Seventh Generation

153. David CLAPP^132,133 was born on 17 October 1772 in Orange Co., NC.³⁴ He was baptized on 7 November 1772 in Brick Church, Guilford Co., NC.¹³² Sponsors: John Clapp and Anna Margaret Strader. Name paid Taxes value place date He died on 18 May 1841 at the age of 68 in Knox Co., TN. 1806 tax list of Knox Co., TN, James Reynold's Company, lists David CLapp with 230 acres and 1 poll.
There is a David Clapp listed on Tax lists for Knox County, Tennessee, 1812.
There is a David Clap mentioned in "The French Broad-Holston Country, A History of Knox Co., TN" by the East TN Historical Society, Knoxville, 1946. The aticle is on page 63 and says, "The county court, as a court of common pleas, had jurisdiction over ordinary lawsuits until about 1835... The following are exceptional and by no means typical, entries... "In April 1809, David Clap was fined $2.00 for what was called, in words of delightful redundancy, 'profane swearing'."

David CLAPP and Elizabeth "Betsy" GRAVES were married on 22 April 1793 in Montgomery Co., VA.^34,134 Marriage Book A-Montgomery County, Va. Boston Graves' name was given as father. Married in Montgomery Co., VA. Early East TN taxpayers by Creekmore has a marriage date of 4-22-1793. Elizabeth "Betsy" GRAVES, daughter of Sebastion GRAVES and Sarah EFLAND, was born in 1773 in Orange Co., NC.

David CLAPP and Elizabeth "Betsy" GRAVES had the following children: