Solomon Trumone Clanton (1857 - 1918)

Born 27 Mar 1857 in Cypremort, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 18 May 1918 at age 61 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Solomon Clanton is a part of US Black heritage.

Biography

Solomon T. Clanton was the son of Solomon T and Mary (Jones) Clanton, both of Virginia.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_T._Clanton
• "Louisiana, Orleans and St. Tammany Parish, Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WFJ4-8HMM : 30 April 2020), S T Clanton, 1896.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS5R-FM3 : accessed 26 February 2021), S T Clanton Sr., 4th Precinct New Orleans city Ward 14, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 133, sheet 14A, family 235, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,575.
• "Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4MSY-FFW2 : 7 November 2019), Solomon T Clanton in entry for Robert Stuart Clanton, 1900.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #138393808

Research Notes

A Solomon Clanton worked as a janitor in Louisiana, starting on Christmas day in 1865. He made $20 per month:

• "United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TH-K186?cc=2427894&wc=31S1-VZ3%3A1556058902%2C1556213575 : 1 August 2016), Louisiana > Roll 9, Registers of employees, no dates > image 17 of 19; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1978).

Solomon's Find A Grave memorial states that it is unknown as to where he is buried. One wonders if there is a duplicate memorial and that he is buried in his wife's home town:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #63241826