On the 1860 census, the household before William G Allen's is John S Drew age 27, and the household before that one is John Allen, 70, farmer, Harriet 35 and Georgiann 12, so I wonder whether that Allen family is related to William.
On the 1830 census, in Laurens County, there is a John S Drew household which has 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 40-50, 1 female age 5-10 and 1 female age 30-40. Likely to be Hulda's second husband, but it's not clear whether John and Hulda were married at this point (in which case the children could be William and Rachel).
Also in Laurens County on the 1830 census:
Nazareth Allen: 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 40-50. The younger boy is the right age to be William but the woman too old to be Hulda unless she knocked some years off her age later (not impossible.)
Gillum Allen: 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5, 1 female 15-20.
Bryan Allen: 2 males 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 20-30, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 40-50 (again, too old to be Hulda unless she knocked some years off her age later)
Eason Allen: 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 15-20, 3 males 20-30, 2 males 40-50, 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 40-50 (same applies.)
But now I need to check against the 1840 census as if any of these were still around then we can definitely rule them out.
Edit - sorry, all the above is working on the theory that Hulda was William's mother and Rachel's stepmother. If not then I will go back to square one!
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