Notes for Adam CLAPP
1754-1785 Resided Orange/Guilford Co., NC
1776-, Guilford Co., NC
Baptized May 26, 1776 Brick Church by Rev. Samuel Suther Re:(RWH)
1785-1807 Resided in Sumner/Robertson Co., TN where he lived for 22 yrs.
1790- Middle TN Tax Records Sumner Co. October,1790
Sumner Co., Adam CLAPP poll-1 land-20 tax l/s/d= 0/1/8
1794- Listed in Captain Young's Company in Sumner Co. TN, w/ John and Adam Lawrence, John and Abraham Young, Conrad Strader and John Haynes.
1800- Adam Clapp appears on a buyers list at an estate sale for Adam Lawrence
in Henderson Co., KY
1804- Robertson Co.,TN Court Minutes:
Constable Abraham Young Jr. appointed; gave bond in sum of 500$ with John Young and Adam Clapp as his securities. Adam Clapp appointed to and served on jury, August Term.
1807- Union Co., IL
The Clapps, Worthingtons and Lawrences were in residence in southern Illinois Territory. Benjamin and Joseph Lawrence, brother of Ruth, went on a hunting and trapping expedition in Illinois. They were quite taken with the Mill Creek area of Union Co., IL and one of them, the story goes, returned to Sumner Co., to bring Adam Clapp and family down the Cumberland, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Union Co. The book "Pioneer Sketches" gives a contrasting date when it say, "The first settler who made a permanent footing in the county was Adam Clapp, often called Old Clapp. He came from NC in 1806." Reported to Congress for permission to Reside in IL.(Squatters Rights).... Clap, Adam #25 Sept. 11, 1807 Situate on the waters of Cash Creek. Bounded on the east by the residence of Samuel Worthington. Range 1 west, township section 34 Ne NW Qutrs., 320 acres. Permission granted.
1810- Randolph Co., IL Wilkensonville Township 804
A. Clapp: 3 m-10, 1m 16-26, 1m 45+, 2f 10-16, 1f 45+
1817- He served on the first Grand Jury in the County. He is often found in the court records for jury duty, road duty, and twice for illegal sales of whiskey... Oct. 10, 1817 he purchased 160 acres from Jonathan and Jan Husky located in the SW quarter sec. Township 13, range 1 west.
1818- Illinois Census
Clapp, Adam Sr. Union 371
1826- July 12 he sold 160 nearby to Adam Clapp Jr. and Aug. 26,1826 and Jan. 28, 1828 he sold a total of 320 acres to William.
1831- Moved to Alexander Co., IL where he received his Pension.
1841- Jonesboro, Union Co., IL
DAR Marker erected in St. John's Cemetery Church- Lutheran (Pict. of Marker in F547 U5 D4 pg142)
Abstract of Revolutionary War Pension Claim of Adam Clapp
by William Perry Johnson
Rank: Private
County/State: Guilford Co., NC
File No.: S.30937
Born: 10 Dec., 1754
Died: 15 Aug., 1841
Service: Volunteered in the fall of 1776 or 1777, while a resident of Guilford Co., NC in Capt. Henry Whitesell's Company, Col. Alexander Martin's Regiment. Served 8 mnths.
Received: 26.66 annum
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