Robert Cheyne Clowney
Additional Resources:| ID: | I286 |
| Last: | Clowney |
| First: | Robert |
| Middle: | Cheyne |
| Birth: | 11 Jun 1838 at County Down, Ireland 1 2 |
| Death: | 12 Mar 1885 at New Hope Section, Fairfield Co., South Carolina 3 4 5 |
| Burial: | New Hope Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church, Woodward, Fairfield Co., South Carolina 6 7 |
| Sex: | M |
| Event: | Served in House of Representatives, SC after Civil War Event 8 |
| Notes: | Robert Cheyne Clowney, his father John Clowney, mother and 5 brothers emigrated from County Down, Ireland to the United States, arriving about Dec 1838. The name of the mother of Robert Cheyne Clowney has been reported as Anna Boyd Cheyne, but by 1850 at age 11 he and his brothers were living with "Nancy" Clowney, age 48. Religion was very important to this family. Presbyterianism has its roots in Scotland. Both the Associate and Reformed branches of the Presbyterian church migrated with the Scots to Northern Ireland and then to America with the Scots-Irish before the Revolutionary War. History of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP) is at: www.arpsynod.org/who.html. |
| Sources: | 9 10 11 12 |
| Mother: | Anna Nancy Cheyne b: ABT 1802 d: AFT 1850 |
| Father: | John Clowney b: 1791 d: 4 Mar 1848 |
| Marriage 1 | Margaret Brice b: 25 Dec 1843 d: 19 Sep 1882 |
| Wedding: Fall 1865 Fairfield County, South Carolina 13 14 | |
| Children: | |
| 1 Samuel Brice Clowney b: 26 Aug 1866 Fairfield County, South Carolina | |
| 2 Anna Boyd Clowney b: 3 Jan 1869 Fairfield County, South Carolina | |
| 3 Janie Brice Clowney b: 14 Feb 1871 Fairfield County, South Carolina | |
| 4 Margaret Rebecca Clowney b: 5 Apr 1873 Fairfield County, South Carolina | |
| 5 Mary Ellen Clowney b: 1875 | |
| 6 Roberta Clowney b: 1 Aug 1878 Fairfield County, South Carolina | |
| 7 Elizabeth Brice Clowney b: 4 Oct 1880 Fairfield County, South Carolina | |
| 8 Robert Hutchinson Clowney b: 26 Aug 1882 Fairfield County, South Carolina | |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | 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 Note: Transcriptions of monuments and tombstones at Salem Presbyterian Church cemetery, Fairfield Co., South Carolina; and marginal notes. Cousin Lizzie Clowney Coleman is daughter of Robert Cheyne Clowney. Text: Cousin Lizzie Clowney Coleman said her father (bro. of Moses) was 6 months old when they came over, and he was born June 11th, 1838, so they landed about Dec. 1838 from Ireland. |
| 2 | Title: 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll M432-852 Page: p.461 Note: Birth year 1838 or 1839 estimated from Robert C. Clowney age 11 in 1850 census. Birth location per family records by Cleora Clowney Hall. |
| 3 | Title: Meynel Clowney Cato Collection Note: Typescript history (obituary?) about Robert Cheyne Clowney. A hand written note says : Mailed 7-12-1968. Text: In the fall of 1865, he married Miss Margaret Brice, daughter of Samuel and Dorcas Price Brice. They moved to the New Hope section of Fairfield County, where he became a large land owner, successful planter and stock raiser... His lovely home, which he bought from his father-in-law, Samuel Brice who moved to Alabama burned a few years after Capt. Clowney's death. |
| 4 | Title: Obituary-online Text: Available at http://sc-families.org |
| 5 | Repository: --Name: South Caroliniana Library - Univ. So. Carolina --Address: University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 29208 --Phone: (803) 777-3132 Title: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, SCMAR Publication: Brent H. Holcomb, ed., P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, S.C., 29221 Call Number: 929.205 So8s Note: Available online at Ancestry.com. Text: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Death & Marriage Notices, Volume II: 1866-1888 Associate Reformed Presbyterian March 26, 1885 page 95 Presbyterian Deaths & Marriages, Vol 2: 1866-1888, p.95 Died in Fairfield County, S. C., March 12th, 1885, Mr. R. C. Clowney, aged about 47 years.... once he represented his county in the Legislature.... was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church. |
| 6 | Title: Meynel Clowney Cato Collection Note: Typescript history (obituary?) about Robert Cheyne Clowney. A hand written note says : Mailed 7-12-1968. Location of cemetery: from Winnsboro take SC-Hwy 34 west, go 4.6 mi past US321 bypass; turn right (north) on Douglass Rd. (Rd 22) go 9.1 mi; church is on right at end of dirt road. Text: Capt. Clowney died March 12, 1885 of pneumonia, and was buried beside his wife (who had preceeded him only two and a half years in death) at New Hope Associate Reform Presbyterian Church yard |
| 7 | Title: Internet Note: Photo of church at: www.mindspring.com/~dbn/Bricephoto.html. History of ARP churches: www.arpsynod.org/who.html |
| 8 | Title: History of Edgefield County from the earliest settlements to 1897 Author: Chapman, John Abney, A.M. Publication: Repr. 1980, The Reprint Co., Publ., Spartanburg, South Carolina 29304, from 1897 ed. publ. by E. H. Aull, Newberry, SC Text: Biographical and anecdotical; with sketches of the Seminole War; Nullification; Secession; Reconstruction; churches and literature; with rolls of all the Companies from Edgefield in the War of Secession; War with Mexico and with the Seminole Indians. Page: p. 10 Text: During and since the Civil War Thomas McKinstry, Bayliss E. Elkin, W. J. Alston, J.R.Aiken, H.A. Gaillard, T.S. Brice, R. C. Clowney, A.S. Douglas, G.H. McMaster, John W. Lyles, C. E. Thomas, Charles A. Douglas, Hayne McMeekin and S. R. Rutland have served in the House of Representatives. |
| 9 | Title: 1850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll M432-852 Date: 24 Aug 1850 Page: p.461 Note: Robert C. Clowney age 11, 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] |
| 10 | 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: 7 Jun 1860 Page: p. 11 Note: Robert Clowney age 22, clerk, in HN/FN 74 of tavern keeper C. W. Faucett, served by Winnsboro Post Office. Birthplace listed as South Carolina. |
| 11 | Title: 1870 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina Publication: M593-1496 Note: Online version with index available: ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/sc/fairfield/1870. Transcribed by Ray Beam and proofread by Jo Beam for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.us-census.org/. Copyright 2002 by Ray Beam. Page: p. 47-b Note: Line 16, Robert C. Clowney age 31. |
| 12 | Title: 1880 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll T9-1229 Page: p. 61-c Note: Irish-born Robert C. Clowney in Twp.2 of Fairfield, SC. Transcription via Familysearch.org website. Text: Robert C Clowney Self Md M w 40 Ire-Ire-Ire Farmer Margaret " Wife Md F w 36 SC-SC-SC Saml. B. " Son Sgl M w 13 SC-Ire-SC Annie " Dau Sgl F w 10 SC-Ire-SC Jane " Dau Sgl F w 8 SC-Ire-SC Maggie " Dau Sgl F w 6 SC-Ire-SC Ellen " Dau Sgl F w 4 SC-Ire-SC Bertie " Dau Sgl F w 2 SC-Ire-SC Eliza " Dau Sgl F w 8mo SC-Ire-SC Carrie Fant Other Sgl F w 16 SC-SC-SC Sallie Fant Other Sgl F w 20 SC-SC-SC Samuel Stevenson Oth Sgl M w 22 SC-SC-SC Farm-laborer |
| 13 | Title: Meynel Clowney Cato Collection Note: Typescript history (obituary?) about Robert Cheyne Clowney. A hand written note says : Mailed 7-12-1968. The couple had 8 children Text: In the fall of 1865, he married Miss Margaret Brice, daughter of Samuel and Dorcas Price Brice. They moved to the New Hope section of Fairfield County, where he became a large land owner, successful planter and stock raiser |
| 14 | 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: Robert Cheyne Clowney, md. Margaret Brice -- Cousin Lizzie's father |
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