Born 1817 in Giles, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Eleanor B (Clifts) Hopper — married 3 May 1838 in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

Died about 1845 at about age 28 in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

Biography

marriage 3 May 1838 in Lincoln County, Tennessee

Currently updating my Clark family with the addition of Eleanor B. Clifts/Clift as the wife of Andrew Jackson Clark, son of Thomas & Betsy Robinson Clark of Giles County, Tennessee.....

Andrew Jackson Clark's heirs mentioned in the will of his father Thomas Clark in Giles County, Tennessee.... Photocopy of original in possession of Gloria J. Tune Transcription from photocopy of original document by Gloria J. Tune

Giles County, Tennessee Will Book H, pages 206 and 207 Will of Thomas Clark 01 April 1843 Giles County, Tennessee "I also give to my son Andrew J. Clark's heirs thirty dollars in money and the account that I have against my son Andrew J. Clark deceased, of one hundred and twelve dollars."

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Sons of Andrew Jackson Clark named in the............. Settlement of the Estates of John and Sarah Clark

"Berry W. White & others - Petitioners respectfully represented to the Court that about 1845 John Clark died at his residence in Giles County, Tennessee, intestate, leaving widow Sarah. He left no children surviving, never having had children. John Clark died owning 100 acres of land which lay on Richland Creek. One third of the land was given to his widow Sarah as her dower. The land adjoined the lands of David Kincad, George W. Day, William MacMilliam, and others. Sarah Clark died in the year 1854 and petitioners stated they were entitled to that part of the 100 acres laid off to Sarah as Dower.

Petitioners were: Robert Clark of Giles County, Andrew Clark of Hickman County, Mary Davis of Lincoln County, & Sarah wife of John Baldridge of the State of Missouri were brothers and sisters of John Clark, deceased. James W., William, Alexander P., John, Thomas J., Gideon B., & D. B. Clark, Martha wife of Berry W. White, Mary wife of Charles D. Goodrum, Elizabeth wife of Henry Judith were children of Thomas Clark, deceased, brother of John Clark, deceased.

WILLIAM & HENRY CLARK were grandchildren of Thomas Clark, deceased, being sons of a deceased son JACKSON CLARK.

Catherine Ray, Mary wife of John Madden, Margarette Burton, James, Andrew, Jackson, David & George W. Porterfield were children of Peggy Porterfield, sister of John Clark, deceased. Emily Porterfield, Susan wife of Harry Burch, James Porterfield, John Porterfield, Andrew & Harriet Porterfield were children of John Porterfield, deceased, son of Peggy Porterfield.

All of the Porterfield families lived in the State of North Carolina.This Case for the settlement of the estates of John & Sarah Clark." (File Box W-14 Case 1310 Petition ExParte 1855, Giles County, Tennessee, as abstracted by Skip Porterfield, Pearland, Texas.)

Sources

• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNDG-JWQ : 4 December 2014), A J Clark and Ellenor B Clifts (Unknown), 03 May 1838; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 3, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.