Daniel Clayton Sr.
From North Carolina they moved to Tennessee, then Mississippi. Eventually, they encompassed the United States from coast to coast. They have served this country in every major war, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Beginning with the 20th century they started diversifying, taking other occupations. In the early days they helped establish towns and communities. They have indeed lived the history of our great nation and made positive contributions to the establishment of this country. They settled new country and made it grow and prosper.
First Generation
1. DANIEL1 CLAYTON SR.* was born in Tidewater, Va. ABT 1705. DANIEL* died ABT 1746 in Hanover, Goochland, VA.
He* married ANN CLARK* ABT 1732. ANN* was born in Tidewater, Va. ABT 1710. ANN* died ABT 1781 in Caswell County, VA. Information passed on by Jim Clayton:
Ann Clayton does not appear on Colonial Virginia records until 1746, she is then found listed as head of household on the ST. James Northam Parish tithing list. The list indicates that Daniel Clayton died before 1746, and Ann represented on these lists for several years was his surviving widow. ( According to Coleman' s Diary, it states Daniel was neighbor of his (Richard Coleman) in 1752. SOURCES: 1. "Daniel Clayton of Virginia and His Descendants," by Jim Clayton of Burlington, NC. 1996.
Daniel , his earliest incounter as a witness in 1732, to a letter of attorney from St. Martin's Parish, Hanover County, VA. By 1740, he has become a grantee for land on Gold Mine Creek, land that is partly in Hanover and partly in Goochland County, VA.
Daniel Clayton's plantation occupied a portion of Colonial Virginia's Hanover and Goochland Counties in the mid 1700s. He died before 1761. Surviving him were four sons that migrated to North Carolina by 1768. Their names were John, Daniel, Jr. (now Sr.), Thomas and Richard.
LAND PATENT DANIEL CLAYTON
Caroline County, Virginia for Hanover County, Virginia
1743-1745 200 acres
Excerpt from patent:
George the second, by the grace of God, of Great Brittain, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith,
To all to whom these presents shall come, greetings. Know ye that for the consideration hereafter mentioned, we have given, granted and confirmed, and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors do give, grant and confirm unto Daniel Clayton one certain tract or parcel of land containing two hundred acres lying and being in the County of Hanover between the lines of (Watson?) and Alves and bounded as followeth, to wit, beginning at an red oak running north fourteen degrees East, seventy-eight poles to several marked trees, thence North thirty-four and a half degrees East five hundred and forty poles to several marked trees, thence South seventy-eight degrees West two hundred and twenty-eight poles to several marked trees, thence South twenty-nine degrees East thirty-two poles to several marked trees, thence South twenty-three degrees West one hundred and forty poles to several marked trees, thence South ten degrees East one hundred and fourteen poles to several marked trees, and thence North ninety degrees East eighty-one poles to the beginning. The said tract or parcel of land having been hereto fore granted to Henry Wood, gentleman by lottery patent under the seal of this our colony and dominion of Virginia, bearing date the twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and thirty, and by him sold and conveyed unto the said Daniel Clayton by whom the said former patent is delivered up to be canceled there being an error in the bounds of said land mentioned in the said patent .........
Ref, LDS Microfilm 29339, pages 709, 610, 711.
NOTE: WILLIAM GOOCH, LT. GOV. OF VIRGINIA, SIGNED THIS PATENT.
DANIEL CLAYTON Sr.* and ANN CLARK* had the following family:
+ 2 i. JOHN2 CLAYTON SR. was born 1735 and died 1800.
+ 3 ii. DANIEL CLAYTON Jr. was born Bef 1743 and died 1808.
+ 4 iii. THOMAS CLAYTON* was born Bef 1744 and died 1791.
+ 5 iv. RICHARD CLAYTON was born Bef 1745 and died 1777.
+ 6 v. REBECCAH CLAYTON was born Bef 1746.
Will probated June 10, 1748. Source Genealogy of Virginia Families, page 286.
Second Generation
2. JOHN2 CLAYTON SR. (DANIEL1 CLAYTON*) was born in Hanover, Goochland, Va. 1735. JOHN died in 1800 at 65 years of age. His body was interred in Allenville, Person County N.C.
He married ELIZABETH COLEMAN in Essex County, VA, ABT 1757. ELIZABETH was born in probably., Hanover, VA abt 1742. ELIZABETH was the daughter of RICHARD COLEMAN* and JOHANNA CLARK*. ELIZABETH died abt 1810.
1. "Daniel Clayton of Virginia and His Descendants," by Jim Clayton of Burlington, NC. 1996
John Clayton was indentured to Abraham Sandifur of Cumberland County, VA in 1749., he was to learn brick laying. By 1758 John had migrated to North Carolina.
A Goochland County, VA deed reveals John Clayton's inheritance of land on Gold Mine Creek before Feb. 17th, 1761. In this deed John states that his "father, Daniel Clayton," now deceased willed him this land. John later sold this land to Richard Clayton. In 1767 Richard the land that he had bought from his brother.
John settled on Six Pound Creek in present day Warren County, North Carolina He was soon joined by Thomas. Sons Daniel and Richard made Little River Creek their home--in today's northern Granville County.
The four brothers had relocated by 1780. They moved a few miles west to a part of old Caswell County, North Carolina that in 1792 became Person. They settled near Roxboro the present day county seat. With Roxboro as center, a circle with a radius of four miles encompassed most of the early Clayton homesteads. [I.]
After coming to Caswell County John, Thomas and Richard claimed land on the headwaters of Mayo Creek. It is thought John was a carpenter and bricklayer.
John Clayton, Sr. disappeared from Person records after 1798. His wife Elizabeth, sister of Susannah and Sarah Coleman, was named "widow" on a Flat River Primitive Baptist Church membership roll in 1806. John and Elizabeth Coleman Clayton's daughters are believed to be Nancy, who married John Carver in 1808, and Betsey who married Wyatt Painter in 1810. Their sons were John, Jr., Coleman, William, Daniel and Solomon Clayton, Sr.
William and Daniel were recorded "son of John" by Person County clerics and recorders. Solomon was identified Solomon Clayton, "Sr." creating distinction between himself, his son Solomon, Jr. and his nephew Solomon Clayton, Jr. and his nephew Solomon T. Clayton, son of William.
John and Elizabeth Clayton's sons stayed in Person County. Why they did is not completely clear. John, Jr. and Coleman were older than their cousins were. John, Jr. died in 1833. Coleman and his brother Daniel "son of John" died in 1839. William "son of John" died in 1840. Solomon, Sr., apparently the youngest son, died in 1849. Age and its effect on endurance needed for migration could have been factors.
JOHN CLAYTON Sr. and ELIZABETH COLEMAN had the following family:
7 i. NANCY3 CLAYTON.
+ 8 ii. JOHN JR. CLAYTON was born 1758 and died 1833.
+ 9 iii. COLEMAN CLAYTON was born Abt 1760 and died Abt 1839.
+ 10 iv. DANIEL CLAYTON was born 1765 and died 1839.
+ 11 v. WILLIAM CLAYTON was born 1767 and died 1840.
+ 12 vi. BETSEY COLEMAN CLAYTON was born 1773.
+ 13 vii. SOLOMAN CLAYTON Sr. was born 1775 and died Bef 1849.
3. DANIEL2 CLAYTON JR. (DANIEL1 CLAYTON*) was born Bef 1743. DANIEL died 1808 at 65 years of age.
He married MARY BARNETT in Essex County, VA, November 13, 1758. MARY was the daughter of THOMAS BARNETT and SARA CROSHA. SOURCES: 1. "Daniel Clayton of Virginia and His Descendants," by Jim Clayton of Burlington, NC. 1996
Daniel Clayton, Sr. died in 1808. He was called Daniel Clayton, Sr. on Caswell/Person records. His wife was Mary (though she was sometimes called "Molly") Barnett. Daniel and Mary's daughters were Nancy, Catharine and Polly. Their sons were Daniel Jr., Thomas and Joseph. [4.1 Daniel, Jr. was recorded Daniel "Cook" and, after the death of his Uncle Thomas, Thomas became Thomas Clayton, Sr.
When Daniel died in 1808 he left (as part of his estate) 230 acres of land on Richland Springs Creek. On 5 January 1819 when the land was divided, Joseph received his share (47 1/2 acres). The homestead of his parents was included in Joseph's tract.
DANIEL CLAYTON Jr. and MARY BARNETT had the following family:
14 i. NANCY3 CLAYTON.
15 ii. CATHERINE CLAYTON.
16 iii. MARY CLAYTON.
17 iv. DANIEL 'COOK" CLAYTON III was born Abt 1759. He married REBECCAH CLAYTON in Caswell County, North Carolina, January 15, 1789. REBECCAH was born in Goochland County, VA. July 14, 1766. REBECCAH was the daughter of RICHARD CLAYTON and SUSANNAH COLEMAN. Source: "Daniel Clayton of VA and His Descendants," by Jim Clayton of Burlington, NC.
Daniel died a young man in 1809; predeceased by his father, Daniel, Sr., by one year. He married his cousin Rebecca Clayton in 1789. In 1800 Daniel and Rebecca Clayton had a daughter under five years old, her name remains unknown.
Marriages--North Carolina to 1825 North Carolina Caswell County Clayton, Daniel married Clayton, Rebeccah on 15 Jan 1789 in Caswell County, North Carolina
18 v. THOMAS CLAYTON was born Abt 1762. He married three times. He married KISSIAH CREWS Person County, North Carolina, February 18, 1800. KISSIAH was born in Caswell County, North Carolina abt 1783. KISSIAH was the daughter of HARDY (HARDEMAN) CREWS* and PHOEBE GOOCHE*. KISSIAH died 1810 Person County, North Carolina, at 27 years of age. He married MARTHA PATSY CREWS Person County, North Carolina, July 2, 1811. MARTHA was born in Caswell County, North Carolina 1785. MARTHA was the daughter of HARDY (HARDEMAN) CREWS* and PHOEBE GOOCHE*. MARTHA died in Caswell or Person County, NC. He married NANCY CLAYTON in NC, 1817. NANCY was the daughter of THOMAS CLAYTON* and SARAH COLEMAN*. Thomas married his first cousin.
Information from "Daniel Clayton of VA and His Descendants," by Jim Clayton of Burlington, NC. 1996.
Thomas Clayton, Sr., son of Daniel and Mary Barnett Clayton did not migrate. He and his brother Daniel "Cook" remained in Person County. Thomas, Sr. owned about 500 acres on Deep Creek in southeastern Person County. Thomas, Sr. died in 1859. His wives were Kisia Crews, Patsey Crews, Nancy Clayton and Ruthey (surname unknown). His daughters were Cathanna, Nancy and Mary. His sons were Thomas, Jr., Joseph, Daniel, Hardy, Jesse, Sidney and John Dolphin Clayton.
Marriages--North Carolina to 1825 North Carolina Person County Clayton, Thomas married Creues, Kessiah on 18 Feb 1800 in Person County, North Carolina.
19 vi. JOSEPH CLAYTON was born Abt 1764. He married PEGGY MANN HOUSTON Person County, North Carolina, June 20, 1811. 1. "Daniel Clayton of Virginia and His Descendants," by Jim Clayton of Burlington, NC. 1996.
When Joseph's father died in 1808 he left (as part of his estate) 230 acres of land on Richland Springs Creek. On 5 January 1819 when the land was divided, Joseph received his share (47 1/2 acres). The homestead of his parents was included in Joseph's tract. When the land division was filed, in 1824, Joseph had forfeited his share. Joseph was a resident of Person County for the 1820 U.S. Census, but disappeared from the records before 1830.
4. THOMAS2 CLAYTON* (DANIEL*1) was born in Chesterfield County, VA Bef 1744. THOMAS* died about 1791 in Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina.
He* married SARAH COLEMAN* in Virginia, 1759. SARAH* was born in Chesterfield County, VA 1743. SARAH* was the daughter of RICHARD COLEMAN* and JOHANNA CLARK*. SARAH* died 1823 Person County, North Carolina, at 80 years of age.
BIOGRAPHY
Thomas Clayton in 1767 was in VA and witnessed the sale of the old home place by his brother Richard. By 1771, Thomas and his brother John were in Orange County, NC. Both they and their father-in-law Richard Coleman signed a Orange County petition for the formation of a new county, Caswell .
Thomas died in Edenton, Chowen Co.., NC while on a business trip and it is said he is buried there. Ref: A 1932 letter written by a descendant.
Four children of the Thos. Clayton Family was named in Petition of Thos. Walbon-against: Thomas, Daniel, Richard, and William Clayton, Person Co., NC May 1824 Court Term, and was published in the Raleigh Register for a three week period. Ref.: Raleigh Archives.
The four brothers had relocated by 1780. They moved a few miles west to a part of old Caswell County, North Carolina that in 1792 became Person. They settled near Roxboro the present day county seat. With Roxboro as center, a circle with a radius of four miles encompassed most of the early Clayton homesteads. After coming to Caswell County John, Thomas and Richard claimed land on the headwaters of Mayo Creek. Daniel, Sr. settled an additional claim made by his brother Thomas on nearby Richland Springs Creek. These Clayton's farmed tobacco. According to family tradition, Thomas was also a merchant and tradesman. Some of his trading trips extended into coastal North Carolina where he sold twist tobacco and perhaps other merchandise.
Thomas Clayton died in 1791 while on a trading trip to Edenton, North Carolina. He was buried in that coastal city. His wife was Sarah Coleman a sister of Richard's wife Susannah. Thomas and Sarah Coleman Clayton's daughters were Mary, Patsey, Sarah, and Nancy. Their sons were William, Thomas Jr., Daniel and Richard. William was called "Flat River William" and Daniel was called Daniel "Cobra" on Person County records. Sarah Coleman Clayton died in Person County in 1823.
The Thomas Walton Petition (A petition for partition of land) Thomas Clayton Dec. departed this life intestate sometime in year 1790 or thereabouts leaving a widow and four sons him surviving; the said Thomas, Daniel, Richard and William upon whom his lands descends. That he died seized and possessed of 257 and acres of land or thereabouts on the head-waters of Mayo Creek adjoining the lands of David Allen, John Yarborough and others in the County, of Person aforesaid. That Sarah Clayton, the widow of the said intestate departed life sometime in the fall of 1823 and that on the 15th. of Feb. 1814 or thereabouts your petitioner purchased the undivided part of said lands belonging to said Richard Clayton at the sale made and held by the Sheriff of Person County to satisfy an execution or executions in his hands against the estate, of the said Richard. And your petitioner further states that he also, for a valuable consideration purchased in trust of the said William Clayton in and to said tract of land, and that the said Daniel was advanced in the lifetime of the said Thomas Clayton deceased-to the full share of the lands of said intestate, so that your petitioner and said Thomas Clayton, are at this time the only tenants in common of this tract of land, your petitioner holding two thirds thereof and the said Thomas one third thereof. This was written in the year 1824 and the petitioner, Thomas Walton, asked the Court to appoint five men to divide the land. Also on this document the following: "Copies to Thomas and Daniel in Person. Publication three weeks in the Milton Register as to William and Richard Clayton who reside beyond the bounds of this state".
Copied from the original at the NC State Library in Raleigh Person Co., NC Estate Records. Copied by: Jim Clayton of Burlington, NC THOMAS CLAYTON.
Thomas Clayton is believed to have been born about 1751 in (Chesterfield Co.?) VA. He came to Caswell Co., NC from VA around 1779-1784. He married Sarah Coleman, d/o Richard Coleman.
The following is from a letter written 19 May1932 by Charles Fisher Clayton of Tarboro, NC to his brother Thomas in Roxboro, NC. They were great-great grandsons of Thomas.
"One Thomas Clayton I, who married a Miss Coleman, settled at our old home place in then Caswell Co., in 1791.........this deed is recorded in Yancyville, Caswell Co. He had four sons, to wit: Richard, Thomas, Phillip, and Daniel.....Phillip moved to KY. The original Thomas Clayton was a trader and died in Edenton, NC on one of his trading trips and was buried there. His wife was buried at the old home place. This tract of land has been in the Clayton family since 1791." Notice there is no mention of a son named William. But it has been proven there was a son named William. We speculate that the Phillip mentioned here comes in later, and William was forgotten.
THOMAS CLAYTON* and SARAH COLEMAN* had the following family:
20 i. PATSEY3 CLAYTON. She married ROBERT CATE.
21 ii. NANCY CLAYTON. She married THOMAS CLAYTON in NC, 1817. THOMAS was born Abt 1762. THOMAS was the son of DANIEL CLAYTON Jr. and MARY BARNETT. He married KISSIAH CREWS Person County, North Carolina, February 18, 1800. He married MARTHA PATSY CREWS Person County, North Carolina, July 2, 1811. Thomas married his first cousin.
Information from "Daniel Clayton of VA and His Descendants," by Jim Clayton of Burlington, NC. 1996.
Thomas Clayton, Sr., son of Daniel and Mary Barnett Clayton did not migrate. He and his brother Daniel "Cook" remained in Person County. Thomas, Sr. owned about 500 acres on Deep Creek in southeastern Person County. Thomas, Sr. died in 1859. His wives were Kisia Crews, Patsey Crews, Nancy Clayton and Ruthey (surname unknown). His daughters were Cathanna, Nancy and Mary. His sons were Thomas, Jr., Joseph, Daniel, Hardy, Jesse, Sidney and John Dolphin Clayton.
Marriages--North Carolina to 1825 North Carolina Person County Clayton, Thomas married Creues, Kessiah on 18 Feb 1800 in Person County, North Carolina.
+ 22 iii. WILLIAM "FLATRIVER" CLAYTON* was born 1773 and died 1860.
+ 23 iv. RICHARD CLAYTON was born 1773.
+ 24 v. DANIEL "COBRA" CLAYTON was born about 1775 and died January 28, 1853.
+ 25 vi. THOMAS CLAYTON Jr. was born 1776 and died 1852.
+ 26 vii. MARY CLAYTON was born 1776 and died 1810.
+ 27 viii. SARAH CLAYTON was born 1780.
5. RICHARD2 CLAYTON (DANIEL1 CLAYTON*) was born in Essex County, VA Bef 1745. RICHARD died 1777 in Caswell County, North Carolina, at 32 years of age.
He married SUSANNAH COLEMAN in Essex County, VA, Abt 1760. SUSANNAH was the daughter of RICHARD COLEMAN* and JOHANNA CLARK*. She married JOHN JR. FULLER 1778.
1. Caswell Co., NC Court Minutes Bk. 1, pp.32-33, 10 Dec 1777 2. "Daniel Clayton of Virginia and His Descendants," by Jim Clayton of Burlington, NC. 1996
Richard Clayton stayed on Virginia home place until 1767, then he and his wife Susannah sold it to William and Hannah Barnett. They soon migrated south to Granville, joining their families already there.
After coming to Caswell County John, Thomas and Richard claimed land on the headwaters of Mayo Creek. Daniel, Sr. settled an additional claim made by his brother Thomas on nearby Richland Springs Creek. These Claytons farmed tobacco.
Richard died in 1777, not long after coming to old Caswell. His estate settlement revealed a promising North Carolina planter. He and his wife Susannah Coleman Clayton had four children. |
