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George Clontz m. Aug 28, 1783 Mecklenburg Co NC b. May 5, 1760 Mecklenburg Co NC d. Oct 20, 1839 Buncombe Co NC |
Catherine b. Feb 1, 1785 Burke Co NC |
Jacob b. Jun 16, 1789 Mecklenburg Co NC |
Ann Margaret b. Aug 8, 1792 Mecklenburg Co NC |
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William b. Apr 4, 1793 Mecklenburg Co NC d. Jan 6, 1873 Mecklenburg Co NC |
George b. Sep 16, 1794 Mecklenburg Co NC |
Sophia b. Dec 3, 1796 Mecklenburg Co NC |
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Michael George b. Aug 3, 1798 Mecklenburg Co NC |
Samuel Asbury b. Feb 4, 1801 Mecklenburg Co NC d. 1896 |
Christian b. Nov 2, 1802 Burke Co NC d. 1851 Caldwell Co NC |
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John b. Apr 2, 1804 Burke Co NC d. Jul 19, 1879 |
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Her name also appears as Klein or Kline. Some sources have George Clontz listed
as John George Clontz. Others list him as Michael George, like one of his sons. |
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Chloe was the eighth child born to Jacob and Catherine Cline. Only six survived
childhood. |
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George and his brother Jeremias and their familes all lived in a large German
settlement at Second Creek, site of the Organ Lutheran Church which was in Rowan
Co. in 1756 before Mecklenburg Co. was created from Anson Co. in 1762
(Map).
Surnames there were spelled differently in many records during late 1700's;
Clonts, Glantz, Glance, Glaunce, etc. |
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In 1796, husband George bought 100 acres in Cabarrus Co NC from Chloe's father,
Jacob Cline. George sold the land to John Clonts
on Sep 14, 1801. They moved to Burke Co in 1802 and were there until 1810 (Census),
then they moved to Buncombe Co. |
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Map of North Carolina Counties in 1780.
Cabarrus County was created from Mecklenburg in 1792
( 1800 Map). |
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Sources: Clonts, T.L. The Clonts Family, Oviedo FL, 1988; also on microfilm: Salt Lake City, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. Christie, Loey Clontz, letter from Durham NC to R. H. Clontz, Granite Falls NC, 1972. Shuford, David W., Origins of the Shuford Family in America...., Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1998, pp. 51 & 56. WPA Graves index; Burke County marriage records, NC Archives, Raleigh NC. |