
- Has excellent pair of buhr and country stones
- A new bolting cloth and screen, flour elevators and hopper boy
- New water and cog wheel
- Sufficient water to turn both stones nine months each year
- An excellent dam, newly built
- A good log house and a smoke house with a kitchen
- A new stable to hold four horses
- Excellent spring of water
- A miller's house.
Allison Sr., is not to be confused with his son, Robert Allison Jr., (1787–1814) who was killed in action during the Battle of White House Landing, as part of the War of 1812.
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SAR Patriot P-102931
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In this cemetery rest the earthly remains of Patriots in the Revolutionary War. Many of whom were of Scottish Ancestry. These Patriots, along with many Presbyterians from Alexandria, fought for the cause Liberty and assisted the soldiers of Washington's Armies.
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