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Folks,
I'm back at the Thomas Clark and Stewart/d Clark issue in Pulaski County KY.
The 1850 census shows Thomas Clark age 65 b. KY w/ wife Juantia
(Juanita?--20 years younger) with Steward Clark age 37 b. KY w/wife Mary
living next door. It appears to me that Steward was the s/o of Thomas.
Working backward, the 1840 census shows two Thomas Clarks--Thomas Clark age
50-59 living next door to Steward Clark age 20-29; and Thomas Clark age
20-29 on the same page with Josiah Clark age 30-39 and also several
Stogsdill families. I have a marriage record for a Thomas Clark b. 1800 who
married Sally Stodgil 02 Oct 1816 in Wayne Co KY. This would appear to be
the 2nd Thomas Clark enumerated on the Pulaski Co 1840 census.
The 1830 census shows Thomas Clark age 40-49 on same page with Josiah Clark.
Thomas Clark has a male in household age 15-19 that could be Steward Clark.
The 1820 census shows Thomas Clark age 45+
The 1810 census records no Thomas Clark
By my calculations:
Thomas Clark 1850 census b. ca. 1785
Thomas Clark 1840 cenus b. 1781-1790
Thomas Clark 1830 census b. 1781-1790
Thomas Clark 1820 census b. bef. 1775
I believe all these Thomas Clarks are the same man, including the one whose
age is given as 45+. It also appears to me that he was the father of
Steward Clark b. 1813.
Question: Is this the Thomas Clark who some say is Thomas Steward/t Clark?
I note that the 1850 census states he was born in Kentucky, not Virginia,
which seems to me to place him squarely as a member of Thomas Clark SR's
family, likely a nephew of his son Stewart Clark b. 1778 NC d. aft. 1850
Madison Co AR.
The Thomas Clark b. 1811 married to Pernetta appears possibly to be a son of
Josiah Clark. The 1860 census states he was born in NC, however I note he
has a son Josiah and a daughter Catherine, which may hint at a connection
with Catherine Clark of Garrard County and thus Thomas Clark SR of Pulaski.
Thomas & Steward Clark (above) appear to be missing from the 1860 census.
What I'm seeing here conflicts with what I've been told about a later
Stewart Clark coming to Pulaski county. I need to see whatever other
documentation exists regarding Thomas Stewart and/or Stewart Clark.
I've been working on the theory that the Thomas Clark above was 1) the
father of Steward Clark b. 1811; 2) a grandson of Thomas Clark SR; and 3)
possibly the oldest son of my Samuel Clark. I think I've eliminated the
third hypothesis, as Samuel would only have been 10 years old when this
Thomas was born in 1785. As the oldest son, he is the only one who could
have fathered Thomas. This in turn would eliminate the possibility that
Thomas SR was the grandfather of this Thomas.
Thomas Clark was the recipient of a number of land grants on Buck Creek.
Fay Clark