Profile of William C Clayton

My theories are:

· Marriage date: William C Clayton was married about 1846. [These assumptions are based on the fact that in 1856, the date of the letter, he has three daughters, two are in school. I thus guess that he has been married about 10 years, thus a marriage year of 1846.]

· Birth year: Based on a guess at the marriage year of 1846, I then guess that he was 20 years old when he married, thus a birth year of 1826. [Sort of a wild guess, but at least it provides a starting point.]

· Move to Kentucky: My guess is that William C Clayton moved to Kentucky after he married, so about 1850 + or – a few years.

· His father: Again based on just guesses, I would target William C Clayton’s fathers birth date about 20+ years before his own or about 1805. [This guess probably assumes that William C Clayton was the first child.]

· Which County? Since the letter mentions the Henderson tavern and since many of the Tapps first moved to Henderson County, Kentucky, my guess is that William C Clayton is living in Henderson County, Kentucky in 1856.

· Connection to the Tapps: Clearly William C Clayton has a close connection with the Tapp family. My guess is that his mother was a Tapp. The Tapp family is documented in Person County Heritage, Volume 2, Article 543. A list of William Tapp’s children appears at both:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyhopkin/surnames/t/tap/tapp-wm1725.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyhopkin/surnames/t/tap/tapp/william1725.html
(If these links don’t work for you, try this.)

Most of the names mentioned in the letter are children of William Tapp’s son, Lewis Tapp. Information about this family appears at:

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dyancey&id=I29390
(If this link does not work, try this.)

· Were does William C Clayton connect? Based on the “Uncles and Aunts” that he mentions in the letter, the answer would seem to be that William C Clayton’s mother was one of Lewis Tapps children. But – I have found no reference to one of Lewis’ daughters marrying a Clayton. Send me your guess!

This page created and maintained by Ed Clayton.
Last updated on February 4, 2003