| Date |
Event |
Source |
| 1732 |
Oct |
08 |
Henry Clark was born to Ephraim and Elizabeth Lyon Clark -probably
at Elizabeth Town, Essex County, NJ. |
John Wheeler Rev. War Pension #W8999 and will of Ebenezer Lyon. |
| 1737 |
Jul |
26 |
Henry's future wife, Sarah Jones, was born. |
John Wheeler's Rev. War Pension Record #W8999. |
| 1739 |
Jan |
22 |
The probated will of Ebenezer Lyon of Elizabeth Town, NJ, named
his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Ephraim Clark, and their children:
Elizabeth, Ephraim, Hannah, Darkis, Henry, Riderous, Nathaniel and Ichabod
Clark. |
NJ Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills, 1730-1750, Lib. of Congress,
page 270. |
| 1748 |
- |
- |
Efrem Clark and Rydarus Clark are listed together as two tithes
in Lunenberg County, Va. |
List of tithables from the "Mouth of Falling River Upwards" taken
by John Phelps. |
| 1749 |
- |
- |
Ephraim Clark, Henry Clark, two tithes; Reyderus Clark, one tithe. |
List taken by Nicholas Haile from "Goose Creek to the extant of
the County upwards." [Lunenburg Co., VA] |
| 1750 |
- |
- |
Ephm. Clark, Henry1
Clark, Rideras Clark listed together as three tithes. |
List taken by John Phelps "from Falling River to Goose Creek" [Lunenburg
Co., VA]. This area is now located in Bedford Co., [VA,]
created in 1754. |
| 1756 |
Feb |
14 |
Nathaniel and Ichabod Clark are listed on the Muster Roll of captain
Adam Alexander's Company of Anson County, NC. |
Capt. Adam Alexander was a member of the Washaw settlement not
far from Camp Creek in South Carolina. |
| 1758 |
Aug |
29 |
Henry Clark and Ryderus Clark were each granted 100 acres on Camp
Creek in what is now located in Lancaster Co., SC. |
SC Royal Land Grants, Craven Co., SC. |
| 1759 |
Mar |
02 |
Ephraim Clark was granted 100 acres on Camp Creek. Henry's
son, Benjamin, was born about this time. |
- |
1759
1760 |
Oct
Jan |
- |
Henry and Rideruss Clark served in the Cherokee Expedition under
Colonel Richard Richardson from Camden District, Craven County, SC. |
Muster and payroll of Cherokee Expedition, SC Historical Commission. |
| 1762 |
- |
- |
Ephraim, Ichabod and Henry were each granted 100 acres on Lower
Camp Creek, Craven County. |
- |
| 1766 |
Feb |
21 |
Henry Clark granted 180 acres on the west side of Broad River at
Loves Corner.2 Nathaniel Clark, chain bearer. |
File #2219, Grant 374, Book 23, Page 151. |
| 1766 |
Feb |
24 |
Ichabod Clark granted 200 acres on west side of Broad River, joining
the mouth of Thicketty Creek.** Nathaniel Clark, chain bearer. |
File #1516, Grant 469, Book 18, Page 340. |
| 1767 |
Feb |
12 |
Reydias Clark granted 200 acres on the south side of Broad River
touching on Henry Clark's line, Ichabod Clark's line and Love's Corner.2
Surveyor Ichabod Clark; Henry Clark, chain beare. |
File #2379, Grant 139, Book 23, Page 209. |
| 1767 |
Aug |
01 |
John Hannah's will was probated in Mecklenburg Co., NC. His
wife was named Mary, and children were Ichabod, Richard, Hannah and Elizabeth.
His brother-in-law, Henry Clark, was named executor and Ichabod Clark was
a witness to the will. Evidently, Mary was born after Ebenezer Lyon's
will was written naming the Clark grandchildren. |
Tryon Co., NC, Wills and Estates abstracted by Brent Holcomb CRS.
Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC. Page 127. |
| 1768 |
Dec |
05 |
Henry Clark was appointed Justice of the Peace to the newly created
county of Tryon and took the oath of office. Nathaniel Clark was
allowed a license to keep an ordinaryin his dwelling house after complying
with all laws. |
Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Tryon Co.,
NC. |
| 1769 |
- |
- |
Rideras Clark and Nathaniel Clark were empanelled to jury duty
at the July Court. |
Court Minutes, Tryon Co., NC. |
| 1770 |
Apr |
- |
Henry Clark with Andrew Hampton, Abraham Kuykkendall and Joseph
Green, came into court and produced his Excellency's commission appointing
them each a Captain of Militia of this Province. |
Court Minutes, Tryon Co., NC. |
| 1770 |
Jun |
05 |
Henry Clark and wife, Sarah, sell 180 acres on the south side of
Thicketty Creek2 adjoining Zacharia Bullock and Stephen Jones. |
File #711, Grant 420, Book 22, Page 307. |
| 1773 |
Sep |
01 |
Henry Clark and wife, Sarah, sell 180 acres on the west side of
Broad River2 to John Foster beginning at Love's Corner, with
the house, outbuilding, orchard, garden, etc. Witnessed by Rydarus Clark
and William Laughlin. |
Union Co., SC, Deed Book A, Page 55. |
| 1775 |
- |
- |
By this time, Henry Clark was living on Kendrick's Creek, south
of the Long Island of the Holston including the Double Springs, site of
"Captain Clark's Mustering Grounds," near the Indian Path. In 1777,
NC passed a new land law. Those who had acquired their holdings through
Charles Robertson of the Wataugans had to get new titles; but were given
preference. Near Kendrick's Creek, Nathaniel Clark and Ichabod Clark
each had land holdings on Stewart's Branch and the Sugar Tree Bottom Land. |
NC Land Grants and Sullivan Co. TN Deed Book 1. |
| 1776 |
Jul |
20 |
Captain Henry Clark participated in the Battle of Long Island Flats
of the Holston River against the Cherokee Indians led by Dragging Canoe.
[As
did Henry's son, Lt. Benjamin Clark.] |
John Wheller (sic) Rev. War Pension Record. |
| 1776 |
Oct |
03 |
Colonel William Christian and over 2000 men camped on Henry Clark's
property at Double Springs. Henry Clark, Benjamin Clark and John
Wheeler joined the expedition to destroy the Indian towns. |
Draper Manuscript 4QQ74 and 8ZZ72; John Wheeler's Pension Record. |
| 1777 |
Aug |
- |
District of Washington was created by the North Carolina Legislature
and the first Court session was held with Henry Clark named one of the
twenty-one Justices of the Peace. |
Colonial Records of North Carolina XXIII, Page 995. |
| 1778 |
- |
- |
Henry Clark paid taxes to Washington County of 9 pounds, 5 shillings
and 5 pense of 904 acres with improvements, slaves, horses and cattle. |
- |
| 1779 |
Mar
Apr
May |
- |
Captain Henry Clark and son, Lt. Benjamin Clark, volunteered under
Colonel Evan Shelby and Major Charles Robertson with a force of 900 men
and floated 120 miles down the Holston and Tennessee Rivers to lay waste
to Dragging Canoe's new towns. Nathaniel and Ichabod Clark were also
on the expedition's payroll. |
NC State Archives titled Rev. Army Accounts, Volume VIII, Page
70, Folio 4, and Page 71. Fojlio 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
| 1779 |
Oct |
18 |
Henry Clark and Jesse Walton, members for Washington County, took
their seats in the NC House of Commons at Halifax. The legislative
session ended by raising the members pay an additional $10 per day. |
Minutes of the General Assembly, NC State Records, Volume 13, Page
914 and 999. |
| 1799 |
Nov |
19 |
Henry Clark Received a commission as Lieutenant Colonel from Governor
Caswell of North Carolina. |
Historic Sullivan by Oliver Taylor, King Publishing Co., Bristol,
TN, 1909, obtained from Court Records at Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 1779 |
Dec |
15 |
Henry Clark's daughter, Susannah, was married to John Wheeler at
the plantation on Kendrick's Creek. |
John Wheeler's Rev. War Record #W8999. |
| 1780 |
Feb |
07 |
Sullivan County was officially organized. Henry Clark was
appointed Justice of the Peace and Nathan Clark was named Sheriff. |
Historic Sullivan by Oliver Taylor, Page 91. |
| 1780 |
- |
- |
Henry Clark again represented Washington County in the House of
Commons at Hillsborough. |
- |
| 1781 |
Sep |
07 |
Henry Clark bought 260 acres in Rutherford Co., NC, on the west
fork of Knob Creek. Witness: Benjamin Clark. Also, another
240 acres on Knob Creek including a "Great Bottom and Cherokee Path" and
forks of the creek. |
Rutherford Deed Book A #1, Pages 70-71 and 78-79. |
| 1781 |
- |
- |
About this time, Benjamin Clark married Patience Dillingham, daughter
of Vachel Dillingham and his first wife, Mrs. Ann Dillingham. |
Dillinghams of Big Ivy, Buncombe Co., NC, and Related Families
compiled by Margaret Wallis Haile, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1979. |
| 1781 |
Nov |
- |
Colonel Henry Clark and Colonel Sevier each commanded regiments
drafted to subdue the Tories at Cross Creek. The Tories had already
been defeated so they marched toward Charleston and joined General Marion
down on the Santee Swamps. The expedition lasted three months. |
John Wheeler's Rev. War Record. |
| 1782 |
Sep |
05 |
John Wheeler bought 105 acres on Knob Creek, Rutherford Co., NC.
Henry Clark witnessed the deed. |
Rutherford Co., NC, Deed Book A #1, Page 90. |
| 1782 |
- |
- |
About 1782, Mary Ann Clark married Francis Whitesides of Rutherford
County, son of William Whitesides and Elizabeth Stockton. |
Family Group Sheet on file at the LDS Genealogical Archives dated
1934. |
| 1783 |
Oct |
29 |
John Wheeler sold their 105 acres on Knob Creek. Witness:
Nathaniel Clark. |
Rutherford Co. Deed Book C, Page 275. |
| 1784 |
Jan |
13 |
Henry Clark sold all 500 acres on Knobb Creek to William Queen. |
Rutherford Co. Deed Book C, Pages 331-332. |
| 1784 |
Jul |
16 |
Henry Clark is granted 300 acres on the south fork of Saluda River
bounded by vacant land. |
SC Land Grant, Abbeyville Co., SC, Volume A, Page 73. For
a short time, Pendlton Co. was attached to Abbeyville. |
| 1784 |
- |
- |
Benjamin Clark's property was located on the south side of the
Saluda River between "Colonel Henry Clark's old place and John Wheeler's." |
Anderson Co., SC, Book D, Page 408. |
| 1789 |
- |
- |
Henry Clark was one of the commissioners appointed by the SC legislature
to locate a courthouse and buy property for the newly formed county of
Pendleton. |
SC State Statutes Acts of 1789, Volume 7, Page 252 and Volume 5,
Page 105. |
| 1790 |
- |
- |
US Census of 96th District, Pendleton Co., SC. Listed in one group
were Capt. Benjamin Clark, Henry Clark, John Wheeler, Isaac davis, and
a little further down was Ichabod Clark. Nathaniel Clark, Simon French
and Francis Whitesides were listed on page 84. |
Heads of Families - South Carolina, Page 83. |
| 1795 |
- |
- |
Henry Clark of Pendleton County sold 270 acres of a 370 acre tract
to Hannah Shotwell. 200 acres he gave to his son, Isaac Clark. His
sons, Henry Clark Jr. and Benjamin Clark witness the deed. |
Anderson Co. SC Deed Book D, Page 239. |
| 1795 |
- |
- |
It was about this time that Isaac Clark married a Miss Campbell. |
- |
| 1797 |
Nov |
14 |
Henry Clark bought 200 acres on the North Fork of Red River from
John Irwin. |
Christian Co. Ky Deeds Volume B, Page 7. |
| 1797 |
- |
- |
About this time, Mary Clark married Simon French. |
- |
| 1797 |
- |
- |
Henry's son, John Clark, was appointed Clerk of the newly created
co. of Christian. Benjamin Clark posted his security bond of 1000
pounds. |
Christian Co., KY Deed Book A, Page 17. |
| 1799 |
Feb |
27 |
John Clark was married to Lucy Elliott, daughter of Lewis and Nancy
Elliott. |
Montgomery County, TN, Marriage. |
| 1800 |
Mar |
10 |
Isaac Clark was married to Polly French, daughter of William French. |
Warren Co., KY, Marriages 1797-1851 compiled by Helen Thomas, Mary
Rabold and Elizabeth Price, Bowling Green, 1970. |
| 1800 |
Aug |
22 |
Ephraim Clark, oldest brother of Henry3,
of Montgomery Co, TN, sold a house and lot at Elizabeth Town, NJ, to John
Clark. This property was an inheritance willed by Captain Ebenezer
Lyon, Henry's maternal grandfather. |
Christian Co. KY Deed Book A, Page 251-251 and the will of Ebenezer
Lyon. |
| 1801 |
Dec |
13 |
Rydarus Clark, with sons-in-law, John Bird and John Gillham, sold
a tract of land on Gilkey's creek of Thicketty Creek2 for $2570.
This seems to be the disposal or Rydarus' estate, recorded 25 June, 1803.
John and Sarah Gillham moved to Wanda, Madison Co., Illnois, in June of
1803. |
Union Co. SC Deed Book G, Page 279. |
| 1805 |
- |
- |
Ichabod Clark was "exonerated from paying taxes because of age
and infirmity" on his property on the Tradewater River. |
Livingston Co., KY, Court Minutes. |
| 1806 |
Mar |
30 |
Henry Clark Jr. was married to Betsy Davis, daughter of James Davis
and Deborah Miller. |
Christian Co. KY Marriage Records 1797-1850 compiled by Cordelia
C. Gary, 1970. |
| 1806 |
May |
14 |
Ephraim Clark was exempted from paying County levy and from working
on roads. |
Christian Co. KY Court Order Book A, Part 1. Manuscript preparation
by Lon Bostick, sr.; indexed by Elizabeth Harringotn. Christian Co. Family
and HIst. Research Soc., Hopkinsville, KY 42240, 1987. |
| 1813 |
Jun |
11 |
Hopkinsvile. The will of Ephraim Clark was proven by the
oath of Isaac Clark [Col. Henry's son, nephew of Ephraim],
witness, and ordered filed. |
Christian Court Order Book B, Part 2, Page 291, Christian Co. Family
and Hist. Research Soc., Hopkinsville, Ky 42240, 1987. Manuscript preparation
by James Taylor Killebrew. |
1I'm
afraid according to Bell (see source given below) the record reads "Ash:
Clark," not Henry Clark. (The colon was then used to indicate abbreviation.)
It's very difficult to know what is going on here. If the individual
was, in fact, Henry, it's an odd — almost impossible — mistake for the
Lister to have made. My first thought was that it was another son
coming of age, but if "Ash" came of age in 1750, he would have had to have
been born in 1733/4 and thus have been alive when Ebenezer Lyon wrote his
will, in which no "Ash" was mentioned. Or is the will mistaken?
Or is "Ash" some other kin — a nephew, perhaps? In any case, it does
appear that Henry has left the nest at 17. Did he go to live with
one of his elder brothers? Or is Bell (or Duda) the one who is mistaken?
2 This land is now in Cherokee Co., SC.
3Ephraim cannot be the eldest
brother of Henry because, according to Ebenezer Lyon's 1739 will, Ephraim
was "not of age," but their brothers, Nathaniel and Ichabod were of age,
so either Nathaniel or Ichabod is Henry's eldest brother. I suspect
Myra concluded that Ephraim was the eldest brother because Ephraim was
mentioned first among the tithables of 1748-50; however, I believe Ephraim
was mentioned first because he was their father, not their brother,
and that the younger Ephraim was not listed because he still had not come
of age. |
| Landon C. Bell. 1931. Sunlight on the Southside:
Lists of Tithes, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1748-1783. Clearfield,
Blto. (reprinted 1974, Genealogical Publ. Co., Blto.; transcribed by Thomas
Walter Duda and online in the Archives of the Lunenburg County VAGenWeb
site), p. 153. |
