THE ALLISON’S HOME CHURCH - LITTLE RIVER PRESBYTERIAN, ORANGE COUNTY, NC
LITTLE RIVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH & CEMETERY, ORANGE COUNTY, NC THE ALLISON CONNECTION Little River Township in North Carolina is beautiful. There is a calmness that fills my soul; a feeling of family. This is the area where my ancestors settled prior to 1755. Standing amid the headstones I get a sense of the area in which they lived and the legacy they left for us. The Little River Presbyterian Church and Cemetery was established in 1761. Joseph Allison, my 5th Great Grand Uncle, was a Charter Member of Little River Presbyterian Church. His grave is recorded, but unmarked. Joseph came south from Pennsylvania to North Carolina with his brother John (my 5th Great Grandfather) and their Mother Grizzell Wray Allison. Joseph and his family remained in the Little River and Hillsborough area as did my 5th Great Grandfather John Robert Allison SR. John Robert died in March of 1796 in Hillsborough, but I have been unable to locate his grave....