Eighth Generation


383. George CLAPP325,335 was born about 1805 in Knox Co., TN.335,336 He died before 1870 at the age of 65 in Knox Co., TN. George was a farmer and miller. According to the 1850 agricultural census, George and Mary had 20 acres of improved land and 135 acres of unimproved land, most likely woodland. This land was valued at 300 dollars. They had one horse, one milk cow, and 20 pigs. This livestock was valued at 106 dollars. The farm yielded 400 bushels of Indian corn, 50 bushels of oats, 75 pounds of butter, 15 pounds of flax, and one bushel of flax seed. They slaughtered 40 dollars worth of animals for their own consumption.

George CLAPP and Mary "Polly" WALKER were married on 26 August 1838 in Knox Co., TN.328,335,337 Married by Lewis Luttrell with Lewis Madison Luttrell as bondsman. They328,335,337 appeared in the census in 1860 in District 18, Knox Co., TN.336 Page 235, line 20, dwelling 1784, family 1524
George CLapp, 55, M, Miller, 400, 300, TN
Mary, 49, F, TN
James, 19, M, TN
Martha, 18, F, TN
Elizabeth, 16, F, TN
Monroe, 12, M, TN
Nancy, 10, F, TN
John, 6, M, TN
Calvin, 4, M, TN
Russell, 2, M, TN Mary "Polly" WALKER, daughter of Daily WALKER and Druscilla EPPES, was born about 1821 in Knox Co., TN.336 She appeared in the census in 1870 in District 18, Knox Co., TN. Page 334 A, Roseberry P. O., 19 Sep 1870, line 19, dwelling 164, family 164
Clapp, Mary, 52, F, W, housekeeper, 200, TN
Elizabeth, 25, F, W, TN
Nancy, 22, F, W, TN
John, 16, M, W, TN
Calvin, 13, M, W, TN She died about 1872 at the age of 51 in Knox Co., TN.

George CLAPP and Mary "Polly" WALKER had the following children:

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James Maynard CLAPP.

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Martha Jane CLAPP.

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Sarah Elizabeth CLAPP.

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Pryor Monroe CLAPP was born about 1846 in Knox Co., TN.338 He appeared in the census in 1860 in District 18, Knox Co., TN.336 Monroe, 12, M, TN He died on 14 July 1864 at the age of 18 in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN.338 Monroe enlisted in the Union Army to be with his brother, James Clapp. He was mustered into the Third Tennessee Infantry Company F, at Mossy Creek, TN on 10 Jan 1864. He contracted typhoid fever and died at Nashville, TN. He is buried in Nashville City Cemetery.

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Nancy Emaline CLAPP.

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John Horace CLAPP.

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Calvin CLAPP.

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Russell CLAPP was born in 1857 in Knox Co., TN.336,339 He appeared in the census in 1860 in District 18, Knox Co., TN.336 Russell, 2, M, TN He died after 1860 at the age of 3 in Knox Co., TN.339 Died young.