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John Lawson Clark

John Lawson Clark

Male Abt 1814 - Aft 1876  (~ 63 years)

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  • Name John Lawson Clark 
    Born Abt 1814  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1820  Smith County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1850  Crawford township, Osage County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1. John L. Clark, 36, male, farmer, real estate $400, North Carolina
    2. Lydia Clark, 33, female, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    3. Leonard Clark, 14, male, Tennessee
    4. James Clark, 13, male, Tennessee
    5. William Clark, 11, male, Tennessee
    6. Thomas Clark, 10, male, Tennessee
    7. Rebecca Clark, 6, female, Tennessee
    8. Mary Clark, 4, female, Tennessee
    9. John Clark, 1, male, Tennessee 
    Census 1860  Crawford township, Osage County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1. J.L. Clark, 50, male, farmer, real estate $2500, personal $200, Virginia
    2. [Ludy? Lidy?] Clark, 43, female, Tennessee
    3. James Clark, 22, male, Tennessee
    4. Thomas Clark, 17, male, Tennessee, attended school within the year
    5. Willy Clark, 13, male, Missouri, attended school within the year
    6. John C. Clark, 10, male, Missouri, attended school within the year
    7. Franklin P. Clark, 7, male, Missouri, attended school within the year
    8. L.E. Clark, 3, female, Missouri
    9. Benton Clark, 8, male, Missouri, attended school within the year 
    Census 1870  Crawford township, Osage County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1. John L. Clark, 57, white, male, farmer, real estate $2000, personal $950, Virginia
    2. Lydia A. Clark, 48, white, female, keeping house, Tennessee, cannot read or write
    3. Leander B. Clark, 19, male, white, farmhand, Missouri
    4. Franklin P. Clark, 16, male, white, farmhand, Missouri, attended school within the year
    5. Thirza E. Clark, 14, female, white, at home, Missouri, attended school within the year 
    Census (State) 1876  Crawford township, Osage County, MIssouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1. Clark, John C., male 21-45
    2. _____, Susan C., female, 21-45
    3. _____, Lucinda F., female, under 10
    4. _____, George F., male, under 10
    5. _____, Franklin P., male 21-45
    6. _____, Sarah [S.?], female, 12-18
    7. _____, John L., male, over 41
    8. _____, Lydia A., female, over 41 
    RESEARCH He emigrated Move from Tennessee to Osage County, Missouri about _____-_____-1843 from Osage County, Missouri. 331 Moved from Tennessee (Wilson or Smith Co?) to Missouri around 1843, based on birthplaces of children. They moved with Lydia\'s parents, John Anthony Ward and Lydia Vincent.
    Their son, George Thomas Clark always gave his birthplace as Tennessee, and he was born around 1842. His next sibling, Rebecca, was born around 1844, and always stated her birthplace as Missouri. The family was, therefore, likely to have arrived in Missouri about 1843.
    They may have followed the Drury Holland family from Smith County, TN. Drury Holland is found in the 1840 Smith Co TN census, where John Lawson Clark was found in the 1820 census; Isaac Clark (Carolina Clark\'s father) is found in neighboring White Co TN in 1840. After the move to Osage County, there were several marriages between the children of the two families. It is likely that there was a previous relationship, or at least friendship, between the families prior to the move, particularly since they moved at such an early date, before the later waves of emigrants from Tennessee.

     
    Died Aft 1876  [2
    Buried Aft 1876  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • I received a letter while I was on the trip from a fellow researcher who is a descendant of John Lawson Clark's son, George Thomas Clark George had a son named Lewis and this is his descendant. One bit of information which I find interesting is she said that one researcher in Osage Co. said that John Lawson and his wife are most probably buried in unmarked graves in either the cemetery at Bailey Creek or New Providence. She stated that John helped found both churches.
    Person ID I2831  Full
    Last Modified 24 Dec 2017 

    Father Lenard Clark,   b. Abt 1781, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1832, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Mother Ann Snoddy,   b. Between 1781 and 1794,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 22 Dec 1809  Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    • Halifax Co?
    Family ID F974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia Ward,   b. Abt 1817, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1876  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married Abt 1832  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Ann "Sally" Clark,   b. Abt 1834, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1890, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years)
    +2. Leonard Anthony Clark,   b. 12 Feb 1835, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1896, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    +3. James Newton Clark,   b. 28 Feb 1837, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1892, Linn, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    +4. William Henry Clark,   b. Abt 1839, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +5. George Thomas Clark,   b. 7 Dec 1842, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1894, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    +6. Rebecca Jane Clark,   b. Abt 1844, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1902, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
     7. Alfred P. Clark,   b. Abt 1845, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1845, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    +8. Mary Ellen Clark,   b. 1 May 1847, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1888, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    +9. John C. Clark,   b. 3 Mar 1849, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1933, Benton Township, Howell County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +10. Leander Benton Clark,   b. 25 Jun 1851, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1938, Maries County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +11. Franklin Pierce Clark,   b. Oct 1853, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1937, Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
    +12. Thirza E. Clark,   b. 6 Dec 1855, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1933, Crawford township, Osage County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2009 
    Family ID F948  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    John Lawson Clark (1814-1876) and wife Lydia (Ward) Clark (1817-aft. 1876), probably with two of their daughters
    John Lawson Clark (1814-1876) and wife Lydia (Ward) Clark (1817-aft. 1876), probably with two of their daughters
    Ken Trantham (k.trantham@yahoo.com) to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 17 February 2016, subject "Re: John Lawson Clark and Lydia Ward (Ancestry connection), photo of John & Lydia (Ward) Clark. Mr. Trantham descends from them through their son George Thomas Clark. His DNA matches Lula F. (DeBoard) Walker and Janis (Walker) Gilmore on Ancestry.com and…

    Documents
    John L. Clark, 40 acre homestead, issued 1851
    John L. Clark, 40 acre homestead, issued 1851
    John L. Clark (Osage County) cash entry file, certificate no. 18690, St. Louis, Missouri Land Office, 1818-1861; Land Entry Files, Missouri; Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
    John L. Clark, land patent (homestead), 1856, 160 acres, Osage County
    John L. Clark, land patent (homestead), 1856, 160 acres, Osage County
    John L. Clark (Osage County) cash entry file, certificate no. 24765, St. Louis, Missouri Land Office, 1818-1861; Land Entry Files, Missouri; Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

  • Notes 
    • Actually probably in Jackson County in 1841 - there is census data for a Lawson Clark in 1840 Jackson County, and a Lawson Clark was named in a petition from Jackson Co in 1841 (see TSLA Archives, legislative acts). [3, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S295] Clark, John L. (1814) - email (Margaret H. Gentges, 17 July 1998), (Margaret H. Gentges [e-mail address for private use] to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 17 July 1998; regarding the Clark and Sutton families of Osage County, Missouri).

    2. [S1281] Missouri, Osage - census 1876, state (Ancestry), Missouri, Osage County, (Digital images. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com : n.d.).

    3. [S277] Clark, Lenard - Clark family (Jim Clark email), (Jim Clark to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 26 Aug 1997; regarding the Lenard Clark family, and descendants.).

    4. [S303] Clark - Lenard Clark Family (FTM File of Jim Clark).

    5. [S4488] “Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 5 Sept 2014), entry for Leonard Clarke-Ann Snody, 22 December 1809, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; citing United Daughters of the Confederacy, Rawley Martin Chapter, manuscript, transcribed from marriages bonds, 1867-1859, and Ministers’ returns, 1770-1862, and marriage licenses 1861-1900, Pittsylvania County Clerk, Chatham; FHL film 33.326.

    6. [S277] Clark, Lenard - Clark family (Jim Clark email), (Jim Clark to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 26 Aug 1997; regarding the Lenard Clark family, and descendants.), E-mail d 22 May 1998: "The Senior John Lawson Clark's family migrated from Halifax Co.,Va. to Tn. 1n 1818/1819." (Reliability: 3).