Individual Details

William Clark

(15 Nov 1795 - )



Testimony of Sarah Hackney, Sr, 29 Jan 1824, in Logan Co. Stated she had lived about a mile of Gen. Jonathan Clark in Spotsylvania Co VA when he is son William was born and continued to lived as near neighbor until the Clarks moved to Kentucky. She is confident William was born in the fall of 1795 or 1796. Jonathan Clark's son George W. was born and he was between two and three years younger than William.

Deposition of Worden Pope, in Louisville, Jefferson Co KY, about 1823. He had examined the diary of Genl. Clark and stated William was born 15 Nov 1795, George W. 24 Aug 1798, and the handwriting was that of Clark. He knows the daughter Ann married Pearce before the death of her father (Nov 1811) and was not yet age 21.

Events

Birth15 Nov 1795Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Families

FatherGen. Jonathan Clark (1750 - 1811)
MotherSarah Hite (1758 - )
SiblingJohn Hite Clark (1785 - 1822)
SiblingIsaac Clark (1787 - )
SiblingAnn Clark (1792 - )
SiblingGeorge W. Clark (1798 - )
SiblingMary Clark ( - )
SiblingEleanor Ettinger Clark (1783 - 1867)