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From: PHHGENE <>
Subject: Continuing with Children of John Graham Sr. and Elizabeth Elliott
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 18:39:35 EST

John Graham, Sr. and Elizabeth Elliott

Marriage Date: 1722
Marriage Place: Augusta County, Virginia

Children:
Lancelot "Lanty"
John
Elizabeth
Robert
James
Jane
Florence
Anne
Rebecca

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Margaret ELLIOTT

Birth Date: 20 Jan 1764
Birth Place: 10 Sep 1891

Spouse: Robert GIVEN

Marriage Date: 20 Apr 1785
Marriage Place: Augusta County, Virginia

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Elizabeth Clark
Birth Place Augusta Co. Virginia

Notes; Moved to Kentucky

Spouse: William Rhea
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Sarah CLARK

Birth Place: Augusta Co. Virginia
Spouse: Archibald ELLIOTT
Spouse Father: Archibald ELLIOTT

Marriage Date: 1748
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John G. CLARK

Birth Place: Augusta County, Virginia

Notes: Served in the Virginia Colonial Militia

Spouse: Frances McCLINTIC
Spouse Father: William McCLINTIC

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James CLARK

Birth Place: Augusta Co Virginia
Death Date: 1792
Death Place: Bath Co. Virginia

Notes:
Served in Captain John Sturt's Company at the battle of Point Pleasant in
1774. See the Dunsmore war page 410
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William CLARK
Birth Date: 1738
Birth Place: Augusta Co Virginia
Death Date: 1766

Spouse: Margaret McCutchen

Marriage Date: 1760
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Ann CLARK
Birth Date 1748
Birth Place: Augusta County, Virginia
Death Date: 1809

Spouse: John DUNLAP
Birth Date: 1748
Death Date: 5 Feb 1804
Spouse Father: Alexander DUNLAP

Spouse Notes: Served in the American Revolution. See DAR Patriot Index, 1966
p. 207.
Marriage Date: 1761
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Alexander Clark
Birth Date: 1736
Birth Place: Augusta Co. Va
Death Date: 1794
Death Place: Greenbrier County, Virginia

Notes:

Alexander Clark I, the son of James and Elizabeth (Summers) Clark, was born in
1736 in Augusta County, Virginia. In 1763, he married Sarah Lafferty, daughter
of Ralph Lafferty of Cowpasture, Bath County, Virginia.
IN 1785 they moved to Greenbrier county, Virginia. Alexander served the cause
of the American Revolution by furnishing supplies to troops. See Greenbrier
Book of Public Claims, 1782, Virginia Revolutionary Ancestors, page 20, and
DAR Patriot Index, 1966, page 132.

In 1785, Alexander Clark was issued a patent for 330 acres of land on Indian
Creek, Grenbrier County, Virginia (now Monroe County, West Virginia. Alexander
died in 1794 and his will is recorded in Greenbrier County Will Book 1, page
87, October Court 1794, and reads:

Spouse: Sarah LAFFERTY
Spouse Father: Ralph LAFFERTY
Marriage Date: 1763

Will of Alexander Clark

In the name of God Amen. This Twelfth Day of June one Thousand seven hundred
and ninety four, I Alexander Clark of Greenbrier County and State of Virginia
now in the Evening of my days but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God.
I therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my Body knowing that is
appointed for all men once to die, to make and order this my last will and
Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I recommend my Soul to
God who gave it and for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be Buried in a
Christian like manor at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at
the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of
God, and as Touching such worldy Estate where with it hath pleased God to
bless me with in this Iife I give
Devise and idspose of the same in the following manner and form
"IMPRIMIS it is my will and I do order that in the first place all my Just
Debts and funeral charges to be paid and satisfied.
Item: to my son James Clark one Cow and Calf one two year old and one year old
heifer and four heads of sheep also Item to my sons William, Ralph, Alexander,
John, and Samuel Clarks I leave to Each one shilling Sterling. I also to my
Daughters Rebecca and Martha I leave to each one shilling Sterling.
"I give and bequeath to Sarah Clark my beloved wife the Plantation where I now
live which she is to sell and dispose of how and when she thinks proper and
also I give and Bequeath to Sarah Clark my Beloved wife the Disposal of all my
Cash my household Furniture and likewise my stock and all my Worldly Estate
which she is also to dispose how and when she thinks proper.
"And also I constitute and appoint my Dearly beloved wife and my son James to
be my Executors of this my last will and Testament and I hereby utterly
Disallow Revoke and Disannull all and Every other Testament made before this
whether gifts grants or legacies whatsoever Ratifying and Confirming this to
be my last will and Testament and Declare the same before the under
Evidences and have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above
mentioned."
Attest:
Alexander Clark
Seal

Samuel Clark
Mathias Ballinger
Thomas Fulton
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Samuel CLARK
Birth Place: Augusta Co. Virginia

Spouse: Margaret BURGAN
Birth Place: Bath County, Virginia

Marriage Date: 1779
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Robert CLARK
Birth Date: 1748
Death Date: Jan. 1801

Notes: Served in the Revolution as a lieutenant in Captain Cunningham's
Company.
See Gwathmey's History Reg. of Virginia George W. Hicklin-

Marriage date: 1722
Marriage Place: Augusta County, Virginia
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Enjoy- But don't take it all as law. A good source.

Pat

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