90. Margaret 'Peggy'³ Allen (Susan 'Susy'² Colbert, James Logan¹)⁽⁷⁰⁰⁾ (#917) was born in Chickasaw Nation, MS circa 1790.⁽⁷⁰¹⁾ Margaret died circa 1857 in IT.

She married Simon Burney in Adams Co., MS, 4 MAR 1805.⁽⁷⁰²⁾ (Simon Burney is #835.) Simon was born in Chickasaw Nation, circa 1781.⁽⁷⁰³⁾ Simon⁽⁷⁰⁴⁾ was the son of Capt. David Burney and Sally Frazier. Simon died MAR 1842 in Marshall Co., or Chickasaw Co., MS, at 60 years of age.⁽⁷⁰⁵⁾ Simon's occupation: trader. He was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818.⁽⁷⁰⁶⁾ He was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Co., MS, 1840.⁽⁷⁰⁷⁾ Simon's will was probated in Monroe Co., MS, 1 JAN 1844.⁽⁷⁰⁸⁾ This probate court record mentions that it is the third set of Letters of Administration granted on the Estate of Simon Burney, deceased. It states that a prior set of Letters was granted in Marshall Co., MS, to Benjamin Love and David Burney. Next a set was granted in Chickasaw Co., MS, to Margaret Burney, "the widow of the said Simon Burney and the said David Burney, the son of the said Simon Burney." The administrator appointed on the Monroe Co. set of Letters was Abner Prescott. It appears that Simon Burney had property in all three counties.

Simon had an 1834 Chickasaw Treaty "reserve" of land located in Chickasaw Co., Mississippi. (Martini, "Chickasaw Empire", p.146). He lived on the site of Buena Vista, Mississippi, and was a wealthy slave-holder. He died about the time of the immigration west. ("Chickasaw Chiefs"). He died in Chickasaw or Marshall County, Mississippi, in the spring of 1842, leaving an estate that included $900 in Indiana State Bonds, 34 slaves valued at $14,000, 8 oxen, 6 mules, and a number of horses. (Martini, "Indian Notebook", p.29).

Margaret was baptized at in Chickasaw Nation, MS, 24 JUN 1799. Religion: religion unknown.⁽⁷⁰⁹⁾ She became engaged to Samuel Mitchell in Chickasaw Nation, MS, circa 1804.⁽⁷¹⁰⁾ "He [Samuel Mitchell] proposed and was promptly turned down [by Peggy Allen]. He carried his suit to her grandmother, a dominating dowager Colbert. The old lady considered it an excellent match. Pre-emptorily se sent Peggy off to the agency where Mitchell presided with a string od well-loaded packhorses and ten Negro slaves as her dowry.

"The lovely Peggy, whose mother had been only one-eight part Indian, was as determined as her grandmother. She made the trip to Mitchell's house. That was as far as she would go. She stubbornly refused him, saying, according to Claiborne, that she 'would never marry a drinking man white or Indian.'"

She was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818. She bought property in Yalobusha Co., MS, 9 FEB 1835.⁽⁷¹¹⁾ The Chickasaw Nation Audit Record Book, 1849-1860, shows that Margaret Burney was paid $12.00, in 1853.

Margaret's will was probated in Berwyn, Pickens Co., Chick Nation, IT, 29 APR 1857. Contest probate setting in the Estate of Margaret Burney, set for court in Pickens Co., Indian Territory on 29 April 1857. Claiments listed were: Amanda McLaughlin, Susan Burney, Rebecca Burney, and Benjamin C. Burney. Clerk of the court was Benjamin McLaughlin, who made the docket entry. The case was reset to the 23 of May, 1857, but the further continued awaiting the apointment of a temporary Judge. (It appears that one of the complaints was about the Judge.)

Margaret 'Peggy' Allen and Simon Burney had the following children:

+ 301 i. Charlotte 'Lotty'⁴ Burney was born 1816.

302 ii. Levi Burney⁽⁷¹²⁾ (#919) was born in MS before 1818. He was listed as a resident in the census report in Chickasaw Nation, MS, 1818.

+ 303 iii. Judge David Calhoun Burney was born 1820.

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