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 1797 - 1879 (81 years)
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| Name |
Daniel Clark |
| Birth |
23 Sep 1797 |
Shenandoah County, Virginia  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Slave Trader [2] |
| Death |
29 Jan 1879 |
White County, Tennessee [2] |
| Burial |
Old Sparta City Cemetery, Sparta, White County, Tennessee [2] |
| Person ID |
I45321 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
12 Feb 2016 |
| Family |
Mourning Hembree, b. 20 Sep 1800, Spartanburg, South Carolina d. 14 Apr 1876, White County, Tennessee (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Jul 1815 |
(White County) Tennessee [1, 2, 3] |
| Family ID |
F16525 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Daniel Clark was one of the proven children of Thomas and Wineford Mahoney Clark. He married Mourning Hembree 20 July, 1815, in Tennessee.
He is found in the following public US Federal census records:
- 1820 for White Co., Tn. as part of a party of 4 white persons (himself, his wife and two children)
- 1850 for White Co., Tn. with his wife and four other persons (two of which are cabinent makers). His occupation is listed as farmer.
- 1860 for White Co., Tn. with his wife and one 14 year old male
- 1860 Compiled census (slave schedule)
- 1870 for White Co., Tn. with his wife, sister (Mary) and a young white male (farm helper)
- 1870 Agriculture schedule, shows him owning over 400 cares of land valued at $6,000
Daniel and Mourning Clark were the parents of five known children.
The book, "History of White County Tennessee," by Rev. Monroe Seals, mentions Daniel Clark in several places and provides a biography. "Daniel Clark was perhaps the greatest man in early White County from the point of view of the economic development of the County. At one time he paid more tax than any other man in the County. Daniel Clark was the father of Waman Clark, who was the father of the brilliant lawyer, Mark Clark, who committed suicide at Manchester. Daniel Clark married Monie Hembree. He owned two thousand acres of land north of the present Clark Mill on which he had thirty negro families. When these negroes were not busy on the plantation he had them working on contract jobs. He had the contract to rock the public square of Sparta which was done with slave labor. He had a mill race dug, diverting the waters from Town Creek to run a furniture factory which was located a few yards from the present Clark Mill. He manufactured all kinds of furniture used in that day, including coffins, which sold for two dollars and a half each. He had also on his plantation a mill. He also built the old factory in 1842, which he sold."
"In personal appearance he was tall, had broad shoulders, and was handsome. He ran a brick kiln and made brick which went into his brick home. Daniel Clark was perhaps the largest slave trader in this section of the State."
"Buying and selling slaves was a great source of income. Two of the largest slave dealers we Danile Clark and W.H. Matlock. They bought negroes in Virginia and the Carolinas, selling what they could here, and taking the rest south. Clark bought and sold about one hundred and fifty slaves a year."
revised Sept. 2015 [2]
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