James CLARKE
1729 - 1832 (103 years)-
Name James CLARKE Born 1729 PA 
Gender Male Died 1832 Wellsville, Columbiana, OH Buried Cedar Grove Cemetery, , Washington, PA Person ID I6147 John Robert Coburn Last Modified 30 May 2015
Family Elizabeth TRIMBLE, b. 1733, PA , d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. Margaret Nancy CLARKE, b. 1754, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 1829, Eldersville, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 75 years)2. Elizabeth CLARKE, b. 1758, PA , d. 1 Oct 1853 (Age 95 years)3. Rebecca Ann CLARKE, b. Abt 1760, d. Yes, date unknown 4. Rachel CLARKE Last Modified 30 May 2015 Family ID F2187 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - James Clarke came from Maryland, and took up land on a Virginia certificate dated June 24, 1780. The tract was three hundred and fifty-one acres, located near Eldersville, and was patented to Mr. Clarke Sept, 16, 1786. His daughter Rachel married William Wells, of Wellsville. Mr. Wells owned a large tract of land at that place, upon which they went to live, and both died there. The daughter Nancy married Samuel Leeper, who settled upon a tract of land about two miles from Eldersville, in Jefferson township. Robert Pogue now lives upon the property. Elizabeth Clarke became the wife of John Gardner, who came from Maryland and bought four hundred acres of land near Eldersville. Some of it he purchased of James Clarke, his father-in-law, and the rest included the property called "Greathouse Castle." John and Elizabeth Gardner had five sons, - William, John, James, Samuel, and David. William made his home near New Lisbon, and John settled in Virginia. James went to West Virginia in 1820, and still resides there. David's farm adjoins the home-farm. Samuel remained upon the homestead, which has now been divided, and is occupied by his five sons. His five daughters all removed to other States. The old homestead and the farm of David Gardner are underlaid with coal, which is mined by the Keystone Coal Company.
excerpt from the History of Washington County, Pennsylvania
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- James Clarke came from Maryland, and took up land on a Virginia certificate dated June 24, 1780. The tract was three hundred and fifty-one acres, located near Eldersville, and was patented to Mr. Clarke Sept, 16, 1786. His daughter Rachel married William Wells, of Wellsville. Mr. Wells owned a large tract of land at that place, upon which they went to live, and both died there. The daughter Nancy married Samuel Leeper, who settled upon a tract of land about two miles from Eldersville, in Jefferson township. Robert Pogue now lives upon the property. Elizabeth Clarke became the wife of John Gardner, who came from Maryland and bought four hundred acres of land near Eldersville. Some of it he purchased of James Clarke, his father-in-law, and the rest included the property called "Greathouse Castle." John and Elizabeth Gardner had five sons, - William, John, James, Samuel, and David. William made his home near New Lisbon, and John settled in Virginia. James went to West Virginia in 1820, and still resides there. David's farm adjoins the home-farm. Samuel remained upon the homestead, which has now been divided, and is occupied by his five sons. His five daughters all removed to other States. The old homestead and the farm of David Gardner are underlaid with coal, which is mined by the Keystone Coal Company.