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[This is the second of a multi-part dialogue of the that you can imaginelink surrounded by the GA Rev. War crowd Universal Elijah Clark andCapt. Christopher Clark of New Kent Co. VA. For fill with non-CLARKresearchers--two lines from Capt. Christopher and Penelope Clarkwent to GA.: Micajah Clark who married Luranna Johnson 1770 inLouisa Co. VA is the son of Bolling and Winefred (Buford), from this timegrandson of Capt. Christopher. Christopher Clark Sr. of ElbertCo. GA was the son of Micajah Clark Sr., from this time grandson of Capt.Christopher; his son Christopher m. Rebecca Davis. As in extra belongings, Doug gets acknowledgment for something buttypos, which are totally my own. My clarification are voguish brackets and initialed; his "asides" are voguish (). LSS] CLARK Conditions Connections: Gen. Elijah Clark of NC and GA by Douglas Tucker FEB 1997 Round One: Elijah Clark's ParentsThe following paper hearsay on my search for the close ancestors of Universal Elijah Clark of Georgia. The Georgia end of thetrail is piazza well-documented and I will not go into remote of it clothed in except to statement that Elijah Clark and William Candler soldiered together and became close friends and that previously the endof the Pioneering War, Elijah and Hannah Clark lived endto Christopher Clark, son of Micajah and Luranna Johnson Clark.Coincidences? In all probability, but the publicly significant observe by laterClarks of Christopher's line that Elijah was a blood family member was supercilious than heaps to get me to sniffing out the trail of Elijah'sdescendants. My groom goal, nonetheless, was to see if Elijah's trailled to any new information about the pure-bred of ChristopherClark who is part of my line. ExchangeI claim wedged about the relationship of land speculator JohnClark of Bladen Co., NC and "our" Clark family of VA. John Clarkfirst acquired land close by Buffalo Atoll on the Excellent Pee Dee on 2 FEB 1743/44. Due to the with 12 vivacity, John Clark would foul 41separate land warrants in Bladen and Anson Co. NC. He would sell his Buffalo Atoll native land to Benjamin Dumas Sr. of Hanover Co., VA in 1748, close by the depart of a liberal Quaker emigration from Hanover and Louisa Cos., VA to the border areas of North andSouth Carolina. (No border in fill with days!) Most of Francis andCordelia Clark's undeveloped were part of this emigration as was theslow family of Andrew Moorman Sr., youngest son of Thomas and Elizabeth Simpson Moorman.John Clark's ghost in Bladen Co. and the share out of Bladenthat became Anson Co. in 1748, in close geographic propinquity tothe Clarks of Louisa Co. could claim been simple coincidence.Clark was a fairly accepted name and John not much was a distinctive first name. In fact, extra John Clark, a Scots itinerant,was present in Bladen Co., having established in eastern Bladen Co.about 1736 close by near Clarkton, east of Lumberton. (No connection, most likely, surrounded by the Clarks of Clarkton and JohnClark of the Pee Dee Accept.)I besides was penetrating about the beginning of the Frances (Fanny) Clark (c1714-1753) who married Benjamin Dumas Sr. (1706-1766) about1730 and the Jemima Clark (some communication her detail name as Ruth)who married Benjamin Dumas Jr. (1735-1796) about 1755. Given her spontaneous date (c1714), her name, her Quaker optimism, and her home loca-tion in St. Paul's Region of Hanover Co., in all probability in closepropinquity to the Dumas continue end "Polegreen's old field",Fanny Clark Dumas close definitely was the baby of one of the sons of Micajah and Sally Ann Clark. Her top figure artless parentswould claim been Francis and Cordelia Clark. (Fanny would not claim been guzzle in Francis Clark's 1769 will when she had died inNC in 1753. Benjamin, who died in 1766, besides was not guzzle inFrancis' will.) Oddly, Fanny could claim been a babyof Edward and Hannah Clark of Henrico Co who, bit dwell ina the same district, were positioned just with a leg on each side of the Chicahominy from where the Dumas family lived. But Fanny's body was not mentioned in the 1736 sort of the land of Edward Clark ofHenrico.Finally, it is that you can imagine that Fanny Clark Dumas was the babyof Micajah Clark Jr., who family description says was the fourth andyoungest son of Micajah and Sally Ann Moorman. I am justifiedpositive that Micajah Jr. was dwell in Hanover Co. prepared themid-1720's and was the Micajah Clark who bought native land inGoochland Co. end ADAMS and Andrew MOORMAN Sr. in the later1730's. (Anticapating earsplitting cries of "row", I designation that close analysis of the dates of land communication and the later disposition of that land prove without any doubt that the Micajah Clarkdwell end to Robert Adams was "Christopher's son!)[Doug's right; I think he errs on this one--Capt. Christopher'sson Micajah married Robert Adam's baby Judith in the past 1738. It seems appropriately he would be the one purchasing land end his father-in-law. I'll finally join a communication on this MicajahSr. LSS]Whatever her rope, Frances Clark Dumas came from HanoverCo., VA and not from NC. Jemima Clark, nonetheless, not only was aCarolina Clark of mistrust rope, but she was not a Quakeras were top figure of the inconvenient Clarks of Anson Co. Was Jemima thebaby of the ghostly John Clark of Anson Co.? Were Johnand Jemima Clark one way or another simultaneous to the Clark's of Hanover andLouisa Cos. VA?It turns out that Jemima Clark Dumas (b.1737) was either JohnClark's baby or most likely his niece, the baby of goodbrother, Lewis Clark, who besides was present in Anson Co. surrounded by1750 and 1760. I claim besides seen archive that designation thatJemima's moniker was McClendon which was the moniker of BenjaminDumas Sr.'s' second next of kin, Martha. I think not. The name Jemima is present in reliable generations of the personal of John Clark's undeveloped, mega the branches dwell in SC and GA which iswhere Lewis Clark's undeveloped established previously the Pioneering War.Conversely I claim not plus a tumbledown of Lewis Clark's family, the1755 date of the Dumas/Jemima Clark marriage was reliable vivacitypreviously John Clark had encouraged spare west to the Widespread Accept Gully in what is now Cherokee Co. SC. (John Clark's first next of kin, Mary,died soon sharply previously 1754 and John married Mrs. MarthaPickens, widow of John Pickens of Spiritless Co.) John's brother,Lewis, appears to claim remained late at night to as the crow flies Clark'snumerous properties floor the Pee Dee Accept, some of which wereclose to the native land of the Dumas family who operated a holdwith a leg on each side of the Pee Dee at Buffalo Atoll. Considering, two of John Clark'smarried sons would besides live on the Pee Dee Accept properties. John Clark of Anson Co. NC, Edge of Universal Elijah Clark of GAApproval to John Clark of Anson Co. Stopping at a mold of sources, including NC, SC and GA land archive, Louise Hays' biography ofElijah Clark ( Hero of Hornets' Nest ), sensible GA and NCarchive, the Draper Manuscripts, and Family Archives and DARarchive relating to the French & Indian and Rev. War service ofClarks, I am" specialized that the John Clark (c1705c1768) who sold land to Benjamin Dumas Sr. in 1746 was besides theshrink of Universal Elijah Clark (1733-1799) of Georgia. This may be old news to some Clark researchers, but it is new to me andcould pay envelope significant clues as to the beginning of my Clark ancestors. After all, some of Christopher Clark's personal (particularly his great grandson James Clark who served as Official of Kentucky) claimed blood relationship to what's more Universal Elijah Clarkand Universal George Rogers Clark. Maybe John Clark of Anson Co.can help us go kaput some of the mystery.For me, the clincher to the father/son relationship surrounded by Johnand Elijah was a point out in the Hays' biography stating thatpreviously the end of the Pioneering War, Elijah Clark vital toamplify capital to pay for a "awaited celebratory" for his two oldestdaughters. To amplify the burial, he instructed his brother John and Uncle Lewis, what's more then dwell in Anson Co., NC, to sell reliableparcels of land in Anson Co. that had been detail to Elijah by his shrink. One of these properties, a 400 acre tract on Rough Run on the south side of the Pee Dee Accept about 3 to 4 miles from theorifice of Rough Run, was sold in 1784 to Richard Randle for L100.[The "L" is for British pound; this ascii sign doesn't alterwell in cyberspace. LSS] This admit native land had been acquired by John Clark on 3 OCT 1748 (make a copy 2397" AvowEntries in North "vol. 1, 1735-1752, by Dr. A. B.Pruitt), for example the setting was still the western frontier of BladenCo., and near was no tumbledown of it being sold until Elijah soldit to Richard Randle.Worldly wise where to look, I plus extra Anson Co. land archive thatback up the relationship and hand out information on the become hardof specialized Clark's at sure dates. In" Co. NC AwardAbstracts 1749-1766, Abstracts of Wills & Estates 1749-"byBrent H. Holcomb, the following entries appear: 29 OCT 1748. John Clark of Anson Co. to Benjamin Dumas ofLouisa Co. Va, for L200 address burial...land in Bladen Co.on north side of Excellent Pee Dee called Buffaloe (sic) Atoll, applied for 2 FEB 1743/44, settled Clark 20 JUN 1746. (DCT--This is where Ben Dumas proven his hold.) 27 JUL 1750. John Clark of Anson Co., labourer, to Benjamin Dumas of enormously, labourer, for L50 proc. burial...land on south side of Excellent Pee Dee and north side of Rough Accept...repudiation AndrewMOORMAN's land...400 acres settled to John Clark 13 APR1749...wit: Charles MOORMAN, Anthony Hutchins, John Gregg. (DCT-The Andrew Moorman referenced in all probability was Andrew Moorman Sr.,Charles Moorman was his son.) 2 OCT 1751. John Clark, 250 acres in Bladen Co. on northeast side of the Excellent Pee Dee union his own region tree, widow Harrington, and the Accept. (DCT. This was a decision grant asreported by Hofman in" of North Carolina, Abstracts ofAvow Patents, 1735-"It is included clothed in when the widowHarrington was artless Sarah Whitmel Harrington, protectivegrandmother of the a good deal next of kin of John's son Elijah.) 10 DEC 1754. John Clark and Mary, his next of kin, of Anson Co. toJohn Fenister (rental s5, disc L40 VA burial)...land on southside of Widespread Accept end Love's line...400 acres. (DCT --This native land was 100 miles west of the Pee Dee in what is presentlyCovenant Co. SC. John Clark appears to claim first purchased native land floor the Widespread Accept on 26 MAR 1751. He was dwell near in the past1753 as near is a 1753 land selling in which Clark sells the "land and accommodate in which he now lives" to Richard Hughes of PA.In a 1758 "dower" land tidiness affirmation, John Clark refers to"Martha, my next of kin" who turns out to be the widow of John Pickensof Cravens Co. NC. As a result Mary Clark died soon surrounded by late1754 and 1758.) 27 SEP 1754. John Clark Jun. witnessed a land tidiness from John Conyers of Anson Co. to James Crunk. (DCT--First point out toJohn Clark Jr. in the Anson Co. land archive. It is not lucentfrom the say abrupt whether the native land was positioned floorthe Widespread Accept in western Anson Co., or floor the Pee Dee Acceptin the eastern part of the district.) 25 JAN 1755. Col. John Clark of Anson Co. to Benjamin Dumas of enormously, for L30 proc. burial of NC...land on the north side ofExcellent Pee Dee Accept end Philip Henson's line, McAnthonyWhite's line...500 acres settled to John Clark in 1751. No witnesses. (DCT--Establishes John Clark's crowd service which isspare assured by 1754 letter to Official Rowan from Clark con-cerning Indian raids which killed 16 settlers and captured 10,inherent in the sensible ID of the Arrive of North Carolina.) 28 MAR 1755. John Clark, nation for 800 acres in Anson Co.on Pacolet Accept -- and place where he now lives, unionthe south side of the Accept. (DCT. John Clark sold his native landand accommodate on the Widespread Accept in 1753. He had proven his newhome on the Pacolet in the past 1755.) 22 FEB 1765. Walter Gibson of Anson Co. to Shadrach Hogan of enormously, for L10 proc. burial...100 acres on southwest side of PeeDee, end Benjamin MOORMAN, Rough Accept, settled to Gibson 5DEC 1763...Walter Gibson (pledge) Wit: Joseph Culpepper, ElijahClark, Recorded July term 1766. (DCT-- It has been not compulsorythat John Clark's first next of kin, Mary, may claim been a Gibson andnot a Turner or Griffith as I control to imprison. It is that you can imagine, of scuttle, but I like the Turner or Griffith options better. It'stoo long to go into clothed in but is layered later in this communication.) 11 JUL 1764. David Hildreath & Ann Hildreath (et al)...allof Anson Co. to John Clark of Extraordinarily, for L10 s10... 300 acres onRough Accept at orifice of Unsightly Put up with, in Mr. McCullock'sline...wit: Elijah Clark, John Gibson. (DCT--Other people linkElijah and John Gibson. My assess is that Elijah and John wereclose friends and that Elijah later named his youngest son Gibson in rave review of his friend.)In" Co. NC Avow Entrys, 1778-"the following matter appear. All spill the beans to native land in Anson Co. close to the Pee DeeAccept. #913 23 JAN 1779. John Defiant enters 150 acres in Anson Co.on west of Rough Run; includes land friendly as Elijah Clark's inWalter Neck. #1193 7 NOV 1784. Richard Perceive enters 100 acres onsouth side of Rough Run; border Water's line; includes ElijahClark's old field. #1205 7 APR 1785. Richard Perceive enters 400 acres onsouth side of Rough Run; borders say made by Perceive "thatincludes" Elijah Clark's old field and joins Suspend by the neck and Westfield. (DCT. This admit land section was unusually entered by JohnClark on 21 NOV 1746, described as follows: 400 acres in BladenCo. on south side of Pee Dee, border of John Westfield's first-classline, #1971" Avow Entries in NC, vol 1: 1735-"byPruitt.)These land abstracts deposit that John Clark had a next of kin namedMary and sons named John Jr. and Elijah, and that an Elijah Clark was present and dwell on Rough Run in Anson Co. into the1760's and still had title (most likely lapsed?) to land near aslate as 1785. Above and beyond, they deposit an slow mechanized relationship surrounded by John Clark Sr. and Benjamin Dumas Sr., whose son was to marry Jemima Clark. In spite of everything, the land entries do not statementLewis Clark, John's younger borther, who extra archive show waspresent in Anson Co. into glaringly the enormously modify. I be suspicious of(unfavorable word) Lewis may claim lived on land owned by John Clark but never owned land in his own name. Regulators Command of 1769One extra tumbledown establishes the ghost of Elijah and brotherJohn Jr. in Anson County in 1769. In that see, what's more John (noJr. as his shrink was left) and Elijah signed the Regulators Peti-tion to the Official of NC protesting the Clomp Act and extracolonial assessment and calculated a portent to the Oath ofEvenhandedness. Francis Clark Jr., Thomas Moorman, Achilles Moorman and Benjamin Moorman besides signed the enormously ask, as did Thomas Arrington who I imprison was the shrink of Elijah's next of kin Hannah.(Note: Elijah Clark spelled his name what's more with and without an"e". His undeveloped uniformally spelled the name without the "e".His shrink besides appears not to claim used the "e". I claim used the CLARK spelling about this paper downy whereas lots archivein advance to 1750 use a CLARKE spelling and some biographers claimused it as well. The Arrington family of NC spelled their namewhat's more with and without a leading "H". The Harrington analysis seems to claim prevailed by the end of the 18th century.)[This seems like a good place to break; this 11 contact push istoo long to desire prepared cyberspace in its full. I'll try to get the with subject out by mid-week. I'm pressed thatsome of you are sighting connections and clues! LSS]