Subject: Ckark-Ross-Davis-Sharp > http://freepages.arts.rootsweb.com/~pickensarchive/sharp.html > > > m. (1) JAMES CLARK, son of William Clark of Mecklenburg Co. N.C. > > They were married about 1768. James Clark died ca. 1780, he may have > died in the Revolution. The executors of his will were Samuel Pickens > and Hannah Clark. The will and estate papers are in the Archives of N.C. > at Raleigh in the Mecklenburg County papers. > > Their Children as shown by the estate papers: > > 1. Mary Clark - m. John Montgomery > > 2. William Clark - signed receipt, his guardian was David Hogshead. > > 3. Martha Clark - m. John Carrigan. Guardian was David Hogshead. > > 4. Margaret Clark, George Davis was guardian > > 5. Rebecca Clark, George Davis was guardian > > 6. Hannah Clark - David Hogshead was guardian. > > {EMS 9} > > m. (2) GEORGE DAVIS, son of Robert Davis Sr. George's mother is > traditionally said to have been Anne Pickens, probably a sister of > Israel Pickens. Shew was second wife of George Davis, who by his first > wife Hanah ORR, (or Hannah Sample, according to another account was > father of: Children of George Davis and Hannah Orr Sample > > 1. John Davis > > 2. James C. Davis > > 3. Israel Robert Davis > > 4. William Davis. > > MARTHA CLARK, daughter of James and Hanah Pickens Clark, married John > Carrigan, a nephew of Jane Carrigan, wife of Samuel Pickens, Sr. He may > have been the Rev. John Carrigan who served Presbterian Churches in > Rowan and Cabarrus Co. In the final settlement of the estate of James > Clark, Martha signed a statement that she had inherited from her > grandmother MARTHA FALLS. This probably indicates that Martha Pickens, > the widow of Israel, married second to John Falls and live in Lincoln > Co. N.C. MARY CLARK, daughter of James and Hannah Pickens Clark. > > m. JOHN MONTGOMERY - b. 1777 - d. 1857, buried at Hopewell Church, > Mecklenburg Co. N.C. > > They had: > > 1. Hannah Pickens Montgomery, - b. Oct. 31, 1796 > > m. (1) John Ross, June 12, 1816 and they had three > > Children: > > (1). Joseph Clark Ross - m. Jane Oliver, had 8 children. > > (2). Hettie Ross - m. Frank B. Alexander and had 2 children. > > (3). Mary Narcissua Ross (1820-1876) - > > m. (1) William McConell, Five children. > > m. (2) John Hunter, on Jan. 31, 1828, and they had three children: > > (4). Silas Calvin Hunter (1829-1912) > > (5). Robert Harvey Hunter(1835- ) > > (6). Dorcus Hunter ( - ) > > 2. Annie Woods Montgomery, twin sister of Hanah Pickens Montgomery, - b. > Oct 31, 1796 - d. April 13, 1871. > > m. James Ross, brother of John Ross, on Oct. 5, 1815. > > They had: > > (1) Franklin Ross (816-1850) - m. Mary Graham, Beardstown, Tennessee. > > (2) John Harvey Ross(1818-1840) unmarried > > (3) Joseph Washington Ross (Jan. 7, 1821 - Jan. 15, 1902) - m. Adaline > Price > > (4) Hugh Caruthers Ross(March 26, 1823-April 29, 1842) unmarried > > (5) Mary Malissa Ross - b. June 10, 1825 - d. Oct 27, 1841, unmarried > > (6) Robert Newton Ross - b. March 9, 1828 - d. Sept. 2, 1897 - m. > Pauline Britton. > > (7) Martha Ann Ross b. July 18, 1831 p d. Nov. 30, 1903 - m. R.C. > McCracken. > > (8) James Clark Ross - b. April 24, 1833 - d. Aug. 25, 1889 - m. Martha > Alvis > > (9) William Andrew Ross b. April 15, 1837 - d.Oct. 12, 1895 - > > m. (1) Nancy Conder, had 5 children, > > m. (2) Jane Overcash, had 2 children. > > (10) Dorcus Esther Ross, b. Dec. 10, 1839 - d. ? - m. Benjamin F. > Spears, Nov. 11, 1879. > > >