James Claxton (1798 - 1871)

Born 18 Sep 1798 in Virginia or North Carolina

Husband of Temperance C. (Ratcliff) Claxton — married 26 May 1819 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co., Tennessee

Descendants

Died 30 Sep 1871 at age 73 in Elk Creek, Wright Co., Missouri, USA

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James Claxton (1798-1871) is not James Anderson Claxton of East Tennessee. This has been proved by DNA testing. Tommy and Mary Anne Claxton of Henry County, TN had extensive research posted about James Claxton, his ancestors and descendants and several yDNA tests which helped to sort out the various branches. Their site is no longer available, to the best of my knowledge, but they sent me a copy of a lot of this material and I will post it as I can. (Carolyn Smotherman)

The following statement is from Tennessee State Penitentiary records: David Claxton was received in the Penitentiary the twelfth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty one. He is thirty years old, Six feet and one inch high, weighs one hundred and seventy nine pounds, dark hair, blue eyes, fair skin, small scar on the right point of the forehead, a remarkable scar on the right hand caused by the cut of a knife. His right leg has been broken and is generally sore. Born in Wilson County Tennessee and raised in Smith and Bedford Counties Tennessee seven miles north of Shelbyville. Has six brothers and one sister in said county. Lived three years in Gallatin County Illinois eighteen miles below Shawneetown. His father and mother living in Bedford County, Tennessee. Found guilty of passing counterfeit money or bank bills at the Circuit Court of Bedford County and sentenced to three years of confinement in the jail and penitentary house of the state of Tennessee. David Claxton was discharged by expiration of sentence on the fifteenth day of January 1835. Detained 35 days for bad conduct. Prison Records R. G. # 25, Vol. 45.

Based on this statement John Claxton and his wife are the only ones of an age to be the parents. The six brothers are James, John Jr., Isaac, Jonathan, Solomon and either Hiram or Jeremiah Claxton.

James Claxton (1798-1871) served in the War of 1812, apparently in 1815. He applied in 1871, while living in Missouri and gave his wife's name as Temperance Rackley and the date of their marriage as April 26, 1819.

Biography

James Claxton, born 1798, was the son of james (or John) and Sarah Claxton. He married Temperance Rackley or Ratcliff, abt 1819. ^[1] They may have had, at least ten children: Henderson (1823), Elizabeth (1825), James (1827), William Harvey or "Henry"? (1829), Caroline (1831), John Wesley (1832), Noah (1835), Temperane (1838), George Coleman (1840), Emily (1845) and Martha (1847). ^[2][3] James died in 1871 and is buried at Durbin Cemetery, in Wright County Missouri. ^[4]

Name

Name: James Anderson /CLAXTON/ Jr.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 18 SEP 1798

Place: Virginia, USA^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

Death

Death: Age at Death: 73

Date: 30 SEP 1871

Place: Elk Creek, Wright Co., Missouri, USA^[17]

Event

Event: U.S. General Land Office Records

Type: Civil

Date: 01 JUN 1859

Place: Wright Co., Missouri, USA^[18]

Burial

Burial: Durbin Cem. Find-A-Grave #26799658

Date: OCT 1871

Place: Wright Co., Missouri, USA^[19]

Military Service

Military Service:

Date: 1812

Place: USA^[20]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1870

Place: Wright Co., Missouri, USA^[21]

Residence: 1860 Wright Co., Missouri, USA ^[22]

Residence: 1850 District 8, Bedford Co., Tennessee, USA^[23]

PHOTO

PHOTO @M171@

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James Anderson Claxton 1798 - 1871

Birth: Sep 18 1798 Anderson County in East Tennessee

Marriage: Temperance Ratcliff) Apr 26 1819 Shelbyville, Bedford Co., Tenn.

Death: Sep 13 1871 Wright, Missouri

Burial: Durbin Cemetery, Hartville, Wright Co., Missouri

Wife: Temperance Claxton (born Ratcliff) 1804 - 1877

Children:

1. x Richard Claxton 1820 - 1820
2. Henderson C. Claxton 1822 - 1892
3. Elizabeth Sanders (born Claxton) 1825 - 1897 WikiTree profile Claxton-180
4. James Anderson Claxton 1826 - 1892
5. William James Harvey Claxton 1829 - 1903
6. Joshua Calvin Claxton 1831 - 1909WikiTree profile Claxton-253
7. John Wesley Claxton 1832 - 1924WikiTree profile Claxton-6
8. Noah C. Claxton 1835 - 1915
9. Temperance Adeline Wilson (born Claxton) 1838 - 1918
10. George Coleman "uncle Mike" Claxton 1842 - 1903
11. Emily Adeline Scott (born Claxton) 1845 - 1925
12. Margaret C. Russell (born Claxton) 1848 - 1880
13. Martha C. Claxton 1848 - 1880

^[24]

Sources

1. ↑ A well sourced tree on Rootsweb.com
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDQ-LFK : 9 November 2014), James Claxton, Bedford county, Bedford, Tennessee, United States; citing family 28, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ A well sourced family tree by Tom Hamm
4. ↑ Find a Grave memorial 26799658 for James Claxton
5. ↑ Source: #S290
6. ↑ Source: #S2144
7. ↑ Source: #S2357 Object: @M5012@
8. ↑ Source: #S40 Page: Source number: 643.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1798 Birth place: VA
9. ↑ Source: #S27 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: , Wright, Missouri; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1798 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1870 Residence place: Wright, Missouri, United States Object: @M5013@
10. ↑ Source: #S28 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Wright, Missouri; Roll: ; Page: 929; Image: 368. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1799 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Wright, Missouri, United States Object: @M5014@
11. ↑ Source: #S39 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: M432_869; Page: 154B; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1799 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1850 Residence place: District 8, Bedford, Tennessee Object: @M5015@
12. ↑ Source: #S2144
13. ↑ Source: #S40 Page: Source number: 643.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: . Data: Text: Birth date: 1798 Birth place: VA
14. ↑ Source: #S27 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: , Wright, Missouri; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1798 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1870 Residence place: Wright, Missouri, United States Object: @M5013@
15. ↑ Source: #S28 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Wright, Missouri; Roll: ; Page: 929; Image: 368. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1799 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Wright, Missouri, United States Object: @M5014@
16. ↑ Source: #S39 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: M432_869; Page: 154B; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1799 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1850 Residence place: District 8, Bedford, Tennessee Object: @M5015@
17. ↑ Source: #S2144
18. ↑ Source: #S2357 Object: @M5012@
19. ↑ Source: #S2144
20. ↑ Source: #S290
21. ↑ Source: #S27 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: , Wright, Missouri; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1798 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1870 Residence place: Wright, Missouri, United States Object: @M5013@
22. ↑ Source: #S28 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Wright, Missouri; Roll: ; Page: 929; Image: 368. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1799 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Wright, Missouri, United States Object: @M5014@
23. ↑ Source: #S39 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: M432_869; Page: 154B; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1799 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1850 Residence place: District 8, Bedford, Tennessee Object: @M5015@
24. ↑ MyHeritage

• Source: S2144 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Web: Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S2357 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008; Repository: #R1
• Source: S27 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1870 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record; Repository: #R1
• Source: S28 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records; Repository: #R1
• Source: S290 Title: U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 Publication: Name: Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.; Repository: #R1
• Source: S39 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the; Repository: #R1
• Source: S40 Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived; Repository: #R1

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4F4-P3D : 17 October 2014), Jas Claxton, Missouri, United States; citing p. 39, family 331, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,325.

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