Notes for Alison CLARK

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Notes for Alison CLARK

C.C. Gardner, page 127; shows name as Alanson, as does
Commemorative Hist. of Presbyterian Church in Westfield, N.J. (McKinney),
Baptisms page 402, "Clark, Alanson, c. Mr. & Mrs. Henry Sept. 13, 1772".
Arthur Hayne Mitchell papers have his name as Allison. Subsequent Looker
family records and articles use name Allison for Looker family members.
Information from Virginia H. Korns states he was a founder of Clarksburg, Va.,
(now West Virginia). [Said to be relative of George Rogers Clark].
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Bulletin
, Volumes 13-14
Front Cover
Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, page 243 has a quote from James Harvy Looker stating that the family visited his mother's brother Allison Clark in Clarksburg, VA in 1805.
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A constable in Clarksburg, VA. See "History of Harrison County, West Virginia: from the early days of ...
By Henry Haymond," which also mentions Watson Clark several times.
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findagrave.com
Birth: unknown
Death: Jun. 10
Inscription:
Alison Clark
Died
June 10, 18(??)
Aged
(???)
Burial:
Riverside Cemetery
Noblesville
Hamilton County
Indiana, USA
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http://righteousandrottenroots.us/genealogy/ind199.html#@I3397@
Sarah HAYMOND
* Birth: 24 JAN 1778, Virginia (W)
* Death: 22 AUG 1854, Noblesville, Hamilton Co., IN
* Family 1: Alison CLARK (b. 8 JUL 1770, Westfield, Union Co., NJ; d. 6 MAR 1813, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., VA (W))
o Marriage: 3 JAN 1796, Harrison Co., VA (W)
o Children:
+ Haymond W. CLARK (b. 9 NOV 1796, Harrison Co., VA (W); d. ABT 1880)
+ Olive Pamela CLARK (b. 25 DEC 1797, Harrison Co., VA (W); d. 25 JAN 1844, Tippecanoe Co., IN)
+ John CLARK (b. 4 JAN 1800, Harrison Co., VA (W); d. 5 JAN 1800, Harrison Co., VA (W))
+ Rowena Davidson CLARK (b. 5 DEC 1800, Harrison Co., VA (W))
+ William Haymond CLARK (b. 7 MAR 1803, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., VA (W); d. 25 AUG 1880, Noblesville, Hamilton Co., IN)
+ Othniel Looker CLARK (b. 17 MAR 1805, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., VA (W); d. 29 DEC 1866, LaFayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN)
+ Amoranda Rachel CLARK (b. 2 NOV 1807, Clarksburg, Harrison Co., VA (W); d. 18 APR 1848, Tippecanoe Co., IN)
One source states that he died 6 March 1813 in Clarksburg, VA.
Immigrated to Virginia in 1787.
Tombstone seems to indicate 10 June as DOD.
Alison Clark was sheriff of Harrison, had lost one arm, was shot and
murdered.

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