Julius Clarkson (1749 - 1831)

Born 11 May 1749 in Louisa County, Colony of Virginia

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Died 22 Apr 1831 at age 81 in Bourbon County, Kentucky

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Biography

Private Julius Clarkson served with Albemarle County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Julius Clarkson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A022807.

Julius was born in 1749. He was the son of Anselm Clarkson and Elizabeth Butts. He passed away in 1831.^[1][2]

Anselm Clarkson of Louisa was cited as early as 1746 when he was holding land on “the lower side of Cub Creek, on the north side of the Pamunkey.”1 (Pamunkey was an earlier name for the Anna River, and Cub Creek parallels modern US 522 south from US 33.) He was at that location as late as 1759.2 In the 1767 Louisa tithe lists “Ansalem Clarkson” was charged with Julius and 137 acres of land.3

The following year Julius was charged to Mrs Elizabeth Clarkson, indicating that the elder Anselm had died and his widow, Elizabeth was responsible for Julius.4 (Whether the widow’s maiden name was Butts is not documented.)

In 1771 Elizabeth Clarkson was charged with 137 acres and one slave named Jammey, but not Julius.5 On 14 Dec 1772 Elizabeth sold her 137 acres in Saint Martin’s Parish to Thomas Jackson.6 In 1748 Thomas Jackson had joined with Anselm Clarkson, Josh. Fox, David Crenshaw, and Jeremiah Glenn to procession land in Fredericksville Parish.7

There was an earlier marriage (1713) in New Kent between David Clarkson to Elizabeth Jackson, so the Jackson who bought the Cub Creek land may have had a familial connection.

In the 1787 tax lists of Virginia, we find a Julius in Albemarle among the following Clarksons listed in the District of Commissioner Thomas Garth:16 David, James, John, and Manoah. Near John Clarkson were four Dickerson households, which probably included some of those who were found as neighbors of Julius in Bourbon county a few years later. There were also two Goodmans, four Carrs, one Allphin, and one Ellis; all names which occur in both Clarkson and allied genealogies. ^[3]

Marriages per DAR record

1. ELIZABETH SANDIDGE
2. MARGARET BELL

Children listed in DAR record

1. JAMES MINOR m. PATSY YOUNG NEAL
2. JANE m. JAMES BRISTOW
3. ELIZABETH m. JOHN MCCONNELL

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #157577209
2. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Ancestry Record 2204 #964859 Death:

   Name:	Julius Clarkson
   Birth Date:	11 May 1749
   Death Date:	1830
   Death Place:	Bourbon, Kentucky
   Role:	Ancestor
   Spouse:	Eliz Sandidge
   Children:	Eliz Butts Clarkson

3. ↑ https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~greenwolf/genealogy/clarkson/va2-piedmont.htm

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