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| Clara (Chloe) Cline m. Aug 28, 1783 Mecklenburg Co NC b. 1766 d. Mar 1, 1847 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 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. 1861 Caldwell Co NC |
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John b. Apr 2, 1804 Burke Co NC d. Jul 19, 1879 |
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Some sources have his given name as John George Clontz. Others list him as
Michael George and one of his sons as Michael George, Jr. In the census records
of NC he is listed as George. |
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George and his brother Jeremiah 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. His wife's name also appears as Klein or
Cline. |
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In 1796, husband George bought 100 acres in Cabarrus Co NC from father-in-law
Jacob Cline. He sold his land to John Clonts on
Sep 14, 1801. He moved to Burke Co in 1802 and was there until 1810 (Census),
then moved to Buncombe Co. |
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In 1833, at age 33, he applied for Revolutionary War pension, Burke Co., NC. He
was awarded $30 per year. He had attained the rank of sargeant and had served
at the Battle of Stono (Jun 29, 1779). He had entered the service in May 1778 as
part of the NC Continental Line, Mecklenburg Co. under General William Lee Davidson
and Major Jack Armstrong, and marched to Charleston SC and Purysburg SC. |
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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: Burke County NC, Census 1850. Clonts, T.L. The Clonts Family, Oviedo FL, 1988; also on microfilm: Salt Lake City, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. Tidwell,Ettie, comp., McCall-Tidwell and Allied Families, Atlanta, 1931. White, Virgil D., Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Waynesboro, Tenn., Nat'l Hist'l Publ. Co., 1991, 3v. White, Emmett R., Revolutionary War Soldiers of Western North Carolina, v.1, Burke Co., p.45. |
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