Allen Justice was born in Orange County, North Carolina, on August 1, 1793. As a teenager, he migrated with his parents, John Justice II (1755–1831) and Elizabeth Beazell (1760–1861), to Jackson County, Georgia. The family settled near the Mulberry River in the early 1800s, bringing with them four older sons and five daughters.

Allen spent his life working the land his father had first cleared along the Mulberry. At the age of 28, he married Susannah Palmer (1795–1881), who rests beside him in the Justice Cemetery Together they raised eight children:

1. • Elizabeth Jane (1822–1883)

2. • Martha Ann Beazel (1824–1867) [Justice Cemetery ]

3. • Susannah Melvina (1828–1904) [Justice Cemetery ]

4. • John Gillian (1828–1910) [Justice Cemetery ]

5. • Joseph Warren (1831–1851) [Justice Cemetery ]

6. • Mary Ann Kessiah (1834–1907) [Justice Cemetery ]

7. • Irena Josephine (1837– )

8. • Allen T. (1843–1863)

When his father passed in 1831, Allen was the son who remained in Jackson County to manage his parents’ homestead. By mid-century, he was farming 75 acres of improved land with another 145 acres held in reserve. The Justice farm had two horses, four cows, a pair of oxen, and 35 swine. During the year 1850, their production included 650 bushels of corn, 120 bushels of oats, 200 bushels of barley, 10 bales of cotton and 360 pounds of butter—most of which sustained the household directly.

At the time of his death in November 1858, Allen had three people enslaved: Absalom (~55), Hannah (~45), and a young man named Dooley (~20s). Absalom and Hannah remained in bondage with the family until emancipation in 1865.

Allen Justice was laid to rest in the Justice Cemetery, where several of his children and descendants would later be buried, creating one of the oldest family burial grounds along the Mulberry River.