Thomas St Clair
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Thomas St Clair was born about 1805 in Kentucky, the son of Thomas Crawford St Clair by his wife Nancy Wood. Thomas and Nancy appear to have had at least eight children in Virginia, Kentucky, and possibly in North Carolina. | Thomas St Clair was born about 1805 in Kentucky, the son of Thomas Crawford St Clair by his wife Nancy Wood. Thomas and Nancy appear to have had at least eight children in Virginia, Kentucky, and possibly in North Carolina. | ||
| − | A descendent informs me that Thomas moved to St Clair County, Illinois | + | The biography of Elisha Sharpe in discussing his grandmother "Mary St Clair" states that, she was born in 1800, her family moved to Kentucky when she was 6, and then to Turkey Hill, St Clair County, Illinois settling there in 1812. A descendent informs me that when Thomas St Clair moved to St Clair County, Illinois he taught school. His daughter Mary Ann "Polly" St Clair married Jonathan Henry Sharp in 1817. |
Most if not the remainder of the family relocated to the Northwest Corner of Arkansas by 1830 and possibly a few years earlier. There is an 1828 Tax List for Crawford County, Arkansas in which a Thomas St Clair appears. | Most if not the remainder of the family relocated to the Northwest Corner of Arkansas by 1830 and possibly a few years earlier. There is an 1828 Tax List for Crawford County, Arkansas in which a Thomas St Clair appears. | ||
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==Primary documents== | ==Primary documents== | ||
| + | *[http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/MarriageSearchServlet Illinois Statewide Marriage Index] showing : "Jonathan Sharp to Polly Saintclair, 15 May 1817, St Clair County, [Illinois]" | ||
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*1830 Census of Lower Township, Crawford County, Arkansas | *1830 Census of Lower Township, Crawford County, Arkansas | ||
**Thomas C Sinclair 000110001-00010001 | **Thomas C Sinclair 000110001-00010001 | ||
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==Secondary sources== | ==Secondary sources== | ||
| + | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilclint2/bios/clintbio005.htm "Elisha Sharpe"], at USGenweb, 'Clinton County, Illinois', originally published in "History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois", 1881, Brink, McDonough & Co, Philadelphia. | ||
*''Probate Papers, Franklin County, Arkansas'', compiled by Virginia McPhail, privately published, Copyright 2001. Page 171: | *''Probate Papers, Franklin County, Arkansas'', compiled by Virginia McPhail, privately published, Copyright 2001. Page 171: | ||
**St Clair, Thomas C -- deceased | **St Clair, Thomas C -- deceased | ||
