*Birth: Bet. 1786-1790 in Greenville Dist., SC; Death: in Greasy Creek, Polk Co, or McMinn Co., TN.
Elijah Clayton was the son of John Clayton b. 1734 in Greenville Dist., SC, and Hannah Kyle b. abt 1769 in Greenvile Dist., SC.
He was a Baptist Minister for 50 yrs, ordained in 1837; moved in 1825 to Monroe Co., TN; Moved 1839 to Polk Co., TN; Early Settler at Greasy Creek, Polk Co., TN; Military: War of 1812; Rank PVT TN Militia; Land: 80 acres of bounty land from the State of TN in the Reliance Area of Polk Co.,; Burial: Greasy Creek Cem., Polk Co., TN. [Source: Kenneth A. Ray [email protected] at awt.ancestry.com]
He married about 11 Nov 1813 in Grainger Co., TN, Elizabeth Webb Roach b. abt 1798 in TN; they had 15 children: Laura, John, Millie, Josephine, Hannah, Thaney/Thennie, Robert, Martin, Mahala who married Simpson Stephens, Henderson, Elijah Jr., James Nelson, Elizabeth, Austin, and Thomas Clayton.
Elijah Clayton was the son of John Clayton b. 1734 in Greenville Dist., SC, and Hannah Kyle b. abt 1769 in Greenvile Dist., SC.
He was a Baptist Minister for 50 yrs, ordained in 1837; moved in 1825 to Monroe Co., TN; Moved 1839 to Polk Co., TN; Early Settler at Greasy Creek, Polk Co., TN; Military: War of 1812; Rank PVT TN Militia; Land: 80 acres of bounty land from the State of TN in the Reliance Area of Polk Co.,; Burial: Greasy Creek Cem., Polk Co., TN. [Source: Kenneth A. Ray [email protected] at awt.ancestry.com]
He married about 11 Nov 1813 in Grainger Co., TN, Elizabeth Webb Roach b. abt 1798 in TN; they had 15 children: Laura, John, Millie, Josephine, Hannah, Thaney/Thennie, Robert, Martin, Mahala who married Simpson Stephens, Henderson, Elijah Jr., James Nelson, Elizabeth, Austin, and Thomas Clayton.
*Birth: Bet. 1786-1790 in Greenville Dist., SC; Death: in Greasy Creek, Polk Co, or McMinn Co., TN.
Elijah Clayton was the son of John Clayton b. 1734 in Greenville Dist., SC, and Hannah Kyle b. abt 1769 in Greenvile Dist., SC.
He was a Baptist Minister for 50 yrs, ordained in 1837; moved in 1825 to Monroe Co., TN; Moved 1839 to Polk Co., TN; Early Settler at Greasy Creek, Polk Co., TN; Military: War of 1812; Rank PVT TN Militia; Land: 80 acres of bounty land from the State of TN in the Reliance Area of Polk Co.,; Burial: Greasy Creek Cem., Polk Co., TN. [Source: Kenneth A. Ray [email protected] at awt.ancestry.com]
He married about 11 Nov 1813 in Grainger Co., TN, Elizabeth Webb Roach b. abt 1798 in TN; they had 15 children: Laura, John, Millie, Josephine, Hannah, Thaney/Thennie, Robert, Martin, Mahala who married Simpson Stephens, Henderson, Elijah Jr., James Nelson, Elizabeth, Austin, and Thomas Clayton.
Elijah Clayton was the son of John Clayton b. 1734 in Greenville Dist., SC, and Hannah Kyle b. abt 1769 in Greenvile Dist., SC.
He was a Baptist Minister for 50 yrs, ordained in 1837; moved in 1825 to Monroe Co., TN; Moved 1839 to Polk Co., TN; Early Settler at Greasy Creek, Polk Co., TN; Military: War of 1812; Rank PVT TN Militia; Land: 80 acres of bounty land from the State of TN in the Reliance Area of Polk Co.,; Burial: Greasy Creek Cem., Polk Co., TN. [Source: Kenneth A. Ray [email protected] at awt.ancestry.com]
He married about 11 Nov 1813 in Grainger Co., TN, Elizabeth Webb Roach b. abt 1798 in TN; they had 15 children: Laura, John, Millie, Josephine, Hannah, Thaney/Thennie, Robert, Martin, Mahala who married Simpson Stephens, Henderson, Elijah Jr., James Nelson, Elizabeth, Austin, and Thomas Clayton.
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