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State of So Carolina}
Edgfield district}
At the dwelling house of Buttel Williams in the State & District Aforesaid Persuant to a Didamus [dedimus] to us directed from your worshipful cort of pleas & Quarter Sessions held for your sd County of Granville on the first munday in February in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & One we have causd Obadiah Clement to Come before us & being duly sworn on the holy Evengelist, of Almighty god he deposeth and sayeth on Oath that s/he said his grandmother Isabell Clement Late wife of John Clement Desd, of the state of Virginia & County of hanover give & deliver A Cartain Negro girl slave named Angillo to his Brother Zephaniah Clement & Ordered sd girl to Call the sd Zephaniah Clement her master & She According did so till his Father Simon Clement senr decd movd to the County of Amilia in Sd State of Virginia whare the sd Negro girl according to what the sd Obadiah Clement heard his mother say She bore A Man Child named Moses which Child [of the?] sd Obadiah Clement [saw?] such the sd Negro Angillo at times till she weaned him which negro man slave moses Acording to the best Information that the sd Obadiah Clement can Git is now in the persession of Mary P Clement late wife of the sd Simon Clement senr Desd; sd deponent further sayeth that his father the sd de’d Simon Clement senr was to have the use of A negro Angello & her increase till his death which Obsarve was made at the time of sd gift & delivery; the sd deponent further sayeth that after his grandmother’s second marrage to Mr. Anthony Hadon his father sd Clement desd went in in to see her and after some debate with Mr. Hadon he the sd Hadon Made him the sd Simon Clement senr Ded A deed of gift & gave the sd girl Angill Amonst Other negroes to his the sd deponants father Simon Clement Senr decd; & further this deponent sayeth that one night after the return of his father [can’t read word] home he heard his mother ask his Father how he had made it with Mr Hadon he answered he had got a deed of gift from him She replies You would not have let him kept the negros Your Mother gave to Your Children he answered as I Could git them negros for them in spite of his [last?]
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This deponent was then ask [can’t read two words] his grandmother Isabell Clement called on him as a witness to the gift of girl named Angillo
Answer I was not
Whether he ever heard his grandmother call the said Girl to be his right
Answer I never did
Did Ever Such Discorse happen betwixt two Brotehrs of one swerring the said girl to be the property of the one and a boy named Ishmael the property of the other
Answer ther did not
And further this deponent saith not
Sworn to before us as witness our hands and seals this the 24 Day of March 1801
John Blorke J.P
Matt Martin J.P
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[seems to be reverse of page 2]
To the worshipful Cort of Granville County No Carolina
[written sideways on paper]
Clement ex} Def Clement
[written upside down on paper]
August 6th, 1801
The defendant Mary Clement [covenanted?] that this deposition may be read as Evidence without Exception. Joseph Taylor
Page 4 John Blacker [?] and Matt Martin, justices for the District of Edgefield, State of South Carolina were called upon to examine Obadiah Clement in the matter of Zephaniah Clement vs Mary Clement.
Page 5 Micajah Bullock, John Washington & William Gill, justices for Granville County, North Carolina were called upon to examine Sarah Tharp/Thorp in the case of Zephaniah Clement vs the executrix of Simon Clement.
Page 6 Sheriff of Granville County NC to order Sarah Thorp to appear before the Justices of said county on the 1st Monday in November 1801 to testify in the matter of Zephaniah Clement vs Mary P. Clement
Page 7 sheriff noted the order had been executed
Page 8 James Harrison & John Blocker justices for Edgfield county, South Carolina called upon to examine Obadiah Clement & Sarah Clement in the case of Zephaniah Clement vs Mary P. Clement first Monday in November 1801.
Page 9 Sheriff of Granville County NC to summon Jeremiah Bailey to testify on behald of Mary P. Clement in the matter of controversy depending between Zephaniah Clement and Mary P. Clement, first Monday in November 1801.
Page 10 shows that the above order had been executed
Page 11 shows that Sarah Thorp was called on behalf of Zephaniah Clement; reverse of order shows she was not found.
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Memorandum That on the Day and year within written Livery and Seisin was delivered by the within named Anthony Haden and Isabell his wife unto the within named Simon Clement of the Negroes and Beds within mentioned in the name of all the Estate within mentioned to hold to him the said Simon Clement his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns forever, according to the within written Indenture witness the hands and seals of the said Anthony Haden and Isabel his wife
Witnesses
Robt Carter Antho Haden seal
Robert Thent Isabell Clement seal
At a court held for Hanover County on Thursday the 1st day of November 1759
This Deed Indented of the memorandum of Livery & Seisen thereon Indorsed were proved by the Oath of Robert Carter and Robert Then two of the witnesses thereto & admitted to Record
Test William Pollard DCHC
[in a different hand]
A copy William Pollard DC HC
Virginia Hanover County to wit I William Pollard clerk of the Court of the County aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing transcript in a true copy from the records of the Court of the said County
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said County the twenty seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred & one. William Pollard seal
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Reverse of page 12 Haden & uxor to Clement } copy decd
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This Indenture made this sixth Day of October in the Year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Nine Between Anthony Haden of the County of Hanover Planter and Isabell his wife of the one Part and Simon Clement of the County of Amelia Planter of the other Part
Whereas it was mutually agreed by and between the said Anthony Haden and Isabell his wife (before their intermarriage with each other) that they separately should have, hold, use, occupy and enjoy each of their Estates without the hindrance interruptions or molestation of each of them to the other, and that they separately should dispose of their and each of their Estates or any Part therof in the same manner as if they had not been married, and that neither of them should inter meddle with any Part of the others Estate without their mutual Leave or Consent, and for and to comply with their said agreement they are minded to give grant and Convey all the Estate the she was Possessed of at the Time of their intermarriage aforesaid unto the said Simon Clement son of the said isabell he having given Bond and Security unto the said Anthony Haden and Isabell his wife that if in Case she should happen to outlive or survive her said Husband she shall not claim any part of the Estate of him her said Husband but that he the said Simon will, in that case, maintain and support the said Isabell as long as she lives, or deliver up unto her the Estate hereby given unto him, non/now this Indenture Witnesseth That the said Anthony Haden and Isabell his wife for an in Consideration of the above mentioned Premisses and for the natural Love
Page 15 love and Affection which they bear unto the said Simon Clement and also for the Sum of Five Shillings Sterline to them in hand paid the Receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge and also for other good causes and considerations them thereunto moving they the said Anthony Haden and Isabell his wife have and each of them hath given and granted and by these Presents do and each of them doth give grant and confirm unto the Said Simon Clement his Heirs, Executors Administrators and Assigns forever, Five Negro Slaves by name Hager, Angelo, Ishmael, Willy and Mansfield and their Increase, and the follows Goods, to wit Three Feather, Beds and Furniture, Brass, Pewter and Iron Ware and also all other the Goods and Chattels, Debts and Substance whatsoever, moveable and immoveable, of what kind, nature or Quality soever the same are which were in the possession of, or did belong to the said Isabell at the Time of her Intermarriage with the said Anthony Haden after the Decease of the sd Isabell to have and to hold all and Singular the said Negroes, their Increase, Goods, Chattels and all other the aforesaid Premisses unto the said Simon Clement his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns to his and their own proper use and use forever In Witness whereof the said Anthony Haden and Isabell his wife do hereunto set and affixed their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of
Ja Allen Antho Haden seal
Wm Thackelford Isabell Haden seal
Robt Thent {the words after the decease of the sd Isabell Interlined before assigns}
Robt Carter
Page 16 In persuance of a Commition for the Court of Granville Directed to Micajah Bulock John Washington and [hole in paper] Justices of sd County or any one of them I have caused to come before me Sarah Thorp – who being sworn in due form deposeth and sayeth – that Between forty & fifty years [Last?] part She heard Susanah Clelment wife of Simon Clement say that the [same?] Isabellah Clement widow and Relict of John Clement deceased – give to her two grandsons Obediah and Zephaniah Clement two Negros (to wit) Angillah and Ishmael—angillah she said was given to Zephaniah and further this deponent Sayeth not
Sworn to and done at the house of John Morgan [can’t read word] in Granville in presence of Zephaniah Clements and George Brasfield this 1st day of May 1801
John Washington Sarah Thorp [her signature]

Professor Frank Owlsey, Ph.D, wrote Plain Folk. He studied migration trails based on the taste of the water. If you’re doing Southern research, you need to read this book!

Yesterday we drove north over the Lake Ponchartrain Causeway, a 22-mile engineering marvel. Two lanes north and two lanes south with periodic crossover bridges. The crossovers have law enforcement/rescue vehicles. There are a couple of ‘hills’ under which lake traffic can move. The northernmost one has a drawbridge. The northbound lanes are free, but the southbound lanes pay a toll.

Our destination, Fairview State Park, was not far from the end of the causeway. It has a lovely campground on the Tschefunte River. [I think I spelled that correctly.] It’s a Native American word spelled and pronounced by  Frenchmen. Park roads and campsites are paved. The comfort stations are immaculately clean. Our campsite is next to the WIFI tower! Lots of tall pines, magnolias, sweet gum trees, and other flora I can’t identify. The wifi tower attracts a redheaded woodpecker, but also frustrates him. Mockingbirds sing all day. A really nice place to relax.

Brother and wife are staying in a “lodge” tent. You need a degree in engineering to set it up.  And Brother and wife are too feeble to erect it. So guess who got the “honors.” It only took the four of us two hours to turn a bag of nylon and aluminum into temporary shelter. I’m cooking in the motorhome. I refuse to cook outside!

We’re relaxing here through Thursday morning.

His widow, Johanna McSweeney Mickle, a first-generation Irish woman, and her adult children, filed claims for Choctaw citizenship, based on Harmon’s intermarriage with a Choctaw woman, Susanna Morris, his first wife.  Johanna couldn’t prove Harmon’s Choctaw citizenship by intermarriage to Susanna Morris/Murris, and was therefore denied an allotment. By combining the files of her children–the kinship group–I managed to document several dates and events I have not been able to find otherwise.

I also learned that Footnote.com has only the allowed Southern Claims Commission files online. You have to read the fine print!

We’re in danger of loosing a precious family holiday! Our extended family gathered at grandmother’s kitchen for a feast and to catch up with each other. After the meal, the menfolk gathered around the radio, the women in the kitchen to clean up and the cousins held forth on the front porch. Today most of the family is scattered across the country. Grandmother, the aunts and uncles, and some of the cousins are long gone to the ancestors. But we can keep the spirit aflame in our hearts and in our own homes!

Gather your loved ones together this year and while you’re feasting, remember the extended family.

And may your favorite football team win! Go Sooners!

Thomas Smith was born about 1845 in Johnson County Indiana, married Barbara Ellen Fansler in Marion County, Indiana, moved to Posey Township, Clay County Indiana by 1870. In the 1880 census Tom and family are living with Joe Stewart in St. George Township, Pottawatomie County Kansas. Under occupation is listed “temporary resident.” By 1888 the family, or at least Hettie Ellen, the eldest daughter, is living in Sebastian County Arkansas, where she married Henry Caspar Kaase, 8 January. But I can’t identify Thomas or the rest of the family in Sebastian County. Where did they go? Are they in Arkansas or Indian Territory? Hmmm?