Wiley Truehart Claunch (1822 - 1904)

Born 27 May 1822 in St. Clair Co., Alabama

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet Nuel (Cochran) Claunch — married 27 Feb 1842 in Talladega County, Alabama

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1904 at age 82 in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

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Biography

Wiley Truhart Claunch was born in 1822 in St. Clair County, Alabama. He was the son of Love Claunch and Patsey Arnold.

He married Harriett Nuel Cochran in 1842 in Talladega Co., AL. They may have lived in Noxubee Co., MS for a time but by 1860 they had moved to Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. Wiley died there in 1904.

Children of Wiley and Harriett

From 1850 and 1860 Census

1. Mary A. Claunch, born c1844
2. William L. Claunch, born c1845
3. Wesley T. Claunch, born c1848
4. James H. Claunch, born c1850
5. Frances L. Claunch, born c1852
6. Ellen J. Claunch, born c1854
7. Rosana Claunch, born c 1856
8. Zenoby (?) J. Claunch, born c1859
9. Others??

Sources

• Talladega County, Alabama Marriage Record Book A, p. 274 (FHL Film 5205850, Image 160); 27 February 1842, marriage of Wiley Clonch and Harriet Cochron; License dated 1 April 1842.

• Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office, Accession No. AL2710.236; Certificate No. 24937, 1 September 1849, Land grant to Wiley T. Claunch of St. Clair Co., AL; 34 acres being Fraction A of Section 11 in Township 18 of Range 3 East.

• Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office, Accession No. AL2710.243; Certificate No. 24944, 1 September 1849, Land grant to Wiley T. Claunch of St. Clair Co., AL; 40 acres and 25/100th of an acre being the NW Quarter of Section 11 in Township 18 of Range 3 East.

• 1850 Federal Census, St. Clair County, Alabama; Household #381/381; Wiley T. Claunch, 28, farmer, born A; Harriett Claunch, 27, born AL; Mary A. Claunch, 5, born AL; William L. Claunch, 4, born AL; Wiseley T. Claunch, 2, born AL; James H. Claunch, 6 months; Lucinda Lawson, 14, born MS; John Lawson, 12, born MS; William P. Lawson, 10, born MS; Eliza J. Lawson, born AL; Arnold Claunch, 16, born AL (Reuben Arnold Claunch, brother of Wiley).

• St. Clair County, Alabama Deed Book C, p. 251 (FHL Film 8132514, Image 457); 13 July 1850, Wiley T. Clonch and Harriett N. Clonch, his wife, to H. W. Hargroves, 32 acres being the northeast fraction of the north east quarter of Section 28 in Township 18 of Range 3 East. Wit: William Hugate, Henry (illegible).

• St. Clair County, Alabama Record of Estates B, p. 303-306 (FHL Film 5175946, Images 591-593); 18 February 1855, John Collins, administrator of the estate of Love Claunch, deceased, applied for final settlement. Collins appointed Guardian of Reuben A. Claunch, minor heir of said estate. On 18 June 1855, final settlement indicated Thomas M. Barker was then Guardian of Reuben A. Claunch, aged over 14 but under 21, then living in Titus Co., TX. Other heirs were Wiley T. Claunch of Noxubee Co., MS, Stephen J. Claunch of Titus Co., TX and John Claunch of Talledega Co., AL. Land (no details) was sold 10 December 1852 for $850. Distributions for Wiley T., Stephen J. and John were assigned for “the use of Seaborne J. Florence” (identity unknown).

• 1860 Federal Census, Cladwell Parish, Louisiana; Household #1/1; W. T. Clanch, 38, farmer, born AL; Harriett Clanch, 37, born AL; Mary A. Clanch, 16; William L. Clanch, 15; Weslet T. Clanch, 12; James H. Clanch, 10; Frances L. Clanch, 8; Ellen J. Clanch,6 ; Rosana Clanch, 4; Zenoby J. Clanch, 1; Eliza J. Lawson, 17; Will P. Lawson, 18.

• Find-a-grave #5476245

• U. S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 (Ancestry); Wiley T. Claunch died 31 October 1904; 2nd Louisiana Heavy Artillery, Confederate States of America; Little Star Cemetery, Kelly, Louisiana.