Ludwig Lewis Clapp (bef. 1770 - aft. 1832)

Born before 1770 in Guilford, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Ann (Loy) Clapp — married Jun 1787 in Guilford county, North Carolina

Descendants

Died after 1832 after age 62 in Calloway, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Ludwig was born in 1764.

He was a soldier in the American Revolution.

He was a minister in the German Reformed Church.

John Breathitt, Esq Governor of the Common Wealth of Kentucky: Know Ye that by virtue & in consideration of the sum of forty dollars paid into the Recievers office at Waidsboro, agreeably to an act of Assembly approved the third day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, there is granted by the said Commmonweath unto Lewis Clapp the North West quarter of Section Seven Township one, Range Three East containing one hundred and sixty acres. with its oppurtances etc. to Lewis Clapp 'and his heirs forever. In witness whereof, the said John Breathitt, Esq. Gov. of the Common wealth of Kentucky has caused the seal of the said commonweath to be affixed at Frankfort, on the thirteenth day of December in the year of our lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. West of the Tennessee River.

Sources

• Ludwig Clapp is listed in John Philip’s will as his son. Microfilm #0502409 Guilford County, NC Wills Clerk of the Superior Court Record of Wills, Book A, 1799-1801 pp. 1-430 transcribed by Rowan Fairgrove 5/4/2000, Will of John Phillip Clapp
• Lodwick Clapp is listed in the 1790 Census: Guilford, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 502; Image: 293; Family History Library Film: 0568147. Also listed is 1 free white male under 16, 2 males 16 and over.
• Ludwick Clapp is listed in the 1800 Census: Salisbury, Guilford, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 31; Page: 648; Image: 605; Family History Library Film: 337907. Also listed: free white males 16 – 25: 2, free white males 26 – 44: 1, free white males 45 and over: 1, free white females 16 – 25: 1, free white females 45 and over: 1, number of slaves: 2, household members over 25: 3, total household members: 8.
• Ludwig Clap is listed in the 1830 Census: Calloway, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 34; Page: 216; Family History Library Film: 0007813. Also listed are 1 male between 15 and 19, 1 male between 60 and 69, 1 free white person under 20, and a total of 2 persons in household.
• Steve Clapp's Genealogy, Descendants of Thomas Clapp
• Ancestors of William Lee CLAPP
• Geneology records (1935-1972) of Ethel Perry Moore, 1902-1975.
• Correspondence with Rosemarie Langley.
• Letter written to Ethel Perry Moore dated November 17, 1958, by Nina Olsen, Granddaughter of Benjamin Lynn Clapp.
• 1832 Dec 13: Kentucky, Calloway,; Land; DB 5 pg 96 #2979, NW1/4 Sec 7, T1, R3E; FHL 976 992 R28s pg 2,"Kentucky Land Grants" Vol 1 pt 1 Chapetr VII Grants west of Tennessee River (1822-1859) The Counties of Kentucky pg 800.; Also a copy of the original in FHL 272867 BK 5 pg 96
• DB D Vol E pg 152-153; FHL 976.197 R2j pg 59;
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Township Plats of Selected States; Series #: T1234; Roll: 1
• Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution : with an appendix containing a collection of miscellaneous records Provo, UT Author Ancestry.com 2005

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Clapp-279 created through the import of most.recent.ged on Jul 23, 2011 by Norman Perry.