Eighth Generation

244. John CLAPP was born in 1783 in Guilford Co., NC. He died in January 1865 at the age of 82 in Edgar Co., IL. He was buried in January 1865 in Old Goshen Cemetery, Edgar Co., IL. Information on this family from Claudia Cameron, cameronclaudia@earthlink.net (12/18/02) Also, Naomi Emmich, 21080 Lost Valey Ct., Bend, OR 97702-2801, emmich@bendcable.com (2001) also Joyce Eaton jeaton@atc.ccsd.k12.wy.us John fought in the Black Hawk War.
1815 tax list Randolph Co NC 200 acres on Sandy Creek, two polls
1820 census Randolph Co NC missing, tax list gives 419 acres owned on Rocky Creek, one white poll
1827 registered ear mark in Edgar Co IL book 24 May 1827
1828 mg performed by James Adams JP
1830 census Edgar Co IL w/9 ch (none over 15) in hh [were some from her previous marriage?] John's age 40-50, b 1780-1790
1835 Edmond Clapp sells to John Clapp Sr SE quarter section 10 t12, r13 40 acres. This land 1 mile from Arthur Lamb's land became the John Clapp homeplace.
1840 census Edgar Co IL w/8 children in household
1850 census living w/son Reason- see Clark Co IL census for 1850 for Elizabeth and five children
1851 m Mary Elizabeth Bute Taylor
1860 census Edgar Co IL w/wife Mary E. and two children
1865 Mary E remarried Z. Barrat
1820s to IL, stopped to visit relatives in TN- poss Turkinett relatives, (George Turknett, another heir of Jacob, TN Bledsoe 1830 OR Burrows family of Bedford Co TN), John sold Randolph Co NC lands 1823, one deed wit by Joseph Alan
did they have a little money for the move, estate of Jacob Turkinett 1823 or so?
Hist Morgan Co MO states the Kidwell fam there from Grainger Co TN- any kin to Kidwells Edythe says went to Edgar IL? or TN Maury history mentions Kidwells...
ES shows b Dec 1787, d c 1867; where did her info come from?
On 20 Jan 1807 when John was 25, he first married Catherine Turknett, daughter of Jacob Turknett Sr. & Barbara, in Asheboro, Randolph Co NC. Born abt 1792 in GA. Catherine died in Edgar Co IL aft 6 Sep 1825; she was 33.
They had the following children:
2 i. Joseph (1807-1890)
3 ii. Levi (~1808-1839)
4 iii. Sophia (<1810-1825)
5 iv. Mary (~1810-)
6 v. Elizabeth (1812-~1830)
7 vi. Edmund (1814->1850)
8 vii. George (1817-1874)
9 viii. Margaret (~1817-~1837)
10 ix. Sarah (1819-1912)
11 x. John (1820-1877)
12 xi. William Francis (1822-1907)
13 xiii. Reason (1825-1905)
14 xiv. possibly Maria (1827-)
On 25 Oct 1828 when John was 46, he second married Elizabeth Rogers, in Edgar Co IL. Born on 16 May 1807 in KY. Elizabeth died in Piatt Co IL on 3 Jun 1894; she was 87.
They had the following children:
15 i. Sophia "Catherine" (1830-1909)
16 ii. Martha (~1830-)
17 iv. unnamed (~1835-)
18 v. Thomas (~1838-)
19 vi. James M. (1841-1916)
20 vii. Mary Elizabeth (~1845-)
On 31 May 1851 when John was 69, he third married Mary Elizabeth Butt, in Edgar Co IL. Born abt 1822 in IL.
They had the following children:
21 i. Mary A. (1851-)
22 ii. David W. (1856-)
23 iii. Daniel M. abt 1860
24 iv. Mary E. Clapp abt 1863

John CLAPP and Catherine TURKINETT were married on 20 January 1807 in Asheboro, Randolph Co., NC. Catherine TURKINETT, daughter of Jacob TURKNETT and Barbara (?), was born in 1792 in GA. She died after 6 September 1825 at the age of 33 in Edgar Co., IL. Hillsborough Dist, Orange Co 1790, Jacob Darknet/Turknett, not to mention John Clap and Jeremiah Stoner
She is named dau Caty Class in copy of will of Jacob Turknett, "one third part of my estate" 1822 Putnam Co GA.
Edythe Stephens note: Philip Kirkenett & wife were sponsors to Magdalena Clapp (dau of Tobias) 28 Sep 1778 Brick Church Records, perhaps then off to GA?
Will of Jacob Turknett does not name a Phillip.
1900 Camden Co MO census for son Reason says his mother b Georgia, son William F. death certificate says her birthplace GA
My visit to Asheboro April 1992 scanning card catalog found no Kirknett type names, the closest was Kivett, a rather wealthy family living south of John Clapp

John CLAPP and Catherine TURKINETT had the following children:

John CLAPP and Elizabeth Rogers BIDDLECUM obtained a marriage license on 25 October 1828 in Edgar Co., IL.²²⁷ Lic. #118, Book SA, page 8. They²²⁷ were married on 26 October 1828 in Paris, Edgar Co., IL.²²⁷ Married by J. Adams, JP., Book LA, page 28 John Clapp had three wives and at least twenty children. Seventeen heirs, children or grandchildren who were heirs of his deceased children, were apportioned shares in his probate proceedings (see below).
John was born, married and started his first family in North Carolina.
After John Clapp moved to Illinois his land purchases there totalled a dollar sum nearly equal to the inheritance he received from his father-in-law Jacob Turknett.
John gradually sold off his land, the largest sales about the dates of his second and third marriages. At John's death he had only fifty acres remaining to provide for his widow and to divide among the seventeen heirs. See final section for distribution records found so far.
CENSUS
* 1790 census Randolph Co NC
* 1800 census Randolph Co NC
* 1810 census Randolph Co NC
* the 1820 census of Randolph Co NC is missing
* 1830 census Edgar Co IL
* 1840 census Edgar Co IL
* 1850 census Edgar Co IL (his second wife is found in Clark Co IL)
* 1860 census Edgar Co IL with his third wife, (his second wife may be found in Coles Co IL) Elizabeth Rogers BIDDLECUM was born on 16 May 1807 in KY.²²⁸ She appeared in the census in 1850 in Clark Co., IL. House #259a, listed as 44, born in KY. She died on 3 June 1894 at the age of 87 in Piatt Co., IL.²²⁸ Buried in Piatt Co., Il, in the same lot with son James M. Clapp. Tombstone says" Elizabeth Rogers wife of John CLapp". Age 87 yrs 17 Days. Service by Rev. Joseph Martin. Elizabeth was buried in June 1894 in Harshbarger Cemetery, Unity Twp., Piatt Co., IL.²²⁸ Section B, Row 10 5 Oct 1828 Edgar Co IL Elizabeth Biddlecum m John Clapp [We have not found record for her marriage to Biddlecum yet]
1834 Edgar Co IL sale of land, John Clapp and wife Elizabeth to William Rogers
1840 census indicates there may have been two more girls in this household
children b bef 1828 may be from her first marriage
1850 census Clark Co IL: p 259 10 Oct 1337
--Clapp, Elizabeth 44 f KY Sophia 15 f IL Martha 14 f IL Thomas 12 m IL James 10 m IL Mary 5 f IL John was still in Edgar county w/son Reason
Age 22 at marriage, she been married before to unknown Biddlecum. Did they divorce? Did she and John Clapp ever divorce?
Buried in Piatt Co IL, in the same lot with son James M. Clapp
Tombstone says "Elizabeth Rogers wife of John Clapp"
The five children, derived from 1850 census Clark IL; at the time of the 1850 census John living in Edgar w/ son Reason. See note above, they may have separated prior to the 1840 census and reconciled for a time.
Is this Elizabeth enumerated in Coles Co IL 1870 census as Elizabeth Reed, age 39? James M. and Mary E. Clapp are in this household.

John CLAPP and Elizabeth Rogers BIDDLECUM had the following children:

John CLAPP and Mary Elizabeth Butt TAYLOR were married on 31 May 1851 in Edgar Co., IL.²²⁷ Book LA, page 224. Married by T. Sluss, J. P. They²²⁷ obtained a marriage license on 31 May 1851 in Edgar Co., IL.²²⁷ Lic. #1805, Book SA, page 115 Mary Elizabeth Butt TAYLOR was born in 1824 in IN.²²⁹ She appeared in the census in 1860 in Grandview Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Indicates she was born in IL about 1822. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Galena, Jasper Co., MO.²²⁹ Dan. CLAPP Self M W 25 IL Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: IN
Mary CLAPP Mother F W 55 IN Occ: Keeps House Fa: GA Mo: KY
David CLAPP Brother M W 17 IL Fa: NC Mo: IN Census 1860 Grandview, Edgar Co IL record indicates she was b IL about 1822.
Mary Elizabeth Bute Taylor, probably widow of Nathaniel Taylor [m 31 Jan 1841 Edgar Co IL, performed by Aaron Darnall justice of the peace, Book LA p162]. Her ("Mrs. Mary E. Clapp") m 4 May 1865 to Zurell Barret recorded in Edgar Book B/058. Crawford Co IL m records show several Butt-Taylor marriages, the spelling Bute appears only once in the Edgar Co record.
31 May 1851 Edgar Co IL mg Mary E. Taylor to John Clapp
1860 census Grandview, Edgar Co IL shows a Mary E. Clapp, b IL
1865 mg Mrs. Mary E. Clapp to Zurell Barrett recorded Edgar Book B/058
I have changed Bute to Butt, based on Taylor-Butt marriages found in Crawford Co IL records
ch b 1841-1851 would be from her marriage to Taylor
need 1850 census for Nathaniel Taylor- none
1850 IL Edgar Dist 19 p207 or crayon 413
Triplet 52 b VA
1231/1262 James M. Doke 35 b Martin Co IN
Lucretia 22 b Pulaski KY, Ovva E (f) 10 b EdgarCo IIL, also Nelson J 8, Angeline 6, Oscar 2, and Mary E. Taylor 22 b Edgar Co IL
would indicate no Taylor children
James and Kathleen Farmer have followed Mary A. Clapp Steapleton to Missouri and contribute information indicating Mary Elizabeth Bute/Butt Taylor Clapp was a Browning in Missouri in the 1910 census.

John CLAPP and Mary Elizabeth Butt TAYLOR had the following children: