John Lawson Clark b. Abt 1814 Virginia, USA d. Aft 1876: Our Family History

Abt 1814 - Aft 1876 (~ 63 years)

Name	John Lawson Clark
Born	Abt 1814	Virginia, USA [1]
Gender	Male
Census	1820	Smith County, Tennessee, USA
Census	1850	Crawford township, Osage County, MIssouri, USA
	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
	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
	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
	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 [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 , d. Aft 1832, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 52 years)
Mother	Ann Snoddy, b. Between 1781 and 1794, d. Yes, date unknown
Married	22 Dec 1809	Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA [3, 4, 5]
	Halifax Co?
Family ID	F974	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Lydia Ward, b. Abt 1817, Tennessee, USA , d. Aft 1876 (Age ~ 60 years)

Married Abt 1832 Tennessee, USA [1]

Children

+	1. Sarah Ann "Sally" Clark, b. Abt 1834, Tennessee, USA , d. Abt 1890, Osage County, Missouri, USA (Age ~ 56 years)
+	2. Leonard Anthony Clark, b. 12 Feb 1835, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA , d. 24 Mar 1896, Osage County, Missouri, USA (Age 61 years)
+	3. James Newton Clark, b. 28 Feb 1837, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA , d. 30 Jan 1892, Linn, Osage County, Missouri, USA (Age 54 years)
+	4. William Henry Clark, b. Abt 1839, Tennessee, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
+	5. George Thomas Clark, b. 7 Dec 1842, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA , d. 14 Jun 1894, Osage County, Missouri, USA (Age 51 years)
+	6. Rebecca Jane Clark, b. Abt 1844, Missouri, USA , d. 11 Feb 1902, Missouri, USA (Age ~ 58 years)
	7. Alfred P. Clark, b. Abt 1845, Missouri, USA , d. Abt 1845, Missouri, USA (Age ~ 0 years)
+	8. Mary Ellen Clark, b. 1 May 1847, Missouri, USA , d. 29 Aug 1888, Missouri, USA (Age 41 years)
+	9. John C. Clark, b. 3 Mar 1849, Osage County, Missouri, USA , d. 6 Jul 1933, Benton Township, Howell County, Missouri (Age 84 years)
+	10. Leander Benton Clark, b. 25 Jun 1851, Missouri, USA , d. 17 Sep 1938, Maries County, Missouri, USA (Age 87 years)
+	11. Franklin Pierce Clark, b. Oct 1853, Missouri, USA , d. 18 Jan 1937, Garnett, Anderson County, Kansas, USA (Age ~ 83 years)
+	12. Thirza E. Clark, b. 6 Dec 1855, Osage County, Missouri, USA , d. 21 Apr 1933, Crawford township, Osage County, Missouri, USA (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
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 (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.
Documents		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

[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).
[S1281] Missouri, Osage - census 1876, state (Ancestry), Missouri, Osage County, (Digital images. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com : n.d.).
[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.).
[S303] Clark - Lenard Clark Family (FTM File of Jim Clark).
[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.
[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).