William James Clowney
| ID: | I285 |
| Last: | Clowney |
| First: | William |
| Middle: | James |
| Birth: | ABT 1835 at County Down, Ireland 1 |
| Death: | AFT 1850 |
| Burial: | |
| Sex: | M |
| Event: | about 1865 and after, lived in Clowney House on Newberry-Winnsboro Rd. Event 2 |
| Event: | Civil War, Buckhead Guards Military Service 3 |
| Notes: | William James Clowney, his father John Clowney, mother and 5 brothers emigrated from County Down, Ireland to the United States, arriving about Dec 1838. |
| Sources: | 4 5 6 |
| Mother: | Anna Nancy Cheyne b: ABT 1802 d: AFT 1850 |
| Father: | John Clowney b: 1791 d: 4 Mar 1848 |
| Marriage 1 | Margaret Colvin b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Title: 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll M432-852 Page: p.461 Note: Birth year 1835 estimated from Wm. J. Clowney age 15 in 1850 census. Birth location per family records by Cleora Clowney Hall. |
| 2 | Repository: --Name: Fairfield Historical Society Museum --Address: Fairfield Historical Society P.O. Box 93 Winnsboro SC 29180 www.rootsweb.com/~scfairfi/scfairfield.htm Title: Fairfield Sketchbook Author: Bolick, Julian Stevenson, with introduction by Kathleen Lewis Sloan Publication: Reprinted 2000 (1st ed.1963), Fairfield County Historical Society, Winnsboro, South Carolina Note: Sketches of historic homes, family histories, detailed index. Page: p. 270 Note: A romantic story about the house tells of a foiled elopement, the eventual reuniting of the parties and their move to Texas Text: CLOWNEY HOUSE - Ashford - Clowney - Metts - Brown This old house sits high on a hill overlooking the broad Broad River and on across many miles of Newberry County. The early history of the place is somewhat cloudy. It is situated on lands that belonged to...the Strothers and later to the Ashfords....The map of Fairfield County in Mills Atlas was made in about 1820 and shows this as Ashford property with the ferry below called Ashford's Ferry and the road to Winnsboro called the Ashford's Ferry Road... The old house on the hill, though now neglected and over-grown with brush and grasses, still stands... About the time of the War Between the States, and for many years afterward, this old house was occupied by William Clowney and his family. Since that time various tenants have lived here. It is now the property of Mrs. Hunter Brown of Newberry who has extensive tree farms in the area |
| 3 | Repository: --Name: South Carolina Department of Archives and History --Address: 1430 Senate St., P.O. Box 11,669, Columbia, SC 29211 --Phone: (803) 734-8577 Title: Robert Coleman Family: From Virginia to Texas 1652-1965 Author: Coleman, James P., with the assistance of many others Publication: Privately published by James P. Coleman, Ackerman, Mississippi, 1965; mfg. by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport TN, 451 pp Note: Also available on internet through: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nansemondcolemans/ Page: p. 335 Note: WJC listed as 3rd Corporal Text: The above list was made by Jacob Feaster, Jr., and is now in possession of Mrs. John Coleman Feaster, through whose permission twas copied by Florence G. Feaster, October 26, 1920, and by her permission, I copied her copy, October 31, 1921 |
| 4 | Title: 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll M432-852 Date: 24 Aug 1850 Page: p.461 Note: Wm. J. Clowney age 15, attending school, born in Ireland, in HN/FN 471 of Nancy Clowney age 48 born in Ireland. Neighbors: HN 470 elder half-brother Joseph Clowney, HN 469 Means, HN 468 Burns, HN472 Cameron, HN 473 Gordon, HN 474 Robinson, HN 475 Feasterville Academy Text: HN/FN 470 Name Age Sex Col Occup Val Born Clowney, Joseph 33 M w Planter 2050 Ireland Clowney, Jeannette 21 F w Fairfield Clowney, _ 5/12 F w Fairfield HN/FN 471 Name Age Sex Col Occup Val Born Clowney, Nancy 48 F w _ 9825 Ireland Clowney, John 17 M w Planter _ Ireland Clowney, Wm J. 15 M w _ Ireland Clowney, Samuel C.13 M w _ Ireland Clowney, Robert C. 11 M w _ Ireland [*=attended school; Transcriber CMB] |
| 5 | Repository: --Name: Fairfield Historical Society Museum --Address: Fairfield Historical Society P.O. Box 93 Winnsboro SC 29180 www.rootsweb.com/~scfairfi/scfairfield.htm Title: Hand written notes by Cleora Clowney Hall Text: William James Clowney, md. Margaret Colvin. Most of his family moved down state |
| 6 | Title: 1860 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll M653-1219 Note: Online version with index available: ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/sc/fairfield/1860. Transcribed by Ray Beam and proofread by Jo Beam for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.us-census.org/. Copyright 2002 by Ray Beam. Date: 15 Oct 1860 Page: p. 154 Note: William James Clowney, age 23, planter with his wife Margaret Colvin and his mother Agness Clowney of Ireland, in HN 1334. Neighbors: Means, Mobley, Wright, Milling, and W.J.Clowney's half siblings Joseph and S.B. Clowney. Text: HN/FN 1334 Name Age Sex Col Occup Value Born W. J. Clowney 23 M w Planter 2,800 8,400 Ireland M. M. " 20 F w Ireland Agness Clowney 55 F w Ireland |
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