Editing Jesse Allen

'''Jesse Carter Allen''' ([[1811]]-[[1892]]) was [[sheriff of Escambia County]] from [[1837]]-[[1840]] and interim [[sheriff of Santa Rosa County]] from [[1842]]-[[1845]].

Allen was born in Mud Flats, Alabama on [[July 25]], [[1811]]. His family settled in [[Floridatown]] by 1830, and Allen was elected [[Escambia County Sheriff]] in [[1837]]. 

Allen was sheriff during the [[November 30]], [[1839]] murder of [[Joseph Alton]] by [[Phillip Pitto]], who was convicted and hanged.

Allen served until [[1840]]. On the 1840 census, he was listed as an assistant census enumerator for eastern Escambia County (now [[Santa Rosa County]]).

He and his family established the [[Alltentown]] settlement north of [[Milton]] in [[1842]]. When [[Santa Rosa County]] was established in the same year, he became the interim sheriff and would serve until [[1845]].

==References==
*[[John Appleyard]]. ''The Peacekeepers: the Story of Escambia County, Florida's 43 Sheriffs''. 2007.

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-| date_of_birth  =[[July 25]], [[1811]]
-| place_of_birth =Mud Flats, Alabama
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 '''Jesse Carter Allen''' ([[1811]]-[[1892]]) was [[sheriff of Escambia County]] from [[1837]]-[[1840]] and interim [[sheriff of Santa Rosa County]] from [[1842]]-[[1845]].
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 Allen served until [[1840]]. On the 1840 census, he was listed as an assistant census enumerator for eastern Escambia County (now [[Santa Rosa County]]).
-He and his family established the [[Allentown]] settlement north of [[Milton]] in [[1842]]. When [[Santa Rosa County]] was established in the same year, he became the interim sheriff and would serve until [[1845]].
+He and his family established the [[Alltentown]] settlement north of [[Milton]] in [[1842]]. When [[Santa Rosa County]] was established in the same year, he became the interim sheriff and would serve until [[1845]].
 ==References==