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| The lineage of this branch of the Cliftons pre-dates 1170 AD. At this time the first name I have is at the link on my Clifton page going to Clifton line #1 the information dealing with the ancestors in the Clifton line of John Clifton who married Nancy Jones and in this dissertation, John Robert "Jack" Clifton, their son. The first name I have is Osbert of Lancashire, England. Anyone interested in John Robert "Jack" needs to follow this line from Osbert of Lancashire down to John Clifton 1,2 born 20 February 1758 at Stafford County, Virginia. He married about 1793 to Nancy Jones, daughter of John and Judith Jones of Halifax County, North Carolina. |
John
Robert "Jack" Clifton was a son in John & Nancy Clifton's family.
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| John
Robert Clifton, a son of John
Clifton and Nancy Jones,
was born 1802. He married Alcey
Grogan on 30 October 1823 in Price, Rockingham County,
North
Carolina. She was a daughter of Thomas
Grogan and Agnes Strong.
Alcey was born in 1807 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, and died
in
Rockingham County, North Carolina. They built and operated a gristmill
for the area. Their children were: Andrew Martin Clifton, born 30 March 1839 in Price, Rockingham County, North Carolina; died on 22 December 1930 in Vesta, Patrick, County, Virginia. He married Martha Jane Boyd on 24 June 1858 in Patrick County, Virginia; She was born 22 February 1844 in Patrick, County, Virginia; and died 17 August 1922 in Patrick County, Virginia. Andrew met Martha Jane when he and his brother , Bart journeyed by foot from Price, North Carolina to what is now known as Stuart, Patrick County, Virginia. He married her a few years later1. He also served in the Confederate Army. For more check 12th Virginia Infantry Regiment, toward the bottom of the page for information, a picture of him and Martha Jane and their cemetery monument. Eight children: Andrew Jack, William Robert, John G., Emory Dean, Lupert Morton, Nancy Harriet, Leavannie, Mary. Robert Wesley Clifton, born 5 July 1831 in Henry County, Virginia; died 21 December 1917 in Tazewell County, Virginia. He married Mary Malinda Wade on 15 February 1859. She was born on born 20 December 1841 in Floyd County, Virginia; and died 17 February 1895 in Richlands, Buchanan County, Virginia. For more about Robert Wesley Clifton William Barton Clifton, born 30 Jul 1834 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. and died 12 November 1918 in Patrick, Co Virginia. He married Sarah Rakes 05 Jan 1855 in Patrick, County, Virginia; born 1 January 1835 in Patrick County, Virginia; died 24 January 1936 in Patrick, County, Virginia.Apparently when Bart and his brother Andrew walked from Price, North Carolina to what is now, Stuart, Virginia, he was just as smitten with Sarah Rakes as Andrew was with Martha Jane Boyd. Bart, an excellent rifle maker by trade, stayed in the Blue Ridge and married Sarah2. Leatha Clifton, was born 1837 (in Rockingham County, North Carolina?), and married John W. Cox 30 July 1857. They had eight children: Ruth, Sarah, Ann, Elsie, Cora, Tom, Wallace, John, and Joshua. born 1834? John Tyler Clifton, was born 25 March 1842 in North Carolina and died 28 October 1908. He married Elizabeth R. (Betsy) Smith 20 Mar 1861 in Rockingham, NC. She was born 15 Jul 1840; and died 21 Apr 1931. Their seven children were: Andrew Greenberry, Howard P."Pink", T, Jack, Robert Wirt, Molly, Mattie, and Bruce. Benjamin Franklin Clifton, born 13 Nov 1846 in Rockingham, NC; died 13 Feb 1928 in Price, Rockingham, NC. He married Amer (Ammie) Kallam 10 Dec 1870 in Rockingham, NC; born Jan 1851 in Rockingham Co, NC. Children: Belle Clifton, Emma. Willis Winston, Corneilia May, and Benjamin Earnest.A B. F Clifton served with the 16th Virginia Cavalry in 1861 according to the Clifton Clan Chronicle, Volume 3, Issue 3, page 114. This would take further examination to verify. Burrell Haston Clifton, born 1849 in Rockingham County, Co, NC; died 18 Nov 1926 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. On 7 October 1869, he married Frances Webb Smith (born 1841 & died 1891) in Rockingham County, North Carolina and had eight children: Andrew, Charles, Martha, Victoria, Delia Ann, Robert Flenor, James H., and Walter Lee.His wife, Frances was the daughter of Joseph H and Hannah D. Smith. His second wife was Alpha Collins; born 1870 and died in 1956 in Patrick County Virginia. This union brought one child, Lucy Jane.. Sarah P. Clifton, born circa1845. She married Joseph Marion Smith 08 May 1865 in Rockingham, NC. He was born 10 January `859 and died in Henry County. He was the son of Daniel Smith Jr. and Johanna Rhodes. They had one son. Arrenia (Rena, Anna), Irena Clifton3, born 14 Aug 1824 in Price, Rockingham, NC; (obit) died September1910 in Burns Harney Oregon. She married Deveroux Marquis Lewis 12 Nov 1840 in Henry Co, Va; born 27 Jan 1814 in Rockingham, NC; died 1897 in Burns, Harney Co, OR.He was a son of John Penn Lewis Sr.and Elizabeth Sams. They had ten children: Wilnouth O., John, Andrew Jackson; a Civil War veteran, William King, Sarah Frances, Columbus O. James Matthew,Robert Myra, Thomas Edward, Joanne C. and Martin Luther. Lewis was a farmer. They moved to Palouse City, Washington in 1892 and then to Burns, Oregon in 1895. Angeline (Ann) Clifton, born 1829 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. She married Richard Odell on 31 Dec 1850 in Rockingham County, North Carolina..He was born in 1831 in Henry County, Virginia.and died in 1850/60 in Henry County, Virginia. They had three children.Douglas, Sarah Lee, Mary E. |
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sources: John and Nancy Clifton, by Nettie S. Clifton /Information used with permission Our Clifton Ancestors by Nell M. Wright /Information used with permission Clifton Clan Chronicle L. Neale Clifton Editor and Publisher L. Neale and Kathy W. Clifton data Ancestry Internet site |
20 February 2011