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Adam was born on December 10, 1754[1]. He was the son of John Phillip Clapp and Barbara ______ . He married Ruth (Lawrence) Clapp before 1798.
Adam Clapp was a Revolutionary War soldier. His Service record is on file at the National Archives, Washington, D.C. file # S30937. Adam Clapp, while living in Guilford County, North Carolina, volunteered as a private in the fall of 1776. He served in Captain Henry Whitsell's Company, Colonel Alexander Martin's Regiment. [2] You can read Adam Clapp's Pension Application and the entire Pension File here. [3][4]
In the Declaration for a pension which he signed on 16 October 1832, Clapp said that, about five years after the end of the Revolutionary War, he moved to Tennessee, where he stayed for twenty-two years. He then moved to Union County, Illinois, and lived there until a year before he filed the Declaration, 1832. Then he moved to neighboring Alexander County, Illinois, where he was currently living.[5]
He passed away on August 15, 1841[6]
He was buried in 1841 in Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, in Dongola, Union, Illinois, USA[7] See a picture of Adam Clapp's Grave.
Died 15 Aug 1841. Union County, Illinois, United States of America. [8] 15 Apr 1841. Dongola,Alexander,(Union) Illinois, United States. 15 April 1841. Dongola,Alexander,(Union) Illinois, United States. 15 April 1841. Dongola,Alexander,(Union) Illinois, United States. Found multiple copies of death date. Using 15 Aug 1841
Marriage 1782 Guilford, North Carolina, United States. Abt. 1794. Of, , , Tennessee. abt 1795. Sumner Co., Tennessee, USA. bef 1798. Guilford County, North Carolina.
Buried Dongola, Union County, Illinois, United States of America. [8]
File @O115@.
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