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Descendants of Clark

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM² CLARK (CLARK¹) was born Abt. 1755, and died 1821 in Pedlar region of Amherst Co, VA.

Notes for WILLIAM CLARK:
Will probated October 15, 1821.

Was granted 72 acres on the head branches of Pedlar River in Amherst County on 20 July 1780 [Patents E, 1780-1, 282]. He was head of an Amherst County household of 7 whites (free persons) in 1783 [VA:48] and 8 in 1785 [VA:85].
On 3 May 1785 the Amherst County court ordered that he, George Clark and William Ampey work on the road from Irish Creek Gap to Mill Creek, and on 6 October 1789 he, Peter Hartless, George Clarke, Leonard Clark, James Clark and Joseph Ailstock were ordered to work on the road from Blue Ridge at Irish Creek Gap to the three forks of Pedlar River [Orders 1784-7, 131; 1787-90, 590]. He was taxable in Amherst County from 1782 to 1820: with "CM" after his name in 1800, "Blue Ridge" from 1801-3, a "man of color" in 1811, 1812, and 1815, a "Mulatto" in 1813, a planter over the age of 45 in a list of "Free Negroes & Mulattoes" in 1816 and 1818. He was taxable on 2 tithes in 1794, 3 from 1795-1798, 4 from 1799-1803, 3 from 1804-7, 4 from 1809-10, and 5 from 1811-12 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1803, frames 9, 23, 44, 54, 70, 97, 136, 195, 225, 257, 326, 347, 370, 393, 419, 450, 479; 1804-23, frames 21, 62, 103, 144, 165, 188, 209, 230, 253, 326, 403, 537, 551, 584]. He married (second?) Nancy Williams, spinster, 3 September 1794 Amherst County bond, Leonard Clark surety. He and George Clark purchased land in Amherst County on Mill and Porridge Creeks from Rawley Pinn for 100 pounds on 18 March 1800 [DB I:161]. He was head of an Amherst County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:258].

Children of WILLIAM CLARK are:

GEORGE³ CLARK, d. Unknown; m. JANE JOHNS, April 10, 1821, Amherst Co. Va; d. Unknown.

Notes for GEORGE CLARK:
A "Mulatto" taxable in 1813, a "man of color" taxable in Amherst County in 1815 [Personal Property Tax List 1804-23, frame 326].

More About GEORGE CLARK and JANE JOHNS:
Marriage: April 10, 1821, Amherst Co. Va

ii.

HENRY CLARK, d. Unknown.

Notes for HENRY CLARK:
A "man of color" taxable in Amherst County in 1815 [Personal Property Tax List 1804-23, frame 326].

iii.

JAMES M. CLARK, d. Unknown; m. POLLY EVANS, 1822, Rockbridge Co. VA; d. Unknown.

More About JAMES CLARK and POLLY EVANS:
Marriage: 1822, Rockbridge Co. VA

iv.

MARY CLARK, d. Unknown; m. JOHN HARTLESS, 1804, Rockbridge Co. VA; d. Unknown.

More About JOHN HARTLESS and MARY CLARK:
Marriage: 1804, Rockbridge Co. VA

NANCY CLARK, d. Unknown.

Notes for NANCY CLARK:
Married a James Clark in Amherst County on 20 September 1809 [Marriage Register, 217].

	vi.		NELLY CLARK, d. Unknown; m. JOHN PAINTER; b. Amherst Co, VA; d. Unknown.
	vii.		REBECCA CLARK, d. Unknown.
	viii.		WILLIAM JR. CLARK, b. Abt. 1795; d. Unknown; m. JANE CLARK; b. Aft. 1801; d. Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM JR. CLARK:
A "Mulatto" taxable in Amherst County in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1804-23, frame 253].

4.	ix.		LEONARD CLARK, b. Abt. 1772; d. Unknown.
	x.		JANE CLARK, b. Abt. 1780; d. Unknown; m. HENRY HARTLESS, June 25, 1798, Amherst Co. Va; d. Unknown.

Notes for HENRY HARTLESS:
William Clark witnessed the wedding.

More About HENRY HARTLESS and JANE CLARK:
Marriage: June 25, 1798, Amherst Co. Va

xi.

JOHN CLARK, b. Abt. 1780; d. Unknown; m. MARY HARTLESS, March 10, 1804, Rockbridge Co. VA; d. Unknown.

Notes for JOHN CLARK:
Moved to Miami County, Ohio before 1821.

Taxable in Amherst County from 1805 to 1815: called a "man of color" in 1811, 1812, 1815, a "Mulatto" in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1804-23, frames 62, 208, 230, 253, 326] and head of an Amherst County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:299].
He married Mary Hartless, and he and Mary Clark were among members of the Hartless family who sold land on Pedlar River on 8 August 1818. They were living in Ohio on 8 April 1823 when they sold an additional 141 acres on Pedlar River to Reuben Peters [DB R:39].

More About JOHN CLARK and MARY HARTLESS:
Marriage: March 10, 1804, Rockbridge Co. VA

3. JAMES² CLARK (CLARK¹) was born Abt. 1764, and died Unknown. He married ANNA MOSELEY June 25, 1785 in Henrico Co. VA, daughter of THOMAS MOSELEY and PHEOBE GILES. She died Unknown.

Notes for JAMES CLARK:
James3 Clark, born say 1764, was head of an Amherst County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:298].
He and his wife Anny sold land to Henry Hartless by deed proved in Amherst County on 19 July 1802 [Orders 1801-2, 217].
He was taxable in Amherst County from 1789 to 1820: taxable on 2 tithables from 1803 to 1806, 1810 and 1811, 3 in 1812, called a "man of color" in 1811, 1812, and 1815, a "Mulatto" in 1813, in a list of "Free Mulattoes & Negroes with his unnamed son in 1814 and in 1816 when he was over the age of 45, living on his own plantation, and taxable on 3 tithables [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1803, frames 166, 225, 348, 419, 584; 1804-23, frames 21, 62, 103, 144, 165, 187, 209, 230, 252, 284, 326, 403, 503, 537, 549].

He married (second) Nancy Clark in Amherst County on 20 September 1809 [Marriage Register, 217].

More About JAMES CLARK and ANNA MOSELEY:
Marriage: June 25, 1785, Henrico Co. VA

Children of JAMES CLARK and ANNA MOSELEY are:

MICAJAH³ CLARK, b. Abt. 1785; d. Unknown.

Notes for MICAJAH CLARK:
Micajah, born say 1785, taxable in Amherst County from 1809 (called son of Jas.) a "man of color" in 1811, a "Mulatto" in 1813, in a list of "Free Mulattoes & Negroes in 1814 [Personal Property Tax List 1804-23, frames 209, 252, 284, 328, 403]. He married Sally Duncan, on 15 November 1809 in Amherst County with the consent of Sally's parents, Ambrose and Jane Ambrose [Marriage Register, 218, 240]. Ambrose was called Ambrose Evans when he was head of an Amherst County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:302]. Micajah was head of an Amherst County household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:302]. He and Charles Evans were witnesses to the 7 May 1817 Amherst County marriage of Lydia Evans, daughter of Ambrose Evans, to John Gulliver [Marriage Register, 247].

5.	ii.	NELSON H. CLARK, b. Abt. 1793; d. August 07, 1871.
6.	iii.	JOSEPH CARTER CLARK SR., b. 1798; d. January 08, 1859.
	iv.	BENJAMIN H CLARK, b. Abt. 1800; d. Unknown.

Notes for BENJAMIN H CLARK:
Registered in Amherst County on 22 August 1822: a free man of colour aged twenty two years five feet eight inches high of a bright yellow complection grey eyes with a natural mark on his right cheek and was born free & by occupation a waterman [Register of Free Negroes, no. 10].

JAMES JR. CLARK, b. 1801; d. Unknown; m. JANE PETERS, November 13, 1826; b. 1806; d. Unknown.

Notes for JAMES JR. CLARK:
Registered on 12 July 1860: dark brown complexion, 59 years of age ... born in Amherst [Register of Free Negroes, no.338].

More About JAMES CLARK and JANE PETERS:
Marriage: November 13, 1826

vi.

JANE CLARK, b. Aft. 1801; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM JR. CLARK; b. Abt. 1795; d. Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM JR. CLARK:
A "Mulatto" taxable in Amherst County in 1813 [Personal Property Tax List 1804-23, frame 253].

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