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Rebecca CLAYTON

Rebecca CLAYTON

Female 1747 - 1783  (36 years)

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    Historical Southern Families Volume VII pg 21
    Historical Southern Families Volume VII pg 21

  • Name Rebecca CLAYTON 
    Born 1747  Rowan County, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID GTR9-NP6 
    _UID 9CBCAEBA67584D25B1A514EA440E68706F34 
    Died 1783  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I30795  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2024 

    Father George CLAYTON,   b. 1723, King & Queen, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1786, Iredell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Sara Lambeth DODSON,   b. 2 Dec 1728, Brunswick, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1800, Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married Abt 1746  Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F14355  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert OLIPHANT,   b. 1743, Rowan County, North Carolina, British Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1785, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 7 Feb 1770  Rowan County, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Alt. Marriage 7 Feb 1770  Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Samuel OLIPHANT,   b. Abt 1770, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1842, Maury, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
     2. George OLIPHANT,   b. Abt 1772, North Carolina, British America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Robert OLIPHANT,   b. 1773, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. James Monroe OLIPHANT,   b. 1774, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1849, Rutherford County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     5. Mary Louisa OLIPHANT,   b. 1779, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Lambert Clayton OLIPHANT,   b. 1783, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2024 
    Family ID F14353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • May have died in child birth with Lambert.

      From Historical Southern Families Volume VII page 21
      "This location of Lambeth Mill Creek was the North-bank of the Catawba River, South of Davidson's Creek and North of Beatty's Ford. Moses White was on the North, Wm. Reese on the South, Mail's Creek north on Catawba River, Young's Creek, nearby. Young and Nails were neighbors of George Clayton. Here, he and his family lived. The will of George Clayton probated in Rowan Co. 1786 bequeathed this land to his 2 sons, George Jr., and Lambert Clayton. They sold it 931791 to James Connor of Mecklenburg Co., N C (Book A., p 568. Iredell Co., N C)
      Chn (from will of George Clayton and other records) Wife: Sarah.
      1.Henrietta b 1745, m in 1769 to Alexander Davidson (Capt. of N C Troops in Revolution) used in S A R no 1025, Penna., by Rev. Robert Bryce Miller, b in Fairfield Co., S C 8/25/1878. (See source inf.) (Marriage dates are Rowan Co. Marriages)
      2. Rebecca b 1747 m Robert Oliphant 2/7/1770, Bondsman Francis Louck (Lock), Wit: George Clayton she was not named in will) Consent of George Clayton and John Oliphant. Son, Lambert Oliphant m in Iredell Co. N C 8/25/1803 to Margaret Cook (Rev. John Hug- gins' marriages, 1790 to 1819). "

  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 18 Nov 2022), entry for George CLAYTON, person ID L876-9GG. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 11 Dec 2021), entry for Robert OLIPHANT, person ID KC6Z-DFS. (Reliability: 3).