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Allan Hargrove was a Methodist-Episcopal minister, who served as a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He was granted a license to preach in the Methodist-Episcopal Church, South, Demopolis District, Alabama, on October 14, 1854, having presumably migrated from South Carolina. Hargrove was involved in war activity around Mobile, Alabama, and in Georgia. He was taken prisoner during the Battle of Atlanta and sent to Camp Douglas Military Prison, Chicago, Ill., where he died three days later.
Most of the letters Hargrove wrote during the Civil War were written to his wife, informing her of conditions in the army and what army life was like. On several occasions, he also encouraged her to keep faith in God and that His will would prevail. In a letter written by W. T. Gray to John Hargrove (brother of Allan Hargrove), dated Bahaba (Bahala?) Chapel, September 25, 1869, Gray tells of the death of Allan Hargrove. Another letter is from Carrie Hancock to her niece, Mrs. Mary Hargrove, wife of Allan Hargrove, and informs her of the conditions on the old home place, noting that part of the farm has been rented to some Negroes to help pay some debts. The earliest item is the renewal of a license giving Hargrove authority to preach.