John Alexander Clark

CLARK. George Wilson Clark was the son of John Alexander Clark whose land holdings included part of current St. Louis, Missouri. The family comprised of John Clark's second wife, Mary Margaret Kerr (sister of Major James Kerr), two small children and three of nine children by a first wife came by boat via New Orleans arriving at Lavaca Bay in 1838. Wilson was part of the latter children and arrived with the family by oxcart from the bay on the Ashby tract on the Lavaca River which John Clark purchased. Essentially residents of the Zumwalt Settlement, the family built a two room cabin and improved the land for farming and ranching. Wilson Clark was a member of Capt. Adam Zumwalt's minuteman company of Lavaca River settlers in numerous encounters with Indians and served in the Vasquez and Woll campaigns of 1842 as part of Capt. Zumwalt's company. He participated in the Sommerville Expedition in Capt. Isaac Mitchell's unit. He participated in the Mier Expedition in Capt. Reeses Company where he was captured, imprisoned and released Sep 1844.

The John Clark family is listed in the 1850 census of LavacaCo: CLARK: Jno. 56, m KY; Margaret 34, f KY; WILLSON: Geo. (Insane) 31, m MO; John A. 15, m MO; Thomas 13, m MO; Franklin 7, m TX; Richard J. 5m; WILLSON: Margaret E. 3, f TX; Stephen A. 1, m TX. It is thought that household members listed as "Willson" may be those of George Wilson Clark.

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