REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION EXTRACT - JOSEPH CLAYTON

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Virginia Revolutionary War Pension Applications:
Joseph Clayton BLWt.2474.100

Sept 1846, Nelson County, Kentucky William Clayton proved in Court by the oaths 
of Mary Clark and Susan Clark that Joseph Clayton left the following heirs: 
William Clayton, John Clayton, Joseph Clayton, James Clayton, Charles Clayton, 
Polly Ford, who was Polly Clayton who died leaving children Robert Ford, Shelton 
Ford,Theresa Ford, and Nelly Ford, Catharine Hayden formerly Clayton who died 
leaving children Elbert Hayden, Ellen Hayden, Elizabeth Hayden, Jane Hayden, 
James Hayden and Urban Hayden, and Sally Clayton and Thomas Clayton, also 
children of Joseph, who died unmarried and without issue.

22 April 1848. Nelson Co, Ky. William (X) Clayton, one of the heirs at law of 
Joseph Clayton, declares Joseph Clayton served during the war as a private in 
the Virginia Continental line.

22 March 1851. Nelson Co, Ky. Peter (X) Blair, aged 84, of Washington County, 
Ky, declares Joseph Clayton, deceased, was a soldier in the Revolution. His 
brother John Blair was in service at the same time. Clayton was wounded in one 
of his hands. Clayton moved to Kentucky and settled in Nelson County and died in 
1824 leaving as his heirs: William Clayton, John Clayton, Joseph Clayton, James 
Clayton, Charles Clayton, and Polly Ford who was Polly Clayton who died leaving 
children Robert, Shelton, Teresa and Nelly Ford, Catherine Hayden formerly 
Clayton who died leaving children Robert Hayden, Ellen Hayden, Elizabeth Hayden, 
Jane Hayden, James, and Urban Clayton, and Sally Clayton and Thomas Clayton, 
also children of Joseph, who died unmarried and without issue.