Notes for Ephraim CLARK

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Notes for Ephraim CLARK

Deed Book A, p. 251 Ephriam Clark, Jr. of Montgomery Co., Tenn. eldest son of Ephriam Clark, Sr., formerly of Elizabethtown of the state of East Jersey is selling to John Clark of Chr. Co. Ky. all his right to a house and lot, etc. in East Jersey that
was left to my mother Elizabeth Lyon, alias Clark, the wife of Ephriam Clark, Sr. and the heirs of her body by (Capt.) Ebenezer Lyon by his last will and testament and recorded in clerks office of Amboy, Ephriam Clark sold to John Clark for value
received. Wit. David Beatie, Samuel Baty. Signed Ephriam Clark. [Christian County Kentucky Deed Abstracts 1797-1817 [at TSA 2/2011]
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Ephraim CLARK III
- Birth: ca. 1720-40, probably Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ
Death: 1812/3, presumably Christian Co., KY
Will proved: 11 Jan 1813, Christian Co., KY
Father: Ephraim CLARK, Jr.
Mother: Elizabeth LYON
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Marriage:
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Children:
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Sources:
1. Family Group Sheet compiled by Georgie Tolleson and Betty Ann (Matthiesen) Cogliati.
2. Myra Sidney (Davis) Dipple. Chronology of the Life of Henry Clark: 22 Jan 1739 In his will, Ebenezer Lyon names Ephraim Clark as a grandchild, son of his daughter, Elizabeth Lyon, and Ephraim Clark.
1748 Efrem is listed as a tithable from the "Mouth of Falling River Upwards," Lunenburg [now Bedford] Co., VA.
1749 Ephraim is listed as a tithable from "Goose Creek to the extant of the County upwards."
1750 Ephm. is listed as a tithable "from Falling River to Goose Creek."
02 Mar 1759 Ephraim is granted 100 acres near Camp Creek, Craven [now Lancaster] Co., SC.
1762 Ephraim is granted 100 acres near Lower Camp Creek, Craven [now Lancaster] Co., SC
22 Aug 1800 Ephraim, of Montgomery Co., TN, sells the New Jersey land inherited from his father-in-law.
14 May1806 Ephraim is exempted from paying taxes and working on road crews due to infirmity of age, Christian Co., KY.
11 Jun 1813 Ephraim's will is proved, Christian Co., KY.
3. 1790 Census.
4. 1800 Census.
5. 1810 Census.
6. Christian Co., KY, tax rolls (Heritage Quest Microfilm, V20-72; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):- Year District Dates of
Receiving
Lists Persons Names
Chargeable with
the Tax A B C D E F Acres Watercourse In Whose Name
Entered In Whose Name
Surveyed In Whose Name
Patented
1st 2nd 3rd
1801 South Mar 23 Thompson Peter 1 - - - 6 - -
- -
123 150
- W F R River
W F R River E Clark
P Thompson Same
Same
Legend for numerical data [grey indicates that particular datum was not taken that year]: A = White Males 21 or over; B = White Males 16-20; C = Blacks over 16; D = Total Blacks; E = Horses & Mares (gelded male horses and female horses); F = Stud
Horses; 1st/2nd/3rd refers to 1st Rate, 2nd Rate, or 3rd Rate land. Abbreviations: W F R R = West Fork Red River
"E Clark" is almost certainly our subject. Peter Thompson is said to be the father of Thomas Thompson, who married Delilah Davis, granddaughter of Ephraim's brother, Col. Henry Clark.
7a. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1804-1809. (self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY): Pg. in
ABW Year Dist.* Last
Name First
Name A B C D E Acres Watercourse
3 1804 South Clark Ephraim 1 - - - 2 - -
- 1805 - - - - - - - - - -
73 1806 South Clark Ephraim - - - - 2 - -
- 1807 - - - - - - - - - -
- 1808 - - - - - - - - - -
207 1809 East Clark Ephraim 1 - - 2 - -
Legend for numerical data:
A = White Males 21 and over; B = White Males 16-20 (this column not used in 1809)
C = Blacks over 16; D = Total Blacks; E = Horses
*The county was divided into just two districts: from 1804 to 1806, into North and South Districts; beginning in 1807, into East and West Districts. The change in districts tells us that Ephraim was in the southeast quadrant of early Christian
County, which later became the southwest quadrant of Todd Co. when it was formed in 1820.
We know that Ephraim was exempted from paying a "county levy" in 1806, so it's understandable why there is no "male 21 or over" taxed in that year. Presumably, he received even broader exemptions in 1805/7/8 as well.
7b. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1810-1813. (Self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY). Ephraim Clark
does not appear on the tax rolls between 1810 and 1813.
8. Lon Arneld Bostick, Sr. & James Taylor Killebrew. 1985. County Court Order Book "A" for Christian County, Kentucky for the Years 21 March 1797 - 29 August 1805... Christian County Genealogical Society (1101 Bethel St., Hopkinsville, KY 42240).
On p. 32: Pg. in
Book A Date Motions
62 14 May 1806 Ephraim Clark exempted hereafter from paying a county Levy and from working on roads hereafter in Christian County.
9. James Taylor Killebrew. 1987. County Court Order Book "B" Part 2 for Christian County, Kentucky, for the years Nov. 1809 - 6 June 1814 for a County Court held at Town of Hopkinsville. Christian County Family and History Research Society (4465
Cadiz Rd., Hopkinsville, KY 42240). On p. 110: Pg. in
Book B Date Motions
291 11 Jan 1813 The last will and testament of Ephraim Clark, deceased, was exhibited in Court and proven by the oath of Isaac Clark a subscribing witness thereto and ordered to be filed.
Isaac Clark was Ephraim's nephew.
10. Brent Holcomb. 1977. Deed Abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford Counties, North Carolina, 1769-1786, Tryon County Wills & Estates. Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC. On p. 119: Pp. Date Transaction
753-
754 15
Mar
1783 ROBERT MONTGOMERY of 96th Dist., S. C. to HENRY CLARK of Rutherford Co., N. C., for Ł 100 proc. money...land in Lincoln Co., on both sides Rudisells Creek, adj. RUDISELL, granted to WM. WYATT 29 Aug 1768...ROBERT MONTGOMERY (SEAL), ISBEL
MONTGOMERY (mark) (SEAL), Wit: EPHRAIM CLARK, JESSE CLARK (mark). Rec. Apr. term 1785.
11. Willie Pauline Young, compiler. 1996. Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds: as on File in the Abbeville, South Carolina, Courthouse. Southern Historical Press, Greenville, SC (publication history obscured by
current publisher; appears to have been originally published in 1950 by the compiler; was reprinted 1969 by Georgia Genealogical reprints, Vidalia, GA; republished 1977/82/95 by SHP). On p. 413: LITTLE, JAMES--BOX 108, PACK 2956:
Will dated Mar. 20, 1785 in 96 Dist. Prov. Apr. 14, 1785.
Exrs: Henry Good, Ephraim Clark.
Wit: Hugh Taylor, Jesse Clark, Wm. Splean.
Wife: Mary Little. Chn: Mary, Thos Little.
12. Mary Clark's web site: Genealogy of the Clark Family.
Gen.Collections Charles Carroll Gardner Vol 29 CLARK
Lyon Memorial, S.E. Lyon (1907), p. 96.
Lived in Montgomery Co., TN at one point.

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