Born about in Surry County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edward Clanton
and Sarah (Evans) Clanton
Sister of
William Clanton, Mary Martha (Clanton) Gilliam [half], Thomas Clanton Sr, Charles Clanton Sr., Benjamin Clanton, Mary Clanton, Anne (Clanton) Johnson and Edward Clanton
Wife of
William Lashley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Dec 2015
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Biography
Sarah Clanton, born 1715, Sarah was named for her mother - Sarah Clanton.
Sarah married married William Lashley on July 28, 1748.
Sarah's husband William Lashley, was named in Sarah's father's estate.
“Account for the estate of (Sarah's father), Edward Clanton dec’d by Sarah Clanton (mother) admrx. Amounts paid to or cash received from:
John Beddingfeild William Clanton James Hix John Linch Jos Bennet Col Thomas Cocke William Jasper Francis Myrick Rev John Betty Francis Ealedge Nicholas Jones John Person Mary Brown William Gollowy William Kimball Clement Read John Carrol Thomas Good * William Lashley John Wray John Clanton George Gordon Richard Ledbetter
Audited by Michael Wall, Nicholas Edmunds. Returned to Court 3 Jul 1746.
William Lashley was one of the signers of the Petition sent in the year 1733 to his Majesty's Governor of North Carolina, asking that the seat of government be located in the middle of the Providence and not where it had been proposed to be located on the lower end of the Cape Fear River. - Taken from the Records of The Executive Council' 1664-1734. The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Second Series, Vol. VII
Sources
- William Lashley's Will, states "...To wife, Sarah...". Dated December 1. 1760, Brunswick Co., Virginia Will Book 3, page 362.
Acknowledgements
- Clanton-249 was created by Glenn Major through the import of Gedcom 2015.GED on Dec 11, 2015.
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Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Clanton-613 and Clanton-249 appear to represent the same person because: they share a similar birth year, the same parents and the same siblings. Their bios match with the same spouse, William Lashley, as well.
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by Linda (Johnson) Leslie
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