Individual Details
( - Abt, 1845)
"Berry W. White & others - Petitioners respectfully represented to the Court that about 1845 John Clark died at his residence in Giles County, Tennessee, intestate, leaving widow SARAH. He left no children surviving, never having had children. JOHN CLARK died owning 100 acres of land which lay on Richland Creek. One third of the land was given to his widow SARAH as her dower. The land adjoined the lands of DAVID KINCAD, GEORGE W. DAY, WILLIAM MacMILLIAN, and others. SARAH CLARK died in the year 1854 and petitioners stated they were entitled to that part of the 100 acres laid off to SARAH as Dower. Petitioners were: ROBERT CLARK of Giles County, ANDREW CLARK of Hickman County, MARY DAVIS of Lincoln County, & MARY wife of JOHN BALDRIDGE of the State of Missouri were brothers and sisters of JOHN CLARK, deceased. JAMES W., WILLIAM, ALEXANDER P., JOHN, THOMAS J., GIDEON B., & C. B. CLARK, MARTHA wife of BERRY W. WHITE, MARY wife of CHARLES D. GOODRUM, ELIZABETH wife of HENRY JUDITH were children of THOMAS CLARK, deceased, brother of JOHN CLARK, deceased. WILLIAM & HENRY CLARK were grandchildren of THOMAS CLARK, deceased, being sons of a deceased son JACKSON CLARK. CATHERINE RAY, MARY wife of JOHN MADDEN, MARGARETTE BURTON, JAMES, ANDREW, JACKSON, DAVID & GEORGE W. PORTERFIELD were children of PEGGY PORTERFIELD, sister of JOHN CLARK, deceased. EMILY PORTERFIELD, SUSAN wife of HARRY BURCH, JAMES PORTERFIELD, JOHN PORTERFIELD, ANDREW & HARRIET PORTERFIELD were children of JOHN PORTERFIELD, deceased, son of PEGGY PORTERFIELD. All of the Porterfield families lived in the State of North Carolina. This Case for the settlement of the estates of JOHN & SARAH CLARK." (File Box W-14 Case 1310 Petition ExParte 1855, Giles County, Tennessee, as abstracted by Skip Porterfield, Pearland, Texas.) (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: This petition is about this John Clark, son of John Clark. I have placed it in the notes of both John Clark and his father, John Clark, as it gives reference to John, Jr's siblings and their children, as he had no children. Those mentioned in the petition are the children of John Clark, Sr.)
Events
| Death | Abt, 1845 | Giles County, Tennessee | | | |
| Marriage | | Sarah | | | |
Families