Col. Samuel Clayton

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GEDCOM Note

From Find a grave

Samuel Clayton "jr." (in the earlier Culpeper records until his Uncle Sam Clayton removed to Winchester), was made vestryman, 17 Nov 1766, in place of his father Mjr. Philip Clayton(1702-1786); 24 Nov 1767 he was made church warden of St. Mark's Parish. He served as justice of the peace, sheriff of Culpeper and colonel of Militia when in April of 1775 the Culpeper Minutemen took up arms in defiance of Gov. Dunsmore's seizure of the public powder magazine at Williamsburg.

Along with many others supporting the cause, he was reimbursed for supplies: "17 Jan 1776 Ditto paid French Strother of Colo. Samuel Clayton for Tents furnished the Culpeper Battallion 31.4.6 Ditto paid Ditto for N. Pendleton for Straw furnished said Battalion 2.5.0 Ditto paid Ditto for John Bell for Provisions to Cap'n Green Company 5.19.6"

On the 12th of July 1757 in Essex County, Virginia, Sam married his cousin Ann Coleman, the daughter of Robert (1721-1793) & Sarah (Saunders) Coleman upon whose land Culpeper was founded. They had sons: Mjr. Philip Clayton (1758-1810) who served seven years from the start of the Revolution and married Ann Swann Churchill May 8th, 1799; Sam'l who m. Catherine Price, the daughter of William of Shenandoah County in 1786 ; George Clayton who married Elizabeth Broadus Gaines in 1798; Thomas who married Sarah Cunningham; Robert Coleman Clayton who served in the War of 1812; and a daughter Ann C. "Nancy" who married Jeremiah Strother.

Col. Samuel Clayton

GEDCOM Note

Samuel who on 12 Jul 1757, married his cousin Ann Coleman, daughter of Robert and Sarah Ann Saunders Coleman

Children
1. Philip Clayton, b. 10 Jan 1758, Culpeper County, Virginia d. 6 Jan 1821, Culpeper County, Virginia (Age 62 years)
2. Robert Coleman Clayton, b. Abt 1762, Culpeper County, Virginia d. 9 Sep 1850, Pendleton County, Kentucky (Age ~ 88 years)
3. Samuel Clayton, b. 1764, Culpeper County, Virginia d. 1835, Bourbon County, Kentucky (Age 71 years)
4. Nancy Clayton, b. Abt 1766, Culpeper County, Virginia
5. Thomas Clayton, b. Abt 1771, Culpeper County, Virginia
6. George Clayton, b. 1781, Culpeper County, Virginia