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Check out #32 on the attachment. For more information go to
http://pentium2.gower.net/bclayton That is my cousin, Bill Clayton's
web page. He is the source of the Clayton information.
Margaret McCleskey, Arlington, TX
VaGreen100(a)aol.com wrote:
>
> I published "The Clayton Clique, The Descendants of George Clayton, 1723-1786"
> in 1995. I am currently revising Vol. I, having sold all the copies that I
> had made. There are two volumes of my work, I have not started revising Vol.
> II.
> Lambert Clayton is a son of George Clayton.
> The Maxwell, et. al., 1927 is fine as far as it goes; however, it is very
> limited and does contain some errors.
> There is no proof of the parents of Sarah Davidson. John Davidson and Nancy
> Brevard have a Marriage Bond in Rowan County, NC 1779 when Sarah was already
> 20 years old. They probably were the ones who were killed by the Indians in
> 1782, with a six month old infant.
> There are numerous Davidson families in central North Carolina at the time of
> the Revolution, but Sarah does not fit into any of them. There is a Sarah
> Davidson who signed a South Carolina deed that I am currently trying to
> identify.
> None of the other stories regarding her family have been traced or proven.
> They range from parents killed in 1760; 1775 or 1776 all by the Indians.
> My guess is that her parents died young (for whatever reason); and she was
> raised by relatives (maybe John Brevard and his wife Jean, who were perhaps
> her aunt and uncle and not her grandparents). Nancy Brevard seems to be even
> younger than Sarah. Also none of the Brevard children appear to have been old
> enough to have raised her, as the stories goes; Jane Brevard being even
> younger than Sarah, although she is often given as the aunt who raised Sarah.
> There are other Brevard families in North Carolina also which I have not
> researched.
> I would like to hear from anyone who is a descendant of George Clayton
> 1723-1786 of Rowan County, NC (now Iredell Co.)
> Virginia Green
> VaGreen100(a)aol.com
> Tampa, FL