1776 |
Revolutionary
War begins |
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NC [>TN]: Holston River Valley |
Capt. Henry CLARK, Lt. Benjamin CLARK, and Lt. John WHEELER
participate in the Battle of Long Island Flats against Cherokee led by
Dragging Canoe |
Wheeler (1832) |
NC [>TN]: Double Springs |
Henry CLARK, Benjamin CLARK, and John WHEELER et al.
destroy Indian town |
Wheeler (1832)
Draper Manuscripts 4QQ74, 8ZZ72 |
Cherokees
cede western lands. |
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In NC (now
TN), Washington District is formed. |
Corbitt (1981: 215) |
NC [>TN]: Washington District |
Henry CLARK named one of 21 Justices of
the Peace of the newly created district. |
Colonial Records of NC XXIII, p. 995 |
1777 |
In NC (now TN), Washington Co.
is formed from Washington Dist. |
Corbitt (1981: 216) |
1778 |
NC [>TN]: Washington [Sullivan] Co. |
Henry CLARK pays taxes on 904 acres w/improvments, slaves,
horses, and cattle. |
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May 1778 |
NC: Washington Co. [>TN:Sullivan Co.]: Holston R. |
Court orders road built from Gocher's Ford directly to
Henry CLARK's place, then beyond. |
Washington Co. Court Order Book A |
14 Oct 1778 |
NC: Tryon [>Gaston] Co.: W side of Dutchmans Creek, about
a mile from the mouth, on road leading form Tuckasiege ford to a dreen
(sic) falling into Beaver Dam Creek by Sarah KUYKENDALL |
Nathan DAVIS, of Tryon Co., sells 93½ acres
(land originally granted to Joseph DAVIS, the Elder, 6 Oct 1796) |
Holcomb (1977: 96) citing Tryon and Lincoln Co., NC,
Deeds, pp. 477-478 |
19 Nov 1778 |
NC: Lincoln? Co.: Rudesels Creek |
Edward WYATTof Tryon Co. sells 100 acres originally granted
to William WYATT 29 Aug 1778 |
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Mar-May 1779 |
NC [>TN]: Holston & Tennessee Rivers |
Capt. Henry CLARK, Lt. Benjamin CLARK, Nathaniel CLARK,
Ichabod CLARK, participate in Chickamaugas campaign under Col. Evan Shelby |
NC State Archives, Rev. Army Accounts, Vol. VIII
Wheeler (1832) |
21 July 1779 |
NC: Tryon [> Gaston] Co.: on branches of S fork Catawba,
granted to
DAVIES 28 Apr 1768 |
John Moore buys land "where JOSEPH DAVIS late
lived" |
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1779 |
In NC, Rutherford and Lincoln
Cos. are formed from Tryon Co.; Tryon Co. is abolished. |
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18 Oct 1779 |
NC [>TN]: Washington District |
Henry CLARK takes his seat in the North Carolina House
of Commons at Halifax |
Minutes of the General Assembly, NC State Records, Vol.
13, pp. 914 and 999 |
20 Oct 1779 |
In NC [>TN], Sullivan Co., is
officially formed from Washington Co. |
Corbitt (1950: 197) |
19 Nov 1779 |
NC |
Henry CLARK receives commission as Lt. Col. from Gov.
Caswell |
Taylor (1909: 91) |
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NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: Kendricks Creek Plantation |
Henry CLARK, Jr., is born (s/o Henry CLARK & Sarah
JONES) |
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15 Dec 1779 |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: Kendricks Creek Plantation |
John WHEELER & Susanna CLARK marry |
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7 Feb 1780 |
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NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co. |
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1780 |
NC [>TN]: Washington District |
Henry CLARK again takes his seat in the North Carolina
House of Commons |
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NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co. |
Henry CLARK, Justice of the Peace |
Taylor (1909: 91)
Preston (1926:37) |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co. |
Nathan CLARK appointed Sheriff |
TN?: Hiwasee Town |
Col. Henry CLARK raised regiment to subdue Indians; Capt.
Benjamin CLARK commanded a company with John WHEELER as Lieutenant |
Wheeler (1832) |
7 Sep 1781 |
NC: Rutherford Co.: W Fork of Knob Creek |
Henry CLARK of Washington Co. [TN] buys 260 acres; Benjamin
CLARK is witness |
Holcomb (1977: 137-138) citing Rutherford Co., NC, Deed
Book A#1, pp. 70-71 |
17 Sep 1781 |
NC: Rutherford Co.: Nobb Creek at Cherocee path |
Henry CLARK of Washington Co. [TN] buys 240 acres; Benjamin
CLARK is witness |
Holcomb (1977: 138) citing Rutherford Co., NC, Deed Book
A#1, pp. 78-79 |
Nov 1781 - Jan 1782 |
Cross Creek > Santee Swamps |
Col. Henry CLARK commands regiment to subdue Tories;
then joined Gen. Marion down to Santee |
Wheeler (1832) |
ca. 1782 |
NC: Rutherford Co. |
marriage of Benjamin CLARK & Patience DILLINGHAM
(d/o Vachel & Ann DILLINGHAM) |
Haile (1979) |
NC: Rutherford Co. |
marriage of (Mary) Ann CLARK & Francis WHITESIDE
"of Rutherford Co., NC" |
Family Group Sheet dated 1934, on file with LDS |
5 July 1782 |
NC: Mecklenburg Co.: Sugar Creek |
Joseph DAVIS buys 100 acres; |
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5 Sep 1782 |
NC: Rutherford Co.: Knobb Creek |
John WHEALER of Rutherford Co. buys 105 acres; Henry
CLARK is witness |
Holcomb (1977: 139) citing Rutherford Co., NC, Deed Book
A#1, p. 90 |
1782 |
NC [>TN] Washington Co.: including Aaron Burlesons old
Improvement |
Charles HAYS is granted 400 acres |
Burgner (1981: 2), No. 29 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on Lick Creek below Benjamin
Pyburns |
Nathaniel DAVIS is granted 199 acres |
Burgner (1981: 2), No. 34 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: joining John Stewart's land
in Jarrot's Branch |
James WHEELER is granted 97 acres |
Burgner (1981: 2), No. 35 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the Clear Fork of Horse
Creek |
James WHEELER is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 6), No. 119 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the waters of Great Limestone |
Abram KUYKENDALE is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 7), No. 148 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the water of Great Limestone
southside Carrucks Creek |
Abram KUYKENDALE is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 7), No. 155 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the Clear Fork of Horse
Creek |
James WHEALER is granted 99 acres |
Burgner (1981: 7), No. 156 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the waters of Great Limestone
Creek |
John KUYKENDALE is granted 150 acres |
Burgner (1981: 9), No. 215 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the waters of Great Limestone
Creek |
Abram KUYKENDALE is granted 100 acres |
Burgner (1981: 9), No. 216 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on both sides Lick Creek, the
mouth of Racoon Branch |
Charles HAYES is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 14), No. 358 |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: on the south side of Holston
River |
Stephen RENTFRO is granted 70 acres |
Burgner (1981: 37), No. 991 |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: on Fall Creek joining
his own lines |
Thomas RAMSEY is granted 500 acres |
Burgner (1981: 39), No. 1030 |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: on the north fork
of Rentfroes Creek |
Josiah RAMSEY is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 40), No. 1063 |
NC [TN]: Sullivan Co.: on the waters of
Fall Creek N side of the Holston |
Edmund DAVIS is granted 160 acres |
Burgner (1981: 41), No. 1084 |
15 Mar 1783 |
NC: Lincoln? Co.: on both sides of Rudisells Creek, adj.
RUDISELL |
Henry CLARK of Rutherford Co. buys land, grant of Wm.
WYATT 29 Aug 1768; witnesses Ephraim CLARK and Jesse CLARK |
Holcomb (1977: 119) citing Tryon-Lincoln Co., NC, Deeds
Vol. 2, p. 753-754 |
3 Sep 1783 |
Treaty of Paris, ending Revolutionary
War, is signed. |
Encyclopedia Britannica CD |
29 Oct 1783 |
NC: Rutherford Co.: Knobb Creek |
John WHEELER of Rutherford Co. sells 105 acres; witness
Nath CLARK |
Holcomb (1977: 153) citing Rutherford Co., NC, Deed Book
C, pp. 275-276 |
1783 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the head of the east branch
of Lick Crick |
Nathan DAVIS is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 3), No. 68 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on a branch of
Horse Creek including the Turnip Patch Improvement |
Vauch [prob. Vachel] DILLINGHAM is granted
149 acres |
Burgner (1981: 4), No. 86 |
NC [>TN}: Washington Co.: on a branch of
Lick Creek |
William WHITTERDES [prob. WHITESIDES] is
granted 148 acres |
Burgner (1981: 16), No. 393 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: joining John
Gillaland and James Wilson's lines |
Robert DAVIS is granted 50 acres |
Burgner (1981: 18), No. 451 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the roaring
fork of Lick Creek |
Joseph KERCHENDALE [prob. KUYKENDALL] is
granted 100 acres |
Burgner (1981: 18), No. 454 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on a branch of
Little Limestone joining Hugh Stevenson |
James DAVIS is granted 100 acres |
Burgner (1981: 21), No. 535 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on Pensons Creek
joining Aaron Burlesons |
Charles HAYES is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 21), No. 551 |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: on Stewart's Branch below the
Island |
Nathaniel CLARK is granted 164 acres |
Burgner (1981: 43), No. 1153 |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: joining George Russells line |
Nathaniel CLARK is granted 83 acres |
Burgner (1981: 43), No. 1154 |
NC [>TN}: Sullivan Co.: on Horse Creek, the south side
of Holston River |
Vachel DILLINGHAM is granted 940 acres |
Burgner (1981: 43), No. 1155 |
13 Jan 1784 |
NC: Rutherford Co.: land on both sides W Fork Knobb Creek |
Henry CLARK of Rutherford Co. sells [260 acres] |
Holcomb (1977: 158) citing Rutherford Co., NC, Deed Book
C, pp. 331-332 |
NC: Rutherford Co.: Knobb Creek, including a Great Bottom,
Cherokey path and forks of the Creek |
Henry CLARK sells 240 acres |
Holcomb (1977: 158) citing Rutherford Co., NC, Deed Book
C, pp. 332-333 |
17 May 1784 |
SC: Ninety-Six Dist. |
Henry and Jno. CLARK witness the will of Armal FINCHER
(wp July 1784) |
Young (1996: 109) |
16 Jul 1784 |
SC: Abbeville Co.: S Fork of Saluda River |
Henry CLARK is granted 300 acres (bounded by vacant land) |
SC Land Grant, Abbeville Co., Vol. A, p. 73 |
1784 |
SC: ? [>Anderson] Co.: S side Saluda R. between "Henry
Clark's old place and John Wheeler's." |
Benjamin CLARK owns property |
Anderson Co., SC, Book D, p. 408 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the waters
of Sinking Creek |
Peter KUYKENDALE is granted 150 acres |
Burgner (1981: 24), No. 618 |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: joining Fitzgerald's
and his own lines |
Weight STUBLEFIELD is granted 95 acres |
Burgner (1981: 45), No. 1202 |
NC [>TN}: Sullivan Co.: south side of Holston River |
Henry WAGGONER is granted 500 acres |
Burgner (1981: 45), No. 1222 |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: on the N side of Holston |
Nathaniel DAVIS is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 48), No. 1322 |
1 Jan 1785 |
N+SC: Tryon Co. [>?]: land on both sides Reynolds Mill
Creek |
Nathl CLARK witnesses land sale |
Holcomb (1977: 117) citing Tryon and Lincoln Co., NC,
Deeds, Vol. 2, pp. 728-729 |
1785 |
In SC, Camden Dist. divided
into seven counties, including York and Lancaster; 96 Dist. divided into
six counties, including Union and Abbeville. |
Stauffer (1994: 3) |
1785 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: joining Samuel Denton's and
Jesse Wilson's lines |
Nathan DAVIS is granted 31 acres |
Burgner (1981: 27), No. 705 |
1786 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the head of Gammons Branch |
Robert Loxley STUBBLEFIELD is granted 100 acres |
Burgner (1981: 29), No. 766 |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co. |
marriage of Isaac DAVIS & Sarah CLARK |
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NC [>TN]: Green Co.: on Limestone Fork of Lick Creek |
James HAYES is granted 100 acres |
Burgner (1981: 59), No. 1658 |
1787 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the N fork of Davis Creek |
John DAVIS is granted 100 acres |
Burgner (1981: 30), No. 800 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the N side
of Watauga |
John DAVIS is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 31), No. 806 |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: between Horse Creek
and Lick Creek |
James WHEALER is granted 100 acres |
Burgner (1981: 51), No. 1384 |
NC [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: on the S side the
N fork |
John HOLLOWAY is granted 50 acres |
Burgner (1981: 51), No. 1404 |
NC [>TN]: Greene Co.: on a fork of Camp
Creek |
John WAGONER is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 65), No. 1817 |
NC [>TN]: Greene Co.: branch of Little Gap Creek |
Isaac DAVIS is granted 125 acres |
Burgner (1981: 69), No. 1931 |
NC [>TN]: Greene Co.: on the waters of Swift? Creek N
side of Tennessee |
Charles HAYS is granted 500 acres |
Burgner (1981: 69), No. 1957 |
NC [>TN]: Greene Co.: on Lick Creek |
Nathaniel DAVIS is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 70), No. 1985 |
NC [>TN]: Greene Co.: on Camp Creek southside Nolachucky |
Thomas DAVIS is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 72), No. 2035 |
NC [>TN]: Greene Co.: on a branch of Sinking Creek |
Nicholas HAYES is granted 100 acres |
Burgner (1981: 73), No. 2048 |
NC [>TN]: Greene Co.: on Lick Creek |
William WYATT is granted 520 acres |
Burgner (1981: 73), No. 2058 |
NC [>TN]: Greene Co.: on Little Chuckey |
Nicholas DAVIS is granted 300 acres |
Burgner (1981: 74), No. 2094 |
SC: 96 Dist. [now Cherokee Co.]: south side of
Broad River |
Ephraim & Mary CLARK sell 200 acres |
Lucas (1989: 513) |
1788 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on Penson's Creek joining Bird's.
. . |
Daniel McCRAY is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 31), No. 824 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on waters of Cherokee Creek |
Henry FRENCH is granted 150 acres |
Burgner (1981: 31), No. 836 |
NC [>TN]: Washington Co.: on Kendrick's Creek |
William HOLLAWAY is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 32), No. 857 |
1789 |
In SC, Pendleton Co. is formed
de novo from Cherokee Indian land. |
Stauffer (1994: 3) |
1789 |
SC: Pendleton Co. |
Henry CLARK appointed to commission by SC legislature
to locate a courthouse and buy it for newly formed county |
SC State Statutes Acts of 1789, Vol. 7, p. 252; Vol.
5, p. 105 |
22 Dec 1789 |
NC cedes seven western counties,
including Sullivan, Greene, and Washington, to the U.S. Govenment. |
Corbitt (1950: xx) |
1789 |
SW Territory [>TN]: Washington Co.: including branches
of Kendricks Creek |
William HOLLOWAY, Jr., is granted 200 acres |
Burgner (1981: 32), No. 867 |
SW Territory [>TN]: Washington Co.: on the waters of
Roans Creek joining Richard White's survey |
David WAGGONER is granted 112 acres |
Burgner (1981: 33), No. 892 |
SW Territory [>TN]: Sullivan Co.: on the southside Holston |
William STUBBLEFIELS is granted 160 acres |
Burgner (1981: 54), No. 1488 |