Rebecca (Reid) Clinton (1808 - 1883)

Born 19 Mar 1808 in Old Reid Homestead, York, South Carolina

Ancestors

Died 13 Jul 1883 at age 75 in York, South Carolina

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Biography

Married James Clinton.

1840 Census has Rebecca Clinton listed as a head of household, along with 2 boys aged 5-10, one girl under age 5, and one woman aged 30-40 (Rebecca was age 32).

In the 1850 census, she is listed with William J (age 19, born in York), Mary A (age 17), William J (age 18, born in Chester), and James C (age 8). The other households on the census page are Reid, presumably she is living near her family.

1870 Census lists "Reabecca" Clinton, age 62, keeping house, and living with Rebecca McCullough, age 18.

The 1880 Census lists Rebecca Clinton (age 72), in a household with granddaughters Nancy (20) and Eliza (17) Ashcraft, and Mary (born July 1879) and Joseph (born May 1880), both without a relationship description.

Sources

• Reid Family Bible

• Burial and headstone at Neely's Creek ARP Church Cemetery; Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina

• York County Historical & Genealogical Society Newsletters; May, 1997 and June 1997

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QG-M1J : 23 December 2020), Rebecca Clinton, Yorkville, York, South Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TM-3D9 : 29 May 2021), Rabecca Clinton, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M63S-GGF : 20 February 2021), Rebecca Clinton, Catawba, York, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 165, sheet 428C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,243.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21475293/rebecca-clinton