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Phoebe Jefferson

Phoebe Jefferson

Female - 1830

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  • Name Phoebe Jefferson  [1
    Born Y  [1
    Gender Female 
    Will 1762  [1
    Identified in her father's will (see her father for citation). 
    NOTE_RESEARCH 1767  [1
    Her brother John Jefferson conveyed to her a slave by consent of her guardian Henry Deloney. 
    Census 1790  Chatham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Head of household 
    Land 1808  Chatham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Phoebe and son William sold Alexander's (her deceased husband's) homestead on "Robertson Creek, beginning at the mouth of Turkey Creek." 
    Died Between 1823-1830  Chatham County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I7819  Full
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2019 

    Father Feild Jefferson 
    Mother Mary Frances Robertson 
    Family ID F2868  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alexander Clark,   b. Before 1742,   d. 1782, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married Y  [1
    • Oral history says they were married at present-day Monticello, then called Shadfield, the home of Thomas Jefferson, Phoebe's first cousin.
    Children 
    +1. Winnifred Webb Clark
     2. Frances Robertson Clark,   b. ca 1773
     3. William Clark,   b. Abt 1775,   d. Between 1850-52, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Alexander Clark,   b. Abt 1780, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1852, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2019 
    Family ID F2867  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5709] Elizabeth Shown Mills, "A Husband for Phoebe Jefferson," The Virginia Genealogist 29 (April-June 1985): 83-104; PDF download at Elizabeth Shown Mills, Historic Pathways (https://historicpathways.com/ : accessed 3 August 2019).