Lambert Clayton

1755 - 1828  (73 years)

• Name	Lambert Clayton  [1, 2]
  Alt. Birth	22 Jan 1755	Dover, Kent County, Delaware   [3]
  Born	22 Jun 1755	Rising Sun near Dover, Kent County, Delaware   [4]
  Gender	Male
  1790 Census	1790	Iredell County, North Carolina
  	p. 389  George Clayton          1-2-5-0-1 ... Lambert Clayton         1-4-2-0-1 ... Joseph Davidson       1-0-1-0-2 Alexander Davidson  1-3-5-0-0
  1800 Census	1800
  	____, Buncombe Co., NC, p. 165, 03010-30010-01
  1810 Census	1810
  	____, Buncombe Co., NC, p. 84, 10101-21101-00
  1820 Census	1820
  	____, Buncombe Co., NC, p. 110, 001101-00101-2
  Died	12 Jul 1828	Buncombe County, North Carolina   [2]
  Alt. Burial	Aft 12 Jul 1828	Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, North Carolina
  Alt. Death	Buncombe County, North Carolina
  Buried	Aft 12 Jul 1828	Davidson River Cemetery, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, NC
  		Davidson River Cemetery, Transylvania County, NC Carolyn & John Lisle visited this cemetery on 18 September 2008
  		Headstone for Lambert Clayton Davidson River Cemetery. Taken by Jim Mackey
  Person ID	I636	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2009

  
  

  Father	George Clayton,   b. Abt 1723, King and Queen County, Virginia ,   d. 1786, Rowan County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Sarah Dodson Lambert,   b. Abt 1724, Dover, Kent County, Maryland ,   d. 30 Oct 1800, Iredell County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	Abt 1745
  Family ID	F397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Davidson,   b. 25 Dec 1759,   d. 20 Mar 1843, Henderson County, North Carolina  (Age 83 years)
  Married	14 Dec 1782	Rowan County, North Carolina   [2]
  Children	1. Jane Clayton,   b. 6 Nov 1783, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 1 Mar 1873, Transylvania County, North Carolina  (Age 89 years)   2. John "Swamp John" Clayton,   b. 31 Dec 1785, Rowan County, North Carolina ,   d. 20 Aug 1868  (Age 82 years)   3. George Clayton,   b. 11 Mar 1788, North Carolina ,   d. 16 Nov 1876  (Age 88 years)   4. Thomas Davidson Clayton,   b. 26 Jul 1790, North Carolina ,   d. 14 Nov 1872, Cecil County, Maryland  (Age 82 years)   5. Nancy Ann Clayton,   b. 7 May 1793, North Carolina ,   d. 1 Aug 1840  (Age 47 years)   6. Sarah S. Clayton,   b. 19 Oct 1798, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 26 May 1874  (Age 75 years)   7. Rachel Clayton,   b. 8 May 1799, Buncombe County, North Carolina ,   d. 21 Oct 1884  (Age 85 years)   8. Henrietta Clayton,   b. 13 Mar 1802,   d. 17 Feb 1849  (Age 46 years)   9. Col. Ephraim Clayton,   b. 9 Mar 1804, North Carolina ,   d. 9 Aug 1892, Emma, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	4 May 2006
  Family ID	F396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 14 Dec 1782 - Rowan County, North Carolina 1790 Census - 1790 - Iredell County, North Carolina Died - 12 Jul 1828 - Buncombe County, North Carolina Alt. Burial - Aft 12 Jul 1828 - Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, North Carolina Alt. Death - - Buncombe County, North Carolina Buried - Aft 12 Jul 1828 - Davidson River Cemetery, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, NC  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  One of the key mysteries of Lambert Clayton is the identity of his wife. He married Sarah Davidson on 14 Dec 1782.   We know her name, but there is serious uncertainty in who her parents were. Marriage Certificate for Lambert Clayton and Sarah Davidson: (from "Lambert Clayton", by Maxwell) "Be it remembered that we have bound ourselves and each of us and each of our heirs, heirs executors, and administrators, jointly and severally firmly by these present to the state of N. C. in the sum of 50 pounds special on the following conditions to-wit, that there shall not hereafter appear any lawful cause why the rites of matrimony should not be solemnized between Lambert Clayton and Sarah Davidson agreeeable to a license of equal date with this obligation.  Witness our hand and seals this the 14 day of Dec. anno Domini 1782.                         Lambert Clayton (Seal)                         Jas. Ker  (Seal) "Test:     S. H. C. North Carolina, Rowan County.    I, John Giles, Cleark of Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the marriage bond of Lambert Clayton taken from the original files of my office.    In witness I have herein set my hand and office seal of said court at office the 12th day of April A. D. 1844.                             John Giles, Clerk, by John H. Hardie, D. C." The Lambert Clayton book goes on to say that "Sarah Davidson ...  was the daughter of John Davidson and Nancy Brevard, both of whom were killed by the Indians on the headwaters of Catawba River, in North Carolina, prior to the Revolutionary War, the exact date and place is not known.  The daughter escaped by reason of being on a visit to her grandfather, John Brevard, and she was raised by her uncle, Dr. Ephraim Brevard. "John Davidson was a brother (first cousin) of Genl. Wm. Davidson and (uncle of Gen.) Ephraim Davidson, both of whom took part in the War of the Revolution." Robert Stephens Hand in his book on the Davidson Family points out that there are several problems with this assignment.  John Davidson was the son of Col. George Davidson and Catherine Penelope Reese who were married in 1749, probably in Stateville area of North Carolina.  John Davidson was their first child, and he was born about 1750.  He married Nancy Brevard who was born about 1757.  Rowan County records place their marriage as being 27 Nov 1779.   The date of the massacre has been suggested to be either about July 1776 or 1782.  If they were not married until 1779, then 1782 is a more reasonable date for the massacre.  But anyway, any child of that marriage would only be 3 years old at the most.  And that is the year that Lambert Clayton was married!  Were Sarah Davidson to be 14 when she was married, John Davidson would then be about 18 at her birth and Nancy Brevard would be 11.  Further, Sarah Davidson Clayton is quoted as being born in 1759.   Whereas this date is a reasonable date for the date of birth for the wife of Lambert Clayton, this date is not reasonable for a daughter at the massacre as she would be somewhere between 17 and 23 at the time. _____________ SACRED to the Memory of LAMBERT CLAYTON who was born near Dover, Delaware June 22, 1755 and died July 12, 1828 Having entered the American Army, 1776, he served his country faithfully during the whole war; was present at the battles of Kings Mountain, Guilford Courthouse and Eutaw Springs, and received, at the close of the war, an honorable discharge Notes: His service in the Revolution may be as depicted above; however, he never mentioned any of this in his Pension application and documentation has been found for only one year's service. His Pension papers in which he gives his age indicates that he was born, maybe 1760/61. Also nothing in the claim supports what is on his tombstone for service. However, the known documents support what is in the Pension Application. Virginia ============================================================ Original Claim Declaration, in order to be placed on the pension list, under the act of the 18th March, 1818 County of Buncombe, State of North Carolina On this 23rd day of June, 1825, personally appeared in court being a court of record by the laws of this state, Lambert Clayton resident in said County, aged sixty four years, who being first duely, according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818, & the 1st May 1820:  that he the said Lambert Clayton, enlisted for the term of one year, on the twelfth Day of May in the year 1781, in the State of North Carolina in the company commanded by captain John G. McKee, in the first regiment commanded by Col Sumner in the line of the state of North Carolina, on the ( blank    ) continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said Corps until the 12th day  of May 1782, when he was Discharged from the service at Stono, in the State of South Carolina:-- ___________ Lambert Clayton entered the American Army in 1776 and served during the whole War.  He was present at the battles of Kings Mountain, Guilford Courthouse, Eutaw Springs.  He received an honorable discharge at the end of the war. According to the pension rolls of the U.S.A., Vol 3, pages 25 and 514; private allowance, $96.00; annual sum $259.16. N. C. Continentals January 31, 1826 June 23, 1825     Age 70 Buncombe County Lambert Clayton, Sergeant of Company commanded by Capt. McLees in first Regiment commanded by Col. Sumner.  Discharged at Stono, SC.

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] Lambert Clayton, Mary Maxwell, (1927), p. 1 (Reliability: 3). [S8] Davison/Davidson Family, Robert Stephens Hand, (2nd Ed., 1991), p. 150 (Reliability: 3). [S8] Davison/Davidson Family, Robert Stephens Hand, (2nd Ed., 1991), p. 150 (Reliability: 3). Month may be June. [S20] Lambert Clayton, Mary Maxwell, (1927), p. 3 (Reliability: 3).