Rev.
Elijah
Clayton
Sr.
Born in Greenville District, SC, USA
Ancestors 
Son of John Clayton
and Hannah (Kyle) Clayton
Brother of
Elizabeth Betsy (Clayton) Collins, Malinda (Clayton) Partin, Lucinda (Clayton) Roach, Robert Clayton, Hannah (Clayton) Boyd, Patsy (Clayton) Dunn and Frances (Clayton) Sutton
Husband of
Elizabeth Roach (Webb) Clayton
— married
11 Nov 1813 in Grainger County, Tennessee
Descendants 
Father of
Josephine Clayton, Hannah (Clayton) Harvey, John Clayton, Millie (Clayton) Starkey, Henderson William Clayton, Thelma (Clayton) Hughes, Mahalla (Clayton) Stephens, Robert Clayton, Elijah Clayton Jr, James Nelson Clayton, Elizabeth (Clayton) Rose and Austin Clayton
Died
at about age 91
in Greasy Creek, Polk Co, TN, USA
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Biography
Rev. Elijah Clayton Sr. served in the War of 1812
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Rev. Elijah Clayton 1790 - 1881
- Birth: 1790 Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Birth: Circa 1795 Tennessee
- Wife: Elizabeth Webb Clayton (Roach)1799 - 1860
- Marriage: Nov 11 1813 Grainger County, Tennessee
- Residence 1861-66: Tennessee, USA
- Residence 1880: District 9, Polk, Tennessee, United States
Parents: John Clayton 1734 - 1828 Hannah Kyle 1769 - 1845
- Death: Mar 14 1881 Polk County, Tennessee
- Burial: Greasy Creek Baptist, Polk County, Tennessee
Siblings:
- Elizabeth Collins (born Clayton) 1789 - ?
- Malinda Partin (born Clayton) 1791 - ?
- Lucinda Webb (born Clayton) 1794 - ?
- Robert Clayton 1801 - ?
- Hannah Boyd (born Clayton) 1805 - ?
- Patsy Dunn (born Clayton) 1805 - ?
- Frances Sutton (born Clayton) 1816 - ?
Children: Elizabeth Webb Clayton (Roach) m-1813
- John Clayton 1815 - 1889
- Laura Clayton 1816 - ?
- Josephine Clayton 1816 - ?
- Millie Duggan (born Clayton) 1817 - ?
- Hannan Harvey (born Clayton) 1818 - ?
- Tinie Clayton 1822 - ?
- Thelma Hughes (born Clayton) 1823 - 1911[1]
- Martin Clayton 1824 - ?
- Mahalla Stephens (born Clayton) 1825 - 1880
- Robert Clayton 1826 - ?
- Henderson Clayton 1829 - 1880
- Elijah Clayton 1832 -
- Elizabeth " Betty" Rose (born Clayton) 1836 - 1892
- James Nelson Clayton 1838 - ?
- Austin Clayton 1838 - ?
- Thomas Clayton 1845 - ? [2]
Sources
- https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-1/myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841&itemId=289903-1-1579&action=showRecord
- https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-273330141-1-501238/elijah-clayton-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841
Biography
Buried Greasy Creek Cemetery Reliance, TN, Polk County TN, USA.
Event: Marriage 11 NOV 1813. Grainger County, TN, USA.
Military Service: War of 1812. Service: Rank PVT TN Militia.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
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~3.12%
James McNelley
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Gloria (Adams) Bidinger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member glorrya37
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~3.12%
Anonymous Denny :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GH3395194 [compare]
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~3.12%
Robert Cheek :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JR7959813 [compare], Ancestry member r_Cheek
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
Melvin Hughes :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Harriette (Marshall) Glover :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jhglover
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~1.56%
Tammy (Orr) Hyde :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CP2072812 [compare], Ancestry member squat66
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Sherry Christopher :
AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Rita Deniston :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A348672 [compare], FTDNA kit #833667
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~0.78%
~6.25%
John Stegall :
23andMe, GEDmatch HM5354660 [compare]
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