Posted on: Chowan County NC. Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NC/Chowan?read=745 Surname: Clarkson ------------------------- My paternal grandfather, Alexander Wilson Clarkson (A.W.), was shown as being born in N.C. in the 1880 fed census, but location unknown. The record of marriage bonds from 1741 to 1868 indicates several persons in Chowan county during that period..instances on record were 1790, 1807, 1820. My grandfather would have been born about 1850. Thus he was possibly the son of a male member of the Clarkson line in the county at that time. If anyone has information that will confirm and guide me, I would certainly appreciate hearing. Thank you.