I have Clarks that were in Hampshire Co. or more specifically Pendleton and Hardy Co. in 1787 and before. They were on the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac between the mouth of the Seneca and Petersburg. On a Hardy Co. tax list of 1787 Daniel, John and William were listed together on the same day. I believe Daniel was the father of my 3rd gt grandfather Daniel, and another son, Thomas Clark. Both of them settled in Jackson twp., Jackson Co., OH. Census records showing children's birth places indicate they were in Kentucky about 1800 before going to Ohio. Thomas operated a grist mill at what later became Limerick, OH. William Clark took his family with a large group of families going to New Design, IL in 1797 led by a Baptist minister, Rev. David Badgley. Bad weather, illness and family deaths caused William Clark to backtrack to Kentucky and then go to Ross Co., OH, a couple of miles from where Daniel and Thomas settled. A daughter of William Clark dictated (she left a large estate but was illiterate) a family history stating William Clark was from Scotland and married before coming to America. James D. Clark jdclark@cedar-rapids.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fay Clark" <gmcflc@bellsouth.net> To: <CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [Clarke-Clark] Searching 2 CLARKE families (IN->KS; IN->KS->CO->WA); ance... > Karen, > I've only been able scan through your message very quickly--will go back > tomorrow and read more carefully. However one phrase you wrote leaped out at > me--Hampshire Co (W)VA. I have been trying to find out about a Thomas Clark > b. 1755 who applied for a Revolutionary War pension in Bledsoe Co TN in 1819 > Since this county is adjacent to Van Buren & Warren Counties where sons of > my Thomas b. 1755 are documented to have been living 1820-1830, I > have been examining the possibility that this Bledsoe Co TN Thomas might be > ours. According to his pension record--oh rats! My mind just went blank--Oh! > he enlisted under Captain Ashby--Stephen, I think. Anyway, I have been told > that the Captain Ashby in question recruited primarily in the area of what > is now Hampshire Co WV. So we may have something to talk about after all. > I tend to agree that if there is a connection between our families, it more > likely may have been back in Ireland before they came to this continent, > however there is also a slim possibility they were together briefly in PA > before spreading south and west. I want to talk more about resources for > finding out about Clarks in Hampshire Co WV, but it will have to wait until > I get my beauty sleep... > Fay > PS My particular Thomas Clark line was Baptist, however Samuel in Randolph > Co NC was Presbyterian and there are a few Quakers smattered in between. > Descendants of Thomas through his son Samuel b. 1775 (my husband's line) > have been Methodist at least back to the Civil War. > > > > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > Archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/clarke > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/clark > > >