Does anyone have a Clayton/Claton Harper in their files? The information below may actually be for 2 men mixed together: 1820 Ohio census in Harrison Twp., Ross Co., OH, age 26-45. 1830 Ohio census in Franklin Twp., Franklin Co., OH, age 50-60 1840 Ohio census in Jackson Twp., Franklin Co., OH, age 70-80 Federal Land sales, Illinois (http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives -1999) - (probably War of 1812 bounty land.) Purchaser: HARPER CLAYTON Record ID: 567811 Date: 11/29/1817 Acres: 160 Price: 0.0 Type of sale: Military Tract (MT) County: 48 (Knox) Section: 32 Section Part: NE Township: 10N Range: 04E Meridian: 4 Purchaser Res: Arch. Vol. No: 807 Vol. Page No.: 191 Cash warrant code: Record corrected: 0 Clayton J. Harper died in Piatt Co., Illinois, probably at the home of his son, William on 6 Sep 1851, age 78 yrs 5 mo 21 d., and is buried in Ingram Cemetery in Piatt Co. Wife was believed to have been Mary Bedford. Other children may have been Sarah Elizabeth, married Joseph D. Welch 30 May 1830 in Franklin Co., OH and Nancy who married a John Johnson. I have not found either Clayton or William in the 1850 census. Elizabeth Schmitt mailto:[email protected] ==================