Gregory Clark
| ID: | I41 |
| Last: | Clark |
| First: | Gregory |
| Middle: | |
| Nickname: | Grigg |
| Birth: | ABT 1752 at Hillsborough District, North Carolina 1 |
| Death: | Jan 1837 at Lexington Co., South Carolina 2 |
| Burial: | Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery, Lexington Co., South Carolina 3 |
| Sex: | M |
| Event: | Revolutionary War Patriot, registered with the DAR Military Service 4 5 |
| Notes: | Was a Patriot, registered with the DAR under National Number 670338 |
| Sources: | 6 7 |
| Mother: | Elizabeth UNKNOWN b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN |
| Father: | Charles Clark b: ABT 1731 d: AFT 1789 |
| Marriage 1 | Luraney Lewraney Parker b: ABT 1756 d: Jun 1849 |
| Wedding: 1771 North Carolina 8 9 | |
| Note: Children: Sarah, Nancy, Fannie, Catherine, Clarissa, Cornelius (our ancestor), Parker, Rachael (per monument) | |
| Children: | |
| 1 Cornelius Clark b: 1781 | |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Title: Monument Note: Birth date also appears on tombstone; calculated from information on large monument to his father, Charles Clark of County Cork, Ireland, in Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery near Lexington, SC. Monuments are modern. (Full text of marker in notes for Charles Clark) Text: ...He died Jan. 1837 age 85 ... |
| 2 | Title: Tombstone |
| 3 | Title: Tombstone Note: Mentioned as one of 2 sons (Gregory and Isom) and 2 daughters (Clarkie and Cloie) on large monument to Charles Clark of County Cork, in same cemetery. Monuments are modern. (have photo, Nov 2001) Cemetery located sw of Lexington, SC, west of SC-hwy-6 on Nazareth Rd. where it crosses Long's Pond Rd. Text: Gregory "Grig" Clark / ca. 1752 / Jan 1837 / Rev. War Veteran |
| 4 | Title: Tombstone Note: Tombstone and a large monument to his father, Charles Clark of County Cork Ireland, in Nazareth Lutheran church cemetery, Lexington Co., South Carolina, mention Gregory's service in Revolutionary War. Monuments are modern |
| 5 | Repository: --Name: Meynel Clowney Cato Genealogy Collection --Address: c/o jpinson@polaris.net Title: History of the Clark Family Author: Clark, P. P. Publication: Typescript, 1904. Page: p. 1 Text: ..... Gregory, or Grigg, as he [is] commonly called, was a soldier in General Green's army in the Revolutionary war, and tradition says that he was married when he came to S.C.; he was mustered out of the army at Hilton's Head on the seacoast of S.C. and liked the country there so well, he went back to N.C. and persuaded his father, Charles Clark and family to move to that place. The climate on the coast proving sickly for them, they started back to their old home in North Carolina. But when they got to Congaree Creek in Lexington County they stopped to rest and recruit, but they never went any further. Grigg bought him a home on a small branch of the Congaree called Turkey Creek and lived there until he died about 1835. He was about 85 year old when he died and was buried at Nazareth then known as Lybrand's church six miles south of Lexington, S.C ...... |
| 6 | Repository: --Name: Meynel Clowney Cato Genealogy Collection --Address: c/o jpinson@polaris.net Title: Hand written notes by Mary Emily Clark Boatwright Text: ...Gregg Clark fought in war with General Greene |
| 7 | Repository: --Name: Meynel Clowney Cato Genealogy Collection --Address: c/o jpinson@polaris.net Title: History of the Clark Family Author: Clark, P. P. Publication: Typescript, 1904. Text: Charles Clark was a native of North Carolina. His wife's name was Betty. They had two sons, Gregory and Isom and two daughters, Clarkie and Chloie. Gregory married Lurena Parker, Isom married Sarah McCarthy, Clarkie married David Leach, and Chloie married Neal Senn. This Clark family came from North Carolina to Hilton's Head at the close of the Revolutionary war, remained there two years, then came to Lexington District (now called Lexington County) and, so far as this writer knows, all died here. Charles is buried near Columbia, South Carolina. Gregory, or Grigg, as he [is] commonly called, was a soldier in General Green's army in the Revolutionary war, and tradition says that he was married when he came to S.C.; he was mustered out of the army at Hilton's Head on the seacoast of S.C. and liked the country there so well, he went back to N.C. and persuaded his father, Charles Clark and family to move to that place. The climate on the coast proving sickly for them, they started back to their old home in North Carolina. But when they got to Congaree Creek in Lexington County they stopped to rest and recruit, but they never went any further. Grigg bought him a home on a small branch of the Congaree called Turkey Creek and lived there until he died about 1835. He was about 85 year old when he died and was buried at Nazareth then known as Lybrand's church six miles south of Lexington, S.C. Gregory and his wife Lurena nee Parker had nine children, Sally, Rachel, Cornelius, Parker, Clarissa, Nancy, Fanny, Katy and Charity. Sally married John Berry, Cornelius married Nancy Lee, Parker, the writer does not know if he ever married; Rachel married Johnathan Taylor, Clarissa married a Seay, Nancy married Dave Shotts; Fanny and Katy married Arnolds and Charity married a Harman. Grigg's brother Isom had four children - - two boys and two girls, Isom and James and Christena and Agness. The writer does not know who these children married. They lived near the Congaree River at or near Columbia, S.C. This Branch of the Clark family is now extinct... |
| 8 | Title: Monument Note: Marker located in Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery, Lexington Co., South Carolina; honors Charles Clark of Co. Cork, Ireland, wife Betty, and 4 children: Gregory, Isom, Clarkie, Cloie. (Full text of marker in notes for Charles Clark) Text: ... / In the year 1771 Gregory married / Luraney Parker, they established / a home on Turkey Creek near / Nazareth Church in Lexington / County, S.C. He was a soldier in / the Revolutionary War. / He died Jan. 1837 age 85 / his wife Luraney died June 1849 / they with five children are / buried in Nazareth Cemetery. /... |
| 9 | 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: Some Families of the Old Lexington District Author: Gregg, E. Stuart Jr., ed. and compiler Publication: Batesburg, South Carolina Call Number: SC 929.2 Note: Research on descendants of Gregory Clark; Abraham King; John W. Lewis; Henry Miller; Jonathan Taylor and allied families included. Fully indexed, 483 pp. Note: Differs from date, 1771, on monument to Clark family. Probably should be 1771, to precede dates of birth of children e.g. Clarissa b. ca 1778, Cornelius b. 1781, etc. Text: He m. in NC, in 1781, Lurany Parker, d. Jun. 1849, according to pension claim #R.1998, dated 2 Aug 1855 by Rachel Taylor. |
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