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WILLIAM CARTER CLAYTON 1761–1845 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Nov 1761

Birth Location: Rowan, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 24 Dec 1845

Death Location: Cateechee, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America

Father: William Sr

Mother: Elizabeth Reid

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Langley

Children(s): Nancy Clayton, Elizabeth Clayton, Jesse Clayton, Stephen Clayton, Mary Clayton, Sarah *, Unity Clayton, Carter *, John Clayton, William Jr, Joel Clayton, Mary Clayton, Joel Clayton, Phillip Clayton

The story of WILLIAM CARTER CLAYTON began in 1761 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. WILLIAM CARTER CLAYTON married Elizabeth Langley, and had children including Carter Clayton, Elizabeth Eleanor Clayton, Jesse Clayton, Joel H Clayton, John Clayton, Mary Clayton, Mary Elizabeth Polly Clayton, Nancy Norrine Clayton, Phillip Clayton, Sarah Susanna Clayton, Stephen Clayton, Unity Clayton, William Clayton Jr. WILLIAM CARTER CLAYTON passed away in 1845 in Cateechee, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of WILLIAM CARTER CLAYTON began in 1761 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States.
  • WILLIAM CARTER CLAYTON married Elizabeth Langley, and had children including Carter Clayton, Elizabeth Eleanor Clayton, Jesse Clayton, Joel H Clayton, John Clayton, Mary Clayton, Mary Elizabeth Polly Clayton, Nancy Norrine Clayton, Phillip Clayton, Sarah Susanna Clayton, Stephen Clayton, Unity Clayton, William Clayton Jr.
  • WILLIAM CARTER CLAYTON passed away in 1845 in Cateechee, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Sr
1733–1781
Birth Location: Surry, North Carolina, United States
WS
Elizabeth Reid
1735–1787
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
ER

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Langley
1768–1829
Birth Location: Pickens, South Carolina, United States
EL

Children(s)

Nancy Clayton
1800–1882
Birth Location: Pendleton District, South Carolina
NC
Elizabeth Clayton
1804–1850
Birth Location: Pickens Co, SC
EC
Jesse Clayton
1796–1882
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
JC
Stephen Clayton
1788–1879
Birth Location: Pickens, Co, SC
SC
Mary Clayton
1790–1850
Birth Location: Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States
MC
Sarah *
1790–1850
Birth Location: Maryland ,United States
S*
Unity Clayton
1800–1878
Birth Location: South Carolina
UC
Carter *
1806–1879
Birth Location: Pendleton District, South Carolina USA
C*
John Clayton
1799–1846
Birth Location: Pendleton Dist, South Carolina, United States
JC
William Jr
1802–1891
Birth Location: Pickens Co, SC
WJ
Joel Clayton
1786–1860
Birth Location: Pendleton District, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States
JC
Mary Clayton
1779–1850
Birth Location: Pendleton District , South Carolina, United States
MC
Joel Clayton
1810–1860
Birth Location: Pickens, South Carolina ,United States
JC
Phillip Clayton
1794–1874
Birth Location: Pendleton District, South Carolina , United States
PC

WILLIAM CLAYTON's Ancestors

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WILLIAM CLAYTON
1761–1845
Birth Place: Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Parents
William Carter Clayton Sr
1733–1781
Surry, North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Reid
1735–1787
North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

WILLIAM CLAYTON's Descendants

1.
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WILLIAM (CARTER) CLAYTON (4 Nov 1761–24 Dec 1845) m. Elizabeth Langley (1768–29 June 1829)
  1. 1. Nancy (Norrine) Clayton 1800–1882 m. James Porter 1792–1892
    1. 1. Mary ("Polly" Smith) Porter 1819–1900 m. Jackson Gillespie 1813–1894
      1. 1. Joseph (Asbury) Gillespie 1855–1943
      2. 2. Carter (Wilson Gillespie) * 1835–1863 m. Martha (A. "Mattie") Morris 1840–1923
        1. 1. William (Morris Gillespie) * 1863–1943 m. Mary (Martha "May") Lindsay 1868–1936
        2. 2. James ("Buddy") Gillespie 1862–1862
      3. 3. James (Robert) Gillespie 1843–1864
      4. 4. John (Thomas) Gillespie 1847–1930
      5. 5. William (Jackson) Gillespie 1845–1922
      6. 6. Toliver (Simpson) Gillespie 1852–1853
      7. 7. Bascomb (Alexander) Gillespie 1859–1951
      8. 8. Timma (Alice) Gillespie 1863–1878
      9. 9. Harrison (Clayton) Gillespie 1837–1927
      10. 10. Mary (Elizabeth Gillespie) Cooper 1839–1932 m. William (Harvey) Cooper 1835–1913
        1. 1. Julia (Estella) Cooper 1871–1932
        2. 2. Virginia (Cooper) Hipps 1875–1963
        3. 3. Laura (Viola Cooper) Terrell 1873–1958
        4. 4. Maybelle (Cooper) Henson 1866–1951
        5. 5. William (Harvey) Cooper 1869–
      11. 11. Stephen (Henry Gillespie) * 1849–1946 m. Emma (Drueilla) Cisson 1850–1922
        1. 1. Mattie (Hortense Gillespie) * 1893–1981 m. William (Wampler) Gravely 1887–1951
      12. 12. ALFRED (BAXTER) GILLESPIE 1856–1943
      13. 13. Julia (Ann Gillespie Whitmire) * 1841–1926 m. Richard (Thomas) Whitmire 1846–1908 m. James (Abijah) Phillips 1840–1861
        1. 1. Julian (Leonard "Lon") Whitmire 1876–1950
        2. 2. Miles (Whitsed) Whitmire 1872–1954
        3. 3. Joseph (Clayton Whitmire) * 1875–1925 m. Mary (Zula Lee) Kelley 1873–1934
        4. 4. Tommie (Alice Whitmire) Smith 1879–1957
        5. 5. Martha (Tina Lura Viola "Tinnie") Phillips 1862–1940
      14. 14. Sinnia (A) Gillespie 1862–
    2. 2. Phillip (Henley) Porter 1831–1862
    3. 3. Carter (Clayton) Porter 1827–1920
    4. 4. Elizabeth (Langley Porter) * 1817–1909 m. William (Hansel) Gillespie 1814–1879
      1. 1. Mary (Lucinda) Gillespie 1840–1922
      2. 2. Nancy (Elvira) Gillespie 1835–1906
      3. 3. Isaac Gillespie 1845–
      4. 4. William (G) Gillespie 1847–
      5. 5. John (Edward Gillespie) * 1854–1940 m. Manarca (Catherine) LEWIS 1847–1917
        1. 1. Ida (Gillespie) * 1878–1939
      6. 6. James (Monroe) Gillespie 1857–1940
    5. 5. William (Clayton) Porter 1823–1911
    6. 6. Joel (R) Porter 1821–
    7. 7. Unity Porter 1830–
    8. 8. James (T) Porter 1825–
    9. 9. Hugh Porter 1820–
  2. 2. Elizabeth (Eleanor) Clayton 1804–1850 m. Hugh (Porter) * 1786–1860
    1. 1. Thomas (R) Porter 1841–
  3. 3. Jesse Clayton 1796–1882
  4. 4. Stephen Clayton 1788–1879
  5. 5. Mary Clayton 1790–1850
  6. 6. Sarah (Susanna Clayton) * 1790–1850 m. Job Smith 1775–1814
    1. 1. Thomas (Smith) * 1813–1850 m. Nancy (Keturah) Nimmons 1807–1868
      1. 1. John (Wesley Smith) Pvt. 1825–1866
      2. 2. Nancy Smith 1825–
      3. 3. Polly Smith 1827–
      4. 4. Susan Smith 1831–
      5. 5. Thomas Smith 1835–
      6. 6. William (John Smith) * 1837–1891 m. Susan (Elizabeth) Lawson 1836–1917
        1. 1. Emeley (Evelina) Smith 1866–1897
        2. 2. Nancy (Smith) Parrott 1865–1960 m. David (Alexander) Parrott 1849–1936
        3. 3. Kitura (Mary) Smith 1868–1958
        4. 4. Blueford (M) Smith 1872–1931
        5. 5. Thomas (Asbury) Smith 1862–1949
        6. 6. Sarah (Ann "Elvira") Smith 1859–1933
        7. 7. Josiah (Joseph Smith) * 1859–1957 m. Gertrude (S) Ferguson 1869–1940
        8. 8. Stevenson ("John" Clayton) Smith 1856–1950
        9. 9. William (Carter) Smith 1870–1919
        10. 10. David (Epheriam) Smith 1877–1944
        11. 11. James (Ephram) Smith 1880–1953
        12. 12. Wade (Hampton) Smith 1873–1880
        13. 13. Hiram (C) Smith 1849–1934
      7. 7. Stephen (Carter) Smith 1835–1880
      8. 8. Sarah (A) Smith 1840–
      9. 9. Harriette (Nimmons) Smith 1840–1918 m. Gabriel (A.) Phillips 1839–1918
        1. 1. Martha (Ellen Phillips) Ballenger 1874–1955
        2. 2. John (T) Phillips 1877–1934
        3. 3. Mary (S Phillips) Ward 1867–1923
        4. 4. Robert (Lee) Phillips 1879–1966
        5. 5. George (Verias) Phillips 1874–1952
        6. 6. Wm Phillips 1861–
      10. 10. Baylus (Asbury) Smith 1843–1922 m. Hettie (E) Smith 1843–1912
        1. 1. William (D.) Smith 1877–1900
        2. 2. Emma (Elsie) Smith 1883–1967
        3. 3. Walter (Marvin) Smith 1880–1963
      11. 11. Mary (Susanna) Smith 1844–1922
      12. 12. Martha (Ellen) Smith 1844–1931
    2. 2. William (Smith) * 1802–1853 m. Nancy (Mullinax) (Smith) 1803–
      1. 1. Ruth (Elizabeth Smith) * 1838–1880 m. John (Anderson Hinton) Jr. 1831–1864
        1. 1. Nancy ("Nannie" Sarah) Hinton 1855–1950
        2. 2. Rebecca Hinton 1854–
        3. 3. John (W. B.) Hinton 1859–
        4. 4. Mary (Molly Hinton) * 1858–1934 m. John (E) Holden 1849–1911
      2. 2. Martha (A) Smith 1828–
      3. 3. John (E) Smith 1831–
      4. 4. Job (F) Smith 1834–
      5. 5. Luciel (C) Smith 1839–
      6. 6. Malissa (Sue) Smith 1843–
      7. 7. Matthew (T) Smith 1845–
  7. 7. Unity Clayton 1800–1878
  8. 8. Carter (Clayton) * 1806–1879 m. Sarah (Ann) Hunter 1810–1884
    1. 1. Sarah (Elizabeth) Williams 1836–1916
    2. 2. James (Henry Clayton) * 1851–1922 m. Charlotte (Jane) Hughes 1854–1942
      1. 1. Olin (Larkin CLAYTON) * 1883–1956 m. Margaret (Annie) Welborn 1877–1953 m. Elizabeth Kelley 1881–1969
        1. 1. James (Thomas "Cowboy" CLAYTON) Sr 1906–1990
        2. 2. Leon (Olin) CLAYTON 1908–1974
        3. 3. Florence (Carlotte Virginia) CLAYTON 1911–1911
        4. 4. Mary (Allene) CLAYTON 1912–1984
        5. 5. Margaret (Frederica "Freddie") CLAYTON 1914–1999
        6. 6. Edwin (Eugene CLAYTON Sr.) * 1916–1995
        7. 7. Alvin (Harold) CLAYTON 1918–1933
      2. 2. Ida (Iola) CLAYTON 1877–1944
      3. 3. Eva (Ann) CLAYTON 1884–1920
      4. 4. William ("Willie" Carter) CLAYTON 1879–1956
      5. 5. Lou (Alma) CLAYTON 1887–1967
      6. 6. Henry (Carl) CLAYTON 1889–1970
      7. 7. Elma (Caroline) CLAYTON 1896–1936
      8. 8. Lois (Alice) CLAYTON 1901–1990
      9. 9. Tirzah (Eudora "Dora") CLAYTON 1881–1961
      10. 10. Essie CLAYTON 1896–1973
    3. 3. William (C.) Clayton 1840–1861
    4. 4. Mary (Alice) Clayton 1843–1907
    5. 5. Caroline (Nancy) Clayton 1847–1931
    6. 6. Louisa (Elizabeth) Clayton 1846–1928
    7. 7. Susan (Anne) Clayton 1838–1917
  9. 9. John Clayton 1799–1846
  10. 10. William (Clayton) Jr 1802–1891
  11. 11. Joel (H.) Clayton 1786–1860
  12. 12. Mary (Elizabeth "Polly") Clayton 1779–1850
  13. 13. Joel (H.) Clayton 1810–1860
  14. 14. Phillip Clayton 1794–1874

WILLIAM CLAYTON's Timeline

4 Records

1761
4 November 1761
Birth of WILLIAM CARTER CLAYTON in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
1761
4 Nov 1761
Birth of WILLIAM CARTER CLAYTON in Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Rowan, North Carolina, United States
1845
24 December 1845
Age 84
Death of WILLIAM CARTER CLAYTON in , Pickens, South Carolina, United States
, Pickens, South Carolina, United States
1845
24 Dec 1845
Age 84
Death of WILLIAM CARTER CLAYTON in Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States
Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 November 1761
    Event Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Nov 1761
    Event Place: Rowan, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 December 1845
    Event Place: , Pickens, South Carolina, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Dec 1845
    Event Place: Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cateechee, Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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