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Daniel Clark

Male Bef 1800 - 1834  (> 30 years)


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  • Name Daniel Clark 
    Born Bef 1800  of, , Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died From 1830 to 1834  , Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I596  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Fairby or Theuby or Pherreba or Phoebe or Theriby Adair,   b. 1809, , Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1836, of, Pickens, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Married Bef 1827  of, Laurens, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Eliza Jane Clark,   b. 11 Aug 1827, , Greene, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1859, Washington, Washington, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     2. Samuel Harvey Clark,   b. 11 Aug 1829, , Greene, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1868, of Payson, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F487  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Per website <http://www.softcom.net/users/paulandsteph/tjadair/descndants.html> 3 Jan 2002.

      2. According to LDS archival family group sheet as part of FHL film 2056025 pt. 5, Daniel Addison Mangum collection, Daniel Clark married Phoebe (Fairby or Pherreba) Adair and had two children:
      Eliza Jane Clark, b. 11 Aug 1827 in Greene, AL who married James Mitchell Mangum.
      Samuel Harvey Clark, age 30 in 1860 census, who married Lois Hawks (Hawes?) 19 Nov 1864 in Salt Lake City, perhaps in EHOUS.

      3. Censuses:
      1830 US: Pickens Co., Alabama, pages 111-112. The first three related families are all on the same page, the next four related families are on the next page, and James Adair (with son Joseph) is on p. 129:
      Thos. Peeks, males 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
      John Mangum, males 5-10:1; 10-15:2; 15-20:1; 60-70:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
      Cyrus Mangum, males 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 15-20:1.
      Saml. Carson, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1; 80-90:1.
      Saml. Adair, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1.
      Thos. Adair, males 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 50-60:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50:1.
      Daniel Clark (next door), males 0-5:1; 30-40:1; females 0-5:1; 20-30:1.
      James Adair, males 0-5:2; 15-20:1; 20-30:2 (Joseph b. 1806); 60-70:1; females 15-20:1; 20-30:2; 60-7-:1; no slaves.

      4. Children's records show both of their births in Alabama.

      5. From the book "Annals of Northwest Alabama" including a reprint of Nelson F. Smith's "History of Pickens County, Ala.," pp. 18-19, mentions the following names in conjunction with the earliest settlers as listed in the Circuit Court dockets. He also notes that the earliest settler in the area was 1817.
      A. Lewis, Theopholus, and Daniel Clark.
      B. Thomas and William Adair.
      For original quote see FHL 976.185 H2s "History of Pickens County, Ala.," by Nelson F. Smith, 1856, reprinted 1980 by the Pickens County Historical Society.

      6. FHL book 976.185 H2p "Pickens County Alabama, History and Families," by Rose Publishing Co., P.O. Box 806, Humboldt, TN 38343, 1998, p. 102, has references to some of our family as indicated by an asterisk [*} that I have added with comments that follow. The church is between Carrolton and Pickensville:
      "Big Creek Church.
      A group of early settlers came together and requested a church be organized in this area between Carrollton and Pickensville in order to have a place to worship. Rev. Silas Dobbs and Rev. Charles Stewart met with the group to establish rules and regulations to constitute a Baptist church. They agreed to meet once per month, on Saturday, to transact all church business and on Sunday for a day of worship.
      The founding members were Notley Gilmore, John Mangum*, Charles W. Nalls, Samual Adair*, Robert McVey, Mathew Gilmore, Mary Jane Jones, Anna Hiespeth, Rebecca Mangum*, Jermiah Mangum*, Nancy Huggins*, Alcey Johnson, Rebecca Adair* and Pheobe Clark*. They were declared a regular number of members of the church and entitled to all privileges of the gospel church and its to be known as Big Creek Church on January 10, 1829.
      The building was a wood frame with wood shutters. There was no way to heat the church during cold weather. Many times services were not held because of the cold weather and heavy rains.
      Membership grew rapidly for many years until the Baptist church was organized in Carrollton, and other churches in the areas close by. Both black and white members worshiped together through the late 1860s. The church was divided by a partition in half for the black members to worship with their own pastor until they were able to build their own place of worship.
      As time passed, the church membership grew...
      The membership became smaller and smaller. The members were moving away and going to other churches. The final church record was on December 1891...
      The church was located on Highway 86 West about six miles from Carrollton, Alabama. There is not a building there, but the church cemetery is on the right of the highway, very overgrown and unkept, tombstones falling down and scattered. Many of Pickens County early pioneers are buried there."
      *My comments as to relatives:
      John Mangum - the Patriot, 1763-1843.
      Samual Adair - Samuel Jefferson Adair, 1806-1889. Samuel marries John Mangum's daughter Jemima.
      Rebecca Mangum - most likely John Mangum's wife Rebecca Canida, 1785-1847.
      Jermiah Mangum - no idea who this may be; there is no known Jeremiah Mangum to date in the family. May be a bad transcription for Jemima Mangum, but there are none known with this surname at the time since John Mangum's dau. Jemima had married Samuel Jefferson Adair many years before.
      Nancy Huggins - John Mangum's daughter Nancy, 1794-1877, who married Austin Hudgens.
      Rebecca Adair - most likely Rebecca Brown, 1784-1846, who married Thomas Adair and was mother to Samuel and Phoebe on this list.
      Phoebe Clark - Samuel Jefferson Adair's sister, Fairby, 1809-1836, who married Daniel Clark.
      Photos of the Big Creek Missionary Baptist Church are found in another book, FHL 976.185 H2h "The Heritage of Pickens County, Alabama," by Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc., PO Box 67, Clanton, AL 35046, 1999, pp. 58-59. The church existed until 1931 and some time after 1942 the old church either fell down or was torn down. Burial date from the early 1830s to 1934.
      FHL book 976.185 V3p "Pickens County, Alabama Cemetery Records 1983," by the Pickens County Genealogical Society, 1984, lists the burials in "Big Creek Cemetery". None with the surnames of the above are shown here except for "Frank F. Hudgins, Co. D. 41st Al. Inf, CSA (no dates)." Frank was most likely Austin and Nancy Hudgen's son.

      BIRTH:
      1. 1830 Census shows Daniel being between 30 and 40 years of age.1877 temple work indicated birth in Kentucky as reported by his brother-in-law John Mangum (v).

      DEATH:
      1. Daniel's wife "Furley Clark" receives title to land in Pickens County 28 Nov 1834, T20 R15 S20 160 acres, which she holds with her mother Rebecca Adair. Her father has title to an adjoining 40 acres. No land titles are found for Daniel Clark, which would indicate that he is probably deceased by that date. He does show in the 1830 census.

      BURIAL:
      1. Not found in the FHL book 976.185 V3p "Pickens County, Alabama Cemetery Records 1983," by the Pickens County Genealogical Society, 1984.