Joseph Clowney
| ID: | I287 |
| Last: | Clowney |
| First: | Joseph |
| Middle: | |
| Birth: | Nov 1818 at County Down, Ireland 1 2 |
| Death: | May 1865 at Fairfield Co., South Carolina |
| Burial: | Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield County, South Carolina 3 |
| Sex: | M |
| Notes: | Joseph Clowney, his father John Clowney, step-mother and 5 brothers emigrated from County Down, Ireland to the United States, arriving about Dec 1838. |
| Sources: | 4 5 6 |
| Mother: | Mary Margaret Spratt b: UNKNOWN d: BEF 1835 |
| Father: | John Clowney b: 1791 d: 4 Mar 1848 |
| Marriage 1 | Jennette Stevenson b: 1 Dec 1828 d: 22 Mar 1855 |
| Wedding: 7 Dec 1848 Fairfield County, South Carolina 7 8 | |
| Children: | |
| 1 Infant Clowney b: ABT Feb 1850 Fairfield Co., South Carolina | |
| 2 Margaret S. Clowney b: 21 Nov 1854 Fairfield Co., South Carolina | |
| Marriage 2 | Henrietta Aiken b: ABT 1837 d: UNKNOWN |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Title: 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll M432-852 Page: p.461 Note: Birth year abt 1817 estimated from Joseph Clowney age 33 in 1850 census; and location from census and notes of Cleora Clowney Hall. |
| 2 | Title: Tombstone Note: Birth month and year are on tombstone. |
| 3 | Title: Tombstone Note: Tombstone is cracked, has been supported. Salem church cemetery is located at Salem Crossroads, west of Winnsboro, Fairfield Co., SC. Joseph Clowney's brother Moses and his family are also buried in this cemetery. Have photo 0945, Oct. 2002. Text: Joseph Clowney / Born / Nov. 1818 / Died / May 1865 / Aged 46 yrs & 6 mo / The one who lies / . . . (remainder of inscription obscured by grass and soil) |
| 4 | Title: Petition for Letters of Administration on Estate of John Clowney, March 9, 1848 Author: Joseph Clowney and Moses Clowney (sons) Text: In the Court of Ordinary - Union Dist. To John J. Pratt Esquire Ordinary for Union District- The humble petition of Joseph Clowney and Moses Clowney herewith that their late father John Clowney departed this life intestate on the __ day of March Instant leaving a widow Nancy Clowney and seven children to-wit your petitioners and Mary Cunningham who has intermarried with James Cunningham and John Clowney, William J. Clowney, Samuel Clowney and Robert Clowney. That at the time of his death he was possessed of a small personal estate consisting of some stock household & kitchen furniture (...) and some stock in trade composed chiefly of liquor & groceries and it is necessary for an administration to be had on his estate. Your petitioners therefore pray that administration be granted them on the personal estate of their father John Clowney based on the usual terms and condiitons. March 9: 1848: (signatures of: Joseph Clowney, Moses Clowney) |
| 5 | Title: 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll M432-852 Date: 24 Aug 1850 Page: p.461 Note: Joseph Clowney age 33, Planter, born in Ireland, value $2,050, head of HN/FN 470 with wife Jeannette (Stevenson) and female infant. Neighbors: HN 471 Nancy Clowney (step-mother of Joseph), 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] |
| 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 Text: HN/FN 1335 Name Age Sex Col Occup Value Born Joseph Clowney 42 M w Planter 3,700 16,810 Ireland Henrietta W. 23 F w S.Carolina Fancy C. 11 F w S.Carolina Cynthia J. 8 F w S.Carolina Margaret S. 6 F w S.Carolina Dickinson, John 3 M w S.Carolina |
| 7 | 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. 330 Note: Lived in New Hope section of county Text: Jennie Stevenson married to Joseph Clowney, December 7, 1848, by Rev. James Boyce. Had 3 daughters: Fannie, Cynthia, Margaret. The two last died of consumption when young, as did the mother. Fannie married William Bolick. They had--Joe, Sam, John, Charlie and Bell (twins), and Jim. 1. Joe Bolick married Maggie Clowney (has 5 children). 2. Sam Bolick married Eunice Propst (3 boys, 1 girl). 3. John Bolick married Eunice Clowney. (3 children). 4. Jim Bolick married Stella Propst. |
| 8 | 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: Joseph Clowney, md. Jeanette Stevenson |
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