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Abigail Clark is believed to be of Scottish heritage and family tradition is that she was born in Culpeper County, Virginia. It is unknown who her parents were or when or where she married Jacob Doom. Family legend is that Abigail was related to George Rogers Clark, the Frontier Indian Fighter, and his brother William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jacob was a Sergeant for George Rogers Clark in two separate campaigns in Illinois against the Shawnee Indians in 1780 and 1782, serving with Daniel Boone in the latter.
Abigail Clark was granted 400 acres in 1782 in Jefferson Co, KY along with Jesse Clark and George Clark. Jacob and Abigail raised a large family of 10 children: Jacob Jr (Mary Stevenson), John (Mary Kelly), David (Charlotte Sullivant), Henry (Mary Bennett), Benjamin (Cassandra Phillips), Hannah (Benjamin Mason), Delilah (Isaac Harrell), Jesse (Ellen Goodlet), Elizabeth (Smallwood Moreland), and Edmond (Anna Wight). They owned slaves and several parcels of land, growing tobacco, hemp, and wheat. They lived on Hardin's Creek in what is now Washington County, KY, off the Beech Fork of the Salt River, a tributary of the Ohio River.
Abigail was the Executrix of Jacob's Will in September 1798, in which he requested that Sarah Graham (Griffin Long) be considered as one of his children. A mill and warehouse were established along Hardin's Creek after Jacob's death where flour was milled.
In 1803, Abigail married George Summers and continued to live on Hardin's Creek until George died in 1811. She had another son, Joseph, who was born in 1805. At some point after that, Abigail moved to live with her son Edmond in Livingston County, KY. She passed away in 1827 and was buried in Hunter's Cemetery in Burna. Today, this cemetery (which was on the Jones farm property) is now in the middle of a limestone pit and inaccessible except by special permission of the Company. Negotiations are ongoing with Martin Marietta Aggregates/LaFarge Quarry, the owners of the Limestone Pit, and the Livingston County Historical and Genealogical Society to be assured that the final resting place of our ancestor shall be secured for future generations to visit.
Abigail Clark is believed to be of Scottish heritage and family tradition is that she was born in Culpeper County, Virginia. It is unknown who her parents were or when or where she married Jacob Doom. Family legend is that Abigail was related to George Rogers Clark, the Frontier Indian Fighter, and his brother William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jacob was a Sergeant for George Rogers Clark in two separate campaigns in Illinois against the Shawnee Indians in 1780 and 1782, serving with Daniel Boone in the latter.
Abigail Clark was granted 400 acres in 1782 in Jefferson Co, KY along with Jesse Clark and George Clark. Jacob and Abigail raised a large family of 10 children: Jacob Jr (Mary Stevenson), John (Mary Kelly), David (Charlotte Sullivant), Henry (Mary Bennett), Benjamin (Cassandra Phillips), Hannah (Benjamin Mason), Delilah (Isaac Harrell), Jesse (Ellen Goodlet), Elizabeth (Smallwood Moreland), and Edmond (Anna Wight). They owned slaves and several parcels of land, growing tobacco, hemp, and wheat. They lived on Hardin's Creek in what is now Washington County, KY, off the Beech Fork of the Salt River, a tributary of the Ohio River.
Abigail was the Executrix of Jacob's Will in September 1798, in which he requested that Sarah Graham (Griffin Long) be considered as one of his children. A mill and warehouse were established along Hardin's Creek after Jacob's death where flour was milled.
In 1803, Abigail married George Summers and continued to live on Hardin's Creek until George died in 1811. She had another son, Joseph, who was born in 1805. At some point after that, Abigail moved to live with her son Edmond in Livingston County, KY. She passed away in 1827 and was buried in Hunter's Cemetery in Burna. Today, this cemetery (which was on the Jones farm property) is now in the middle of a limestone pit and inaccessible except by special permission of the Company. Negotiations are ongoing with Martin Marietta Aggregates/LaFarge Quarry, the owners of the Limestone Pit, and the Livingston County Historical and Genealogical Society to be assured that the final resting place of our ancestor shall be secured for future generations to visit.
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Abigail Clark is believed to be of Scottish heritage and family tradition is that she was born in Culpeper County, Virginia. It is unknown who her parents were or when or where she married Jacob Doom. Family legend is that Abigail was related to George Rogers Clark, the Frontier Indian Fighter, and his brother William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jacob was a Sergeant for George Rogers Clark in two separate campaigns in Illinois against the Shawnee Indians in 1780 and 1782, serving with Daniel Boone in the latter.
Abigail Clark was granted 400 acres in 1782 in Jefferson Co, KY along with Jesse Clark and George Clark. Jacob and Abigail raised a large family of 10 children: Jacob Jr (Mary Stevenson), John (Mary Kelly), David (Charlotte Sullivant), Henry (Mary Bennett), Benjamin (Cassandra Phillips), Hannah (Benjamin Mason), Delilah (Isaac Harrell), Jesse (Ellen Goodlet), Elizabeth (Smallwood Moreland), and Edmond (Anna Wight). They owned slaves and several parcels of land, growing tobacco, hemp, and wheat. They lived on Hardin's Creek in what is now Washington County, KY, off the Beech Fork of the Salt River, a tributary of the Ohio River.
Abigail was the Executrix of Jacob's Will in September 1798, in which he requested that Sarah Graham (Griffin Long) be considered as one of his children. A mill and warehouse were established along Hardin's Creek after Jacob's death where flour was milled.
In 1803, Abigail married George Summers and continued to live on Hardin's Creek until George died in 1811. She had another son, Joseph, who was born in 1805. At some point after that, Abigail moved to live with her son Edmond in Livingston County, KY. She passed away in 1827 and was buried in Hunter's Cemetery in Burna. Today, this cemetery (which was on the Jones farm property) is now in the middle of a limestone pit and inaccessible except by special permission of the Company. Negotiations are ongoing with Martin Marietta Aggregates/LaFarge Quarry, the owners of the Limestone Pit, and the Livingston County Historical and Genealogical Society to be assured that the final resting place of our ancestor shall be secured for future generations to visit.
Abigail Clark is believed to be of Scottish heritage and family tradition is that she was born in Culpeper County, Virginia. It is unknown who her parents were or when or where she married Jacob Doom. Family legend is that Abigail was related to George Rogers Clark, the Frontier Indian Fighter, and his brother William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Jacob was a Sergeant for George Rogers Clark in two separate campaigns in Illinois against the Shawnee Indians in 1780 and 1782, serving with Daniel Boone in the latter.
Abigail Clark was granted 400 acres in 1782 in Jefferson Co, KY along with Jesse Clark and George Clark. Jacob and Abigail raised a large family of 10 children: Jacob Jr (Mary Stevenson), John (Mary Kelly), David (Charlotte Sullivant), Henry (Mary Bennett), Benjamin (Cassandra Phillips), Hannah (Benjamin Mason), Delilah (Isaac Harrell), Jesse (Ellen Goodlet), Elizabeth (Smallwood Moreland), and Edmond (Anna Wight). They owned slaves and several parcels of land, growing tobacco, hemp, and wheat. They lived on Hardin's Creek in what is now Washington County, KY, off the Beech Fork of the Salt River, a tributary of the Ohio River.
Abigail was the Executrix of Jacob's Will in September 1798, in which he requested that Sarah Graham (Griffin Long) be considered as one of his children. A mill and warehouse were established along Hardin's Creek after Jacob's death where flour was milled.
In 1803, Abigail married George Summers and continued to live on Hardin's Creek until George died in 1811. She had another son, Joseph, who was born in 1805. At some point after that, Abigail moved to live with her son Edmond in Livingston County, KY. She passed away in 1827 and was buried in Hunter's Cemetery in Burna. Today, this cemetery (which was on the Jones farm property) is now in the middle of a limestone pit and inaccessible except by special permission of the Company. Negotiations are ongoing with Martin Marietta Aggregates/LaFarge Quarry, the owners of the Limestone Pit, and the Livingston County Historical and Genealogical Society to be assured that the final resting place of our ancestor shall be secured for future generations to visit.
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Family tradition says that Abigail is buried here but there is no headstone
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