Joe Clinton (1850 - abt. 1938)

Born Jan 1850 in Panola, Mississippi, United States

Husband of Mollie (Lucas) Clinton — married 15 Apr 1879 in Phillips, Arkansas, United States

Died about 26 Dec 1938 at about age 88 in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States

Biography

Joe Clinton is a part of US Black heritage.

Joe Clinton was interviewed in Marvell, Arkansas in about 1937 about his life and his time as an enslaved person.

"I'se now past eighty-six year ole an' was borned in Panola County, Mississippi 'bout three miles from Sardis. My ole mars was Mark Childress, en he sure owned er heap of peoples, womens an' mens bofe, en jus' gangs of chillun. I was real small when us lived in Panola County, how-some-ever I riccolect it well when us all lef' dar and ole mars sold out his land and took us all to de delta where he had bought a big plantation 'bout two or three miles wide in Coahoma County not far from Friar Point."

"My pappy, he was named Bill Clinton en my mammy was named Mildred. De reason how come I not named Childress for my mars is 'cause my pappy, he named Clinton when mars git him from de Clintons up in Tennessee somewhere."

Slave Owners

1. Mark Childress

Interview: Joe Clinton was interviewed in Marvell, Arkansas by Watt McKinney as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Joe Clinton - Vol. 2, Arkansas, part 2; pages 30-35, images 34-39 of 358.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3Q-GPT : 29 May 2021), Jos Clinton in entry for John Phips, 1870.

• "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9SJ-2Y2 : 9 March 2021), Joe Clinton, 15 Apr 1879; citing Marriage, Phillips, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,002,899.

• "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ21-G5B : 11 January 2020), Joe Clinton, 1879.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWV-Z74 : 13 January 2022), Joe Clinton, Marion Township, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36Y-DZQ : 9 March 2022), Joe Clinton, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKV2-689 : accessed 20 March 2023), Joe Clinton, Marion, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 100, sheet 19B, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 60; FHL microfilm 1,374,073.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDFQ-5H6 : 31 January 2021), Joe Clints, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMGM-NNF : accessed 20 March 2023), Joe Clinton, Marion, Phillips, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 18B, line 82, family 443, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 87; FHL microfilm 2,339,822.

• "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJRK-2BG : 27 November 2014), Joe Clinton, 26 Dec 1938; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).