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John Clayton Jr (1761 - aft. 1832)

John Clayton Jr
Born in Guilford, North Carolinamap
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Husband of — married about 1792 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after after age 70 [location unknown]
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Biography

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John Clayton Jr is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 185359
Rank: Private

John was born on the 15th of December, 1761, in Guilford, North Carolina.[1] He was the son of John Clayton Senior and Elizabeth Coleman Clayton.

in 1780, John was drafted into the militia of Caswell County with the rank of private and served in Captain McFarland's Company of Colonel Moore's Regiment, North Carolina. He served for 3 months and was in the "Battle of Camden on the 16th of August, 1780. [2] [3]

On the 11th of December, 1792, John Clayton marred Miss Nancy Merrit in Person, North Carolina.[4][5]

John had a son with an unknown first wife:

  • Richard - born 1804, died 12 Dec 1865 in Scott, Virginia[6]



Sources

  1. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3521399:2189?ssrc=pt&tid=4511021&pid=132428010933. Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina. Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana. Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.Source Information:Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  2. "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-2RMD : accessed 26 October 2022), John Clayton, 04 Mar 1831; citing North Carolina, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 5; FHL microfilm 1,319,385.
  3. Clayton Family Sources - Copy of Pension Certificate S 9183 with affidavits
  4. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6445328:60548?ssrc=pt&tid=4511021&pid=132428010933. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  5. "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q285-BYBK : 9 March 2021), John Clayton and Nancy Merrit, 11 Dec 1792; citing Person, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 418,148.
  6. "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RT-F9F : 29 January 2020), Richard Clayton, 1865.




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