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George CLAYTON
1723 - 1786 (63 years)-
Name George CLAYTON Birth 1723 King & Queen, Virginia, British Colonial America 
Gender Male FamilySearch ID GT51-FZ3 LifeSketch [1] Re: George Clayton (1723 -1786) NC MilitaryService 31 May 1777 Virginia [1] Residence 1780 Rowan County, North Carolina, United States [2] _UID 2FB30AE8D6B1488A8809F53D5856602A28C8 Death 1786 Iredell County, North Carolina Person ID I30807 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 5 Dec 2024
Father George CLAYTON, b. 6 Mar 1701, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottingham, England d. 1767, Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 65 years) Mother Ann READ, b. 1708, King and Queen, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1763, Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 55 years) Marriage 1723 King & Queen County, Virginia, British Colony [3] Family ID F536728072 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sara Lambeth DODSON, b. 2 Dec 1728, Brunswick, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America d. 30 Oct 1800, Rowan, North Carolina (Age 71 years) Marriage Abt 1746 Rowan County, North Carolina [1] Children 1. Rachel CLAYTON, b. 20 Apr 1746, Brunswick, Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Bef 1785, Lincoln, North Carolina (Age 38 years)2. Rebecca CLAYTON, b. 1747, Rowan County, North Carolina, British Colonial America d. 1783, North Carolina (Age 36 years)3. Sarah CLAYTON, b. 1749, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina d. 28 Feb 1833, Wilson, Tennessee (Age 84 years)4. Jane Henrietta CLAYTON, b. 22 Jun 1750, Rowan, North Carolina d. Abt 1816, Belfast, Marshall, Tennessee (Age 65 years)5. George N CLAYTON, b. 1751, Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina d. 1814, Iredell, Brunswick, North Carolina (Age 63 years)6. David CLAYTON, b. 1752, Virginia d. 1810, Orangeburg, South Carolina (Age 58 years)7. Margaret CLAYTON, b. Abt 1753, Rowan, North Carolina d. Abt 1797, North Carolina (Age ~ 44 years)8. Lambert CLAYTON, b. 22 Jun 1755, Rising Sun, Kent, Delaware d. 12 Jul 1828, Buncombe, North Carolina (Age 73 years)9. Anne CLAYTON, b. Abt 1757, , Iredell Co., North Carolina d. Between 1800 and 1803, , Wilkes, North Carolina (Age ~ 43 years)10. Hannah CLAYTON, b. Abt 1762, Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina d. Abt 1840, Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee (Age ~ 78 years)Family ID F14355 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Nov 2022
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Photos 1770 Map of Colonies
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Notes - Biography
George Clayton was born circa 1723 in King & Queen county, Virginia, a son of John Clayton (abt.1690-bef.1759) and Ann (Read) Clayton (1708-1763).
Military
1776 Project
George Clayton performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.
George is honored by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for his Patriotic Service in which he furnished supplies in support of the Continental Army, operating in North Carolina. [1] [2]
Marriage
According to DAR records, George married Sarah Lambert (Dodson) Clayton (abt.1728-abt.1800). Application for membership in the Society of the DAR have been filed by the descendants of George's sons, Lambert Clayton, who married Sarah Davidson; and George Clayton, who married Margaret Thompson; and of his daughter Henrietta Clayton, who married Alexander Davidson.
George is found on the United States Census of 1780, living in Rowan County, North Carolina [3] George died in 1786, in Rowan, North Carolina. George, Lambert, Rachael, and Hannah are all named as children in George Clayton's Will. He named his wife Sarah and son-in-law, Alexander Davison, as Executors. [4]
Researcher's Notes
Research by Patricia Fern Burk Paulkovich:
DAR Application N approved and verified March 28, 1996
DAR Natl. supplemental Benjamin Lanier, 1870 Census Bartow County, GA M 593 Roll 135 Page 350
DAR National Clayton Clique pp 6 & 7, Abstracts of Wills & Estates of Rowan Co., NC 1753-1805 ed by Linn, pg 37, Copy of Will of George Clayton (1786)
SAR National #187006 supplemental approved July 10, 2014
Researched by Jim Carney https://www.jnlcarney.com/carney/ 6 Oct 2024
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). "
Death
George passed away circa 1786 in Rowan, North Carolina.
Sources
? North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, Volume 1, page 95, Folios 4, Roll #S.115.57.1
? Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 8 June 2022), "Record of CLAYTON, GEORGE", Ancestor # A022904.
? Tax List - 1779 [NC State Archives]; Call Number: C.R. 085.701.5; Page Number: 55; Family Number: 16 APID: 1,2234::133034
? Rowan, North Carolina, Indexes to wills, and wills, 1757-1942, Rowan County Superior Court, Salisbury, North Carolina.
An Abstract of North Carolina Wills Granville County, Unregistered
See Also:
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=72607973&pid=872
King and Queen County records concerning 18th century persons, 7th collection
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Will of John Clayton Recorded in Isle of Wight county, Virginia Will Book 2, page 191
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 18 Nov 2022), entry for George CLAYTON, person ID L876-9GG. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 6 Oct 2024), entry for George CLAYTON, person ID GT51-FZ3. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 18 Nov 2022), entry for George Clayton, person ID LDTW-RRM. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 18 Nov 2022), entry for George CLAYTON, person ID L876-9GG. (Reliability: 3).