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William Alexander Clayton (abt. 1815 - abt. 1876)

William Alexander (Alex) Clayton
Born about in Roxboro, Person, North Carolina, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , and
Husband of — married 21 Oct 1839 in Person, North Carolina, USAmap
Husband of — married 15 Mar 1853 in Hopkins, Kentucky, USAmap
Husband of — married 23 Aug 1874 in Union, Kentucky, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died about at about age 61 in Hanson, Hopkins, Kentucky, USAmap
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Contents

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: William Alexander /Clayton/[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Name: Alexander /Clayton/[7][8]
Name: Alex /Clayton/[9][10][11]
Name: William R. /Clayton/[12]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using William Alexander /Clayton/.

Birth

Birth:
Date: ABT 1815
Place: Roxboro, Person, North Carolina, USA[13][14][15][16][17]
Birth:
Date: ABT 1818
Place: North Carolina, USA[18]
Birth:
Date: BET 1810 AND 1820
Place: Roxboro, Person, North Carolina, USA[19]
Birth:
Date: ABT 1814
Place: Roxboro, Person, North Carolina, USA[20][21][22]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using ABT 1815

Death

Death:
Date: ABT 1876
Place: Hanson, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA[23][24][25][26]
Death:
Date: ABT 1890
Place: Union, Kentucky, USA

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using ABT 1876Array

Occupation

Occupation: Farmer/Prim. Baptist Min.
Occupation: Farmer
Date: 30 JUN 1860
Place: Morganfield, Union, Kentucky, USA
Occupation: Merchant
Date: 22 SEP 1850
Place: Henderson, Kentucky, USA[27]
Occupation: Farmer
Date: 18 AUG 1870
Place: Hopkins, Kentucky, USA[28]

Residence

Residence:
Date: 30 JUN 1860
Place: Morganfield, Union, Kentucky, USA[29][30]
Residence:
Date: 1840
Place: Person, North Carolina, USA[31]
Residence: District 2
Date: 22 SEP 1850
Place: Henderson, Kentucky, USA[32]
Residence: Precinct 3
Date: 18 AUG 1870
Place: Hopkins, Kentucky, USA[33]

Burial

Burial: Clayton Cem., Shakerag (NE of Madisonville)
Place: Hopkins, Kentucky, USA

Note

Note: #N358

Marriage

Husband: William Alexander Clayton
Wife: Mary Ann Clayton
Child: William Alexander Clayton
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Marriage:
Date: 15 MAR 1853
Place: Hopkins, Kentucky, USA[34][35][36][37]
Husband: William Alexander Clayton
Wife: Sallie Yarbrough
Marriage:
Date: 21 OCT 1839
Place: Person, North Carolina, USA[38][39]
Husband: Solomon Coleman Clayton
Wife: Frances Carver
Child: William Alexander Clayton
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Marriage:
Date: 01 MAR 1806
Place: Roxboro, Person, North Carolina, USA[40][41][42][43][44][45][46]
Event: Ancestry DNA match with user robinson5101 (secondary match on Susan Lucretia Tapp and Robert Coleman Clayton)
Type: Genetic Match (Shared[47]

Sources

  • Source: S197 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R2
  • Repository: R2 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S200 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S206 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S207 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1870 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S215 Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R2 NOTETenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
  • Source: S221 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S236 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1840 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S238 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S422 Author: Ancestry.com Title: North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007; Repository: #R2
  • Source: S529 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Repository: #R3
  • Repository: R3 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S643 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Kentucky, Find A Grave Index, 1776-2011 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. Find A Grave: Memorial #75719030: accessed 30 January 2012.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. Repository: #R3
  • Source: S69 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Deaths Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Repository: #R1 NOTEDeath date: 1876Death place: Hopkins, KY, USA CONT 3
  • Repository: R1 Name: Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S781 Author: Dodd, Jordan, comp Title: Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001; Repository: #R3

Notes

Note N358Nickaned "Bishum" or "Alex". Moved with Sallie and son John Thompson (age 4) in1844 to KY by covered wagon. Alex was a farmer and believed to be a Primitive Baptist Minister. After Sallie's death he married Mary Ann Clayton and after her death Sarah Jane Clayton (Mary Ann's younger sister).
Also have CIR 1819 for bday.
Married by James Archer to Mary Ann Clayton. Were on the road 8 weeks.
Settled near Olive Branch Cemetary.
NC 1840 Census - Clayton, Alexander, Person Co., 286, NO, TWP, L
Married by James Archer to Mary Ann Clayton. Were on the road 8 weeks.
Settled near Olive Branch Cemetary.
  1. ↑ Source: #S69
  2. ↑ Source: #S197 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Solomon Coleman Clayton
  3. ↑ Source: #S238 Page: Database online. Source number: 12881.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM. Data: Text: Record for Mary Ann Clayton
  4. ↑ Source: #S529 Data: Text: Death date: 1876 CONT Death place: Hopkins, KY, USA
  5. ↑ Source: #S643 Data: Text: Birth date: 1814 CONT Birth place: CONT Death date: 1876 CONT Death place:
  6. ↑ Source: #S781
  7. ↑ Source: #S221 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William C Clayton
  8. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Henderson, Kentucky; Roll: M432_204; Page: 340A; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Alexander Clayton
  9. ↑ Source: #S200 Page: Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: , Union, Kentucky; Roll: ; Page: 384; Image: 62. Data: Text: Record for Alex Clayton
  10. ↑ Source: #S207 Page: Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 3, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Alex Clayton
  11. ↑ Source: #S236 Page: Database online. Year: 1840; Census Place: , Person, North Carolina; Roll: ; Page: . Data: Text: Record for Alex Clayton
  12. ↑ Source: #S422 Page: Database online. Data Source: FHL microfilm # ?????. Data: Text: Record for William R. Clayton
  13. ↑ Source: #S215 Page: Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Vanderburg, Webster, Kentucky; Roll: 446; Family History Film: 1254446; Page: 87C; Enumeration District: 27; Image: 0171. Data: Text: Record for Wm. A. Clayton
  14. ↑ Source: #S197 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Solomon Coleman Clayton
  15. ↑ Source: #S221 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William C Clayton
  16. ↑ Source: #S238 Page: Database online. Source number: 12881.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM. Data: Text: Record for Mary Ann Clayton
  17. ↑ Source: #S207 Page: Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 3, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Alex Clayton
  18. ↑ Source: #S200 Page: Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: , Union, Kentucky; Roll: ; Page: 384; Image: 62. Data: Text: Record for Alex Clayton
  19. ↑ Source: #S236 Page: Database online. Year: 1840; Census Place: , Person, North Carolina; Roll: ; Page: . Data: Text: Record for Alex Clayton
  20. ↑ Source: #S197 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Solomon Coleman Clayton
  21. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Henderson, Kentucky; Roll: M432_204; Page: 340A; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Alexander Clayton
  22. ↑ Source: #S643 Data: Text: Birth date: 1814 CONT Birth place: CONT Death date: 1876 CONT Death place:
  23. ↑ Source: #S69
  24. ↑ Source: #S197 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Solomon Coleman Clayton
  25. ↑ Source: #S529 Data: Text: Death date: 1876 CONT Death place: Hopkins, KY, USA
  26. ↑ Source: #S643 Data: Text: Birth date: 1814 CONT Birth place: CONT Death date: 1876 CONT Death place:
  27. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Henderson, Kentucky; Roll: M432_204; Page: 340A; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Alexander Clayton
  28. ↑ Source: #S207 Page: Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 3, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Alex Clayton
  29. ↑ Source: #S197 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Solomon Coleman Clayton
  30. ↑ Source: #S200 Page: Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: , Union, Kentucky; Roll: ; Page: 384; Image: 62. Data: Text: Record for Alex Clayton
  31. ↑ Source: #S236 Page: Database online. Year: 1840; Census Place: , Person, North Carolina; Roll: ; Page: . Data: Text: Record for Alex Clayton
  32. ↑ Source: #S206 Page: Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Henderson, Kentucky; Roll: M432_204; Page: 340A; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Alexander Clayton
  33. ↑ Source: #S207 Page: Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 3, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: . Data: Text: Record for Alex Clayton
  34. ↑ Source: #S238 Page: Database online. Source number: 12881.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM. Data: Text: Record for William Alexande Clayton
  35. ↑ Source: #S197 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Mary Ann Clayton
  36. ↑ Source: #S781
  37. ↑ Source: #S781
  38. ↑ Source: #S238 Page: Database online. Source number: 12880.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM. Data: Text: Record for William Alexande Clayton
  39. ↑ Source: #S436 Page: p. 14 and p. 67 Data: Text: GROOM: CLAYTON, Alx, CONT BRIDE: YARBRO, Sarah CONT DATE: 10/21/1839
  40. ↑ Source: #S26 Page: Source number: 12802.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM.
  41. ↑ Source: #S197 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Solomon Coleman Clayton
  42. ↑ Source: #S436 Page: p. 14 and p. 11 Data: Text: GROOM: CLAYTON, Solomon CONT BRIDE: CARVER, Frances CONT DATE: 03/01/1806
  43. ↑ Source: #S532 Page: Source number: 12802.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM. Data: Text: Birth date: 1775 CONT Birth place: NC CONT Marriage date: 1806 CONT Marriage place: NC
  44. ↑ Source: #S574 Data: Text: Marriage date: CONT Marriage place: Person CONT Residence date: CONT Residence place: North Carolina
  45. ↑ Source: #S532 Page: Source number: 12802.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM. Data: Text: Birth date: 1775 CONT Birth place: NC CONT Marriage date: 1806 CONT Marriage place: NC
  46. ↑ Source: #S574 Data: Text: Marriage date: CONT Marriage place: Person CONT Residence date: CONT Residence place: North Carolina
  47. ↑ Source: #S809 Data: Text: robinson5101 (secondary match on Frances Carver and Solomon Coleman Clayton) CONT Possible range: 2nd - 3rd cousins CONT 4th cousin (1x removed)

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Lenny Zimmermann for creating WikiTree profile Clayton-1508 through the import of Zimmermann_Family_2013-07-23.ged on Jul 23, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Lenny and others.






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