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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Melvin Clayton: Birth: Abt 1869 in Polk County, Tennessee.

  2. Harland Andrew (Harley) Clayton: Birth: Abt 1872 in Tennessee. Death: 30 Aug 1938 in Paragould, Green County Arkansas

  3. Albert Chrissley Clayton: Birth: 21 Sep 1874 in Tennessee. Death: 12 Nov 1941 in Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma

  4. Harriet (Hattie) Theodosia Clayton: Birth: 15 May 1876 in Tennessee. Death: 30 Oct 1951 in St Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri

  5. Nancy Caldonia (Dona) Clayton: Birth: Jul 1879 in Dalton, Randolph County, Arkansas. Death: 1 May 1910 in Elm Store, Randolph County, Arkansas

  6. Mary Birdie Clayton: Birth: 10 Nov 1884 in Dalton, Randolph County, Arkansas. Death: 3 Jul 1944 in Monette, Craighead County, Arkansas

  7. Caroline (Callie )Clayton : Birth: Jul 1886 in Dalton, Randolph County, Arkansas.

  8. Emma Peachie Texarcana Clayton: Birth: 14 Jun 1890 in Dalton, Randolph County, Arkansas. Death: 30 Jan 1960 in Riverton, Fremont County, Wyoming


Notes
a. Note:   Census: 1850 PIKE COUNTY, GEORGIA - District # 68 - Household # 770 J. M. Clayton, Male, 4, GA In household with parents
  Census: 1860 BLOUNT COUNTY, ALABAMA - Household # 30 Monroe Clayton, Male, 13, GA In household with Mother, P. H. Clayton (Living next door to family of Caroline Coe who he later married)
  Census: 1870 POLK COUNTY, TENNESSEE - Benton Post Office - First Civil District - Page # 10 - Household # 61 John M. Clayton, Male, 23, GA, Farm Laborer Mary C., Female, 22, TN Melvin, Male, 1, TN (This child is never found on any other census, Assumed to have died before 1880) (Next Door to Sarah Coe, Caroline's mother - Household # 62 COE Sarah 56 F, W, KY, Henry C.,18, M, W, Farm Hand,TN, William R., 14, M, Farm Hand,TN)
  Census: 1880 RANDOLPH COUNTY, ARKANSAS - Davidson Township - Household # 301 J. M. Clayton, Male, 33, GA Caroline, Female, 32, TN Harland, Male, 8, TN Albert, Male,7 Harriet, Female, 3 Caldonia, Female, 10/12
  Census: 1910 RANDOLPH COUNTY, ARKANSAS - Elm Store Township - Enumerate May 2& 3, 1910 - Supervisor's District # 2 - Enumerator's District # 118 - Sheet # 10B - Household # 182 John M. Clayton, Male, 68, GA Caroline, Female, 62, TN, Married 1867 Peter Mathias, 20, Hired Hand Lives near his children, Harley, Birdie, and Peachie
  Census: 1920 RANDOLPH COUNTY, ARKANSAS - Denum Township - Black's Ferry Road - Supervisor's District # 2 - Enumerator's District # 119 - Sheet # 10-B - Enumerated January 24, 1920 - Household # 209 Caroline Clayton, Female, 72, Widowed, TN, KY, TN In household with son, Harley Clayton and his children.
  Property: "FEDERAL LAND OFFICE" Accession/Serial # AR0450_.473 BLM Serial # AR NO S/N State: ARKANSAS Patentee Name: John M. Clayton Document #: 8395 Misc. Doc. Nr.: 17651 Issue Date: April 14, 1897 Authority: May 20, 1862: HOMESTEAD ENTRY- ORIGINAL (12 Stat. 292) Acres: 160 Land Office: LITTLE ROCK SENE 11/ 21-N 2-W No 5th PM AR RANDOLPH S1/2 NW 12/ 21-N 2-W No 5th PM AR RANDOLPH
  Property: "HOMESTEAD & CASH GRANTS, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT" Name: John M. Clayton County : Randloph Section: 11 Township: 21North Range: 2West Acres: 160 Date: 1897/04/14
  Property: "Arkansas Swamp Land Sales, 1868 - 1879" compiled by Desmond Walls Allen, ISBN 1-56546-210-6, published by Arkansas Research, Inc., PO Box 303, Conway, AR 72033 Clayton, Jno. M. assignee of H.M. Cooper
  MARRIAGE: Marriage date taken from 1910 Randolph County, Arkansas Census
  Sources: Census Information shared by Kathy Green Davis, Greenville, Tennessee
  Sources: "DIRECTORY OF Randolph County, Arkansas 1910 Compiled by L. F. Blankenship Published by Star Herald Printing Company Pocahontas, Ark. ELM STORE TOWNSHIP "CLAYTON, J M, 68, farmer, came from Ga in 1879, married Caroline COW in 1867, 7 children, Albert, Harley, Hattie, Dona, Birdie, Caroline and Peache, 159 acres hill and creek, 70 in use, Methodist."
  Sources: Email & Telephone Conversation with Kelly Jo Clayton; March 2004 According to Kelly Jo Clayton and her brother Meckie Clayton, have in their possession the metal rims and various other wagon parts of the wagon which John M. Clayton traveled from Polk County, Tennessee to Randolph County, Arkansas. They have provided photos to bear this out. Their Grandfather, Monroe Tilford Clayton brought them from the old Clayton homeplace to Oklahoma where the son of John M., Albert Chrissely Clayton, moved after 1920 because of the flooding in Arkansas. They also have a part of the original doorstep of the Clayton household. This is a large rock which has a tree petrified into it and is plain to see in the photos they provided. Meckie Clayton has his Mother's Bible, which I am in hopes of obtaining copies of in the future.
  Sources: "Abstracts from Masonic Records: Grand Lodge of Arkansas, 1870-1872", by Desmond Walls Allen, published by Arkansas Research, Inc., PO Box 303, Conway AR 72032, 501/470-1120 voice and fax, www.ArkansasResearch.com This volume contains complete membership lists for nearly every active lodge for 1871. Clayton, John M., 9, 86, 113 Coe, J.S., 93
  BURIAL: According to Meckie Clayton, Great-great-grandson of John M. Clayton, John Monroe Clayton was buried about two miles from his homeplace in a grove. Along with John M. was also buried John Floyd Dale Clayton, son of Albert Chrissely Clayton. None of these graves are marked with tombstones. The Cemetery has no name and is not marked in any way. Other than family knowledge, the exact location of this cemetery is unknown. Mary Ann Clayton Coe, for whom no marker has been located, may also be buried here.
  BIRTH: Kelly Jo Clayton stated that John M. Clayton's middle name was Monroe. This name has been carried down through the later generations very often in this family.


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