Raleigh Robert Clack (1772 - 1842)

Born 4 Jun 1772 in Henry, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Randles) Clack — married 28 Oct 1791 in Sevier County, Tennessee

Husband of Martha (Kerr) Clack — married 13 Aug 1816 in Sevier County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1842 at age 70 in Rhea, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Raleigh Clack served for Tennessee in the War of 1812
Service started:
Unit(s): Company A East Tennessee Millitia
Service ended:

Raleigh Clack served with the unknown during the Creek War
Service Started: unknown
Unit(s): unknown
Service Ended: unknown

Seen variously as Raleigh, Rolly and Rawleigh Clack and Clark, this son of Spencer Clack and Mary Beavers was born June 4 1772. “Rolly“ married Mary Randels in 1791.^[1] Following the death of Mary, he married Martha Kerr in 1816. Children include Elizabeth Kerr, William Miller, Margaret Frances Butker, Eliza A, Robert Newton and Rebecca Levena.

The disputed territory “over the mountains” that became Tennesee in 1796 and Kentucky was claimed by Virginia and North Carolina until 1790 when it became United States “Territory South of the Ohio River”^[2]. Here Raleigh volunteed in McGaughey's Company, Knox City Regiment, Hamilton District Millitia from 1792-94.^[3] He also served as a private in Company A of the East Tennesee Millita in the war of 1812.^[4]

Rolly lived in Kentucky in the 1790s^[5] and later Rhea Tennesee^[6] and died at age 70 in 1842. ^[7]

From the "Clack Genealogy" written by his grandson William Raleigh Clack 1913.

"Raleigh Clack, a son of Spencer Clack was born June 4th 1772, and was married to Mary Randels Oct. 28th 1791. His first wife having died, he was married again Aug. 15th 1816 to Martha Kerr. He was a resident of Kentucky for a time afterward moved back to East Tenn on the French Broad River, owning a large farm in the fork of French Broad and Pigeon rivers. Later he bought a large farm in the 3rd civil district of Rhea Co., Tenn. and moved to it where he spent the rest of his life.He served in the Army under Gen. Jackson in his famous campaigns against the Indians and was in that memorable battle of the Horse Shoe in 1814. He died Dec. 16 1842 and was buried in the Clack cemetery near his residence where a marble slab marks his last resting place."

(History of the James Clack Family in America, By Adella McDowell Clack). After his marriage, in 1791, Rawleigh moved to Wayne County., KY. While in Kentucky, he served as a volunteer provate in McGaughey's Company, Knox City Regiment, Hamilton District Military, south of the Ohio River 1792-4. Rawleigh was a Kentucky resident for a time, but moved back to eastern Tennessee. He owned a large farm in Sevier County, located in the fork of the French Broad and Pigeon rivers, Later, he bought a tract of land in Rhea County, near Yellow Creek, where he spent the rest of his life.

1928 BOOK:

Title: The Family Chronicle and Kinship Book of Maclin, Clark, Cocke, Carter, Taylor, Cross, and Other Related American Lineages

Author: Octavia Zollicoffer Bond, published 1928

https://archive.org/stream/familychroniclek00bond?ref=ol#page/642/mode/2up

Page 643

1. Raleigh (Rolly) Clack, born in Virginia, June 4, 1772; married first Mary Randles (or Reynolds), Oct. 28, 1791; she was born Sept. 7, 1770, and died Jan. 31, 1816; married second Martha Kerr, Aug. 12, 1816; died in Sevierville, Tenn., July 9, 1832. Raleigh Clack died Sept. 16, 1842, in Rhea County, Tenn.

Issue of Raleigh Clack and his wife, Mrs. Mary (Randles) Clack:

a. Spencer Clack, born Sept. 27, 1792; married Miss Hawkins, a sister of General John Sevier’s first wife, Sarah Hawkins,

b. John Clack, born Nov. 15, 1795.

c. Elizabeth Clack, born Sept. 22, 1797; married Robert Kerr, Dec. 12, 1816, and died at New Republic, Mo., Nov. 29, 1891.

d. Micajah Clack, born May 22, 1799; married Margaret Kerr (born June 5, 1796, and died Sept. 10, 1817). He died Sept. 10, 1877.

e. Sallie Clack, born July 10, 1801; married Oct. 2, 1818, Samuel Tyler,

f. Martha Clack, born Feb. 29, 1895; married Aug. 29, 1826, Thomas Jefferson Kerr (gorn Jan. 28, 1805).

g. Missouri Clack, born April 14, 1805; died, unmarried, Nov. 12, 1856.

h. Willie Blount Clack, born March 17, 1809.

i. Mary E. Clack, born Dec. 3, 1810.

Issue of Raleigh Clack and his second wife, Mrs. Martha Kerr Clack:

a. William Miller Clack, born May 2, 1817; married Isabella Gist Wilson (who was born May 13, 1819, and died Dec. 30, 1895), Sept. 2, 1841. He died Feb. 14, 1911.

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ Hollis Pioneers Kin and Kin to Kin by Grace Hollis Puryear, pub. 1973, page 47 citing marriage and date. This is only one page of many regarding the family and descendants of Richard Randles of Sevier County, TN. See Memories on his FamilySearch Profile for the page - Available at the Family History Library
2. ↑ Historical Atlases and Maps of U.S. and States
3. ↑ 1794 Raleigh Clark Territory South of the Ohio River (Roll 29) Knox County Regiment, Hamilton District Militia Ach, Joseph - Ewing, William, U.S. Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1811 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C., Ancestry.com. U.S. Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1811 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784 to 1811. NARA microfilm publication M905, 32 rolls. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1762–1984, Record Group 94. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Name Raleigh Clark Muster Date 6 Feb 1794 State or Territory Territory South of the Ohio River, USA Service Year 1792 Military Unit Knox County Regiment, Hamilton District Militia Rank Private
4. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29V-BJG3 : 12 March 2018), Raleigh Clack, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 39; FHL microfilm 882,557.
5. ↑ 1799 Rolly Clack in the Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890 POSSIBLE, NOT PROVEN Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Kentucky Census, 1810-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. Name: Rolly Clack State: KY County: Cumberland County Township: No Township Listed Year: 1799 Record Type: Tax list Database: KY Early Census Index
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-LRJ : 8 September 2017), Rolly Clack, Rhea, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 25, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 535; FHL microfilm 24,549.
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 September 2018), memorial page for Raleigh Robert “Rolly” Clack (4 Jun 1772–16 Dec 1842), Find A Grave: Memorial #10366474, citing Ewing Cemetery, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Judy Smith (contributor 46637418) .

see also:

• Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.

Original data: Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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