Two separate online links have different dates - Both have same father, wife, and children - So dates are questionable
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Name: William CLOUSE
Birth: 1767 in Pikeland Township, Chester CO, Penn
Death: 1850 in Washington CO, Penn
Occupation: Blacksmith
Father: Christopher CLOUSE b: in Penn
Marriage 1 Lydia LEONARD b: 1769 in Washington CO, Penn
Married: 1787 in Washington CO, Penn
Children
1. Noah CLOUSE b: 1 OCT 1813 in Washington CO, Penn
2. Louisiana "Lou" CLOUSE
3. Nancy CLOUSE
4. Deman (Demas ??) Letherman CLOUSE b: 15 JAN 1822 in Pigeon Creek, Washington CO, Penn
5. Elizabeth "Lizzie" CLOUSE b: 25 MAR 1824 in Washington CO, Penn
6. Abner CLOUSE
7. Mary Jane CLOUSE
8. Newton CLOUSE
9. John CLOUSE b: 1 MAR 1831 in Washington CO, Penn
10. William CLOUSE b: ABT. 1832
Marriage 2 Mary SNYDER
Married: AFT. 1787
Children
1. Isaac H. CLOUSE
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Name: William CLOUSE
Birth: 1783 in Chester Springs, Chester Co, Penn
Birth: 1767 in Pikeland Township, Chester Co, Penn
Death: 27 SEP 1865 in Penn
Death: 27 DEC 1865 in Other death date.
Occupation: 1850 Blacksmith.
Residence: 1850 Strabane, Washington Co, Penn
Residence: 1830 Strabane, Washington, Penn
Note:
On April 3, 1811 William married Lydia Leonard.
On October 7, 1833 Lydia died.
William married Mary Snyder April 3, 1834.
West Pike Run Township (pp. 986-994)
History of Washington County, Pennsylvania*
The territory of this township, together with that of East Pike Run, was embraced in the old township of Pike Run, and so remained for a period of almost half a century from the erection of the township last named. An account of the erection of Pike Run Township in April 1792, and its division on the 9th of March 1839, forming East and West Pike Run Townships, is given in the history of East Pike Run. The boundaries of West Pike Run are Fallowfield and Somerset on the north, East Pike Run on the east, East Bethlehem on the south, and Somerset and West Bethlehem on the west. The township is abundantly watered for agricultural purposes by small creeks and runs, but it has no river or other stream of sufficient importance to be mentioned among the principal water-courses of the county...
The first Quakers in the vicinity of West Pike Run township were David and Ruth Graves, both ministers of that faith. Persons who become preachers among this people are never educated or ordained for the work. Their church in this section was known as the Westland Meeting-house, and was built upon land originally belonging to Michael Riggle. On March 5, 1785, the tract called "The Brewery," containing ninety-nine acres, and adjacent to the lands of Mark Deems, Herbert Wallace, and William Clouse, was warranted to Michael Riggle, and surveyed to him May 17, 1786.
Washington County Background:
This area of S.W. Pennsylvania began to be settled in the 1770's. In 1771 it was a part of Bedford County. In 1773 it became part of Westmoreland County. Washington County was created on March 28, 1781 from Westmoreland County. Included was the area lying west of the Monongahela River and south of the Ohio River. The present day counties of Washington, Greene and parts of Allegheny and Beaver County were included.
There was a dispute over this territory with the state of Virginia. Virginia claimed this area until 1780. Between 1775-1780 courts were held by Virginia in the disputed territory.
This is from Pat Franklyn's book:
Christopher Clouse, believed to be the son of Christopher Clouse, resided in Pikeland Township, Chester County Pa at the time of the Revolution. He was a wheelwright by occupation, and maker of light arms for the Continental Army. He served seven years in the Revolutionary War making light arms. On 1-1-1777 he enlisted in the company of Captain John Hammun. As of 6-28-1777 this company was stationed at Chester Pa. Aug 1780 his company, now under the command of Capt. Aysie was in service. Sept. 9, 1788 recorded in the Pa. Archives, ll, page 812, states he was serving in Sept 1778 under Col. Stewart and Capt. Sam Tolbert of the second Pa. regiment, and was sick at Valley Forge. He was born 1745 at Pikeland Twp in Pa.
After the war he migrated west and settled in Washington County, Pa. and died there just prior to 1821. His estate was settled there in 1821. He is the ancestor of a large number of the Pa. Clouse Clan. I believe he is the brother of George Clouse l. The info was supplied by Charles H. Clouse of Pittsburgh who descended through his oldest son William. Also from Donald M Custer of Salida, Colorado who is the linkage of Christopher's daughter, Catherine. And from the application papers for membership in the D.A.R. submitted by Marie Elizabeth Helser who was also of the linkage of his son William. Notice the similarity of the names of Christopher's children to those of George Clouse l.
His revolutionary war papers list 8 children:
-- William Clouse b 1767, Pikeland Twp. Pa. married Lynda Leonard in 1787.
-- John Clouse married Christiana ?
-- Christiana Clouse married John Newkirk
-- Nathan Clouse
-- Edward Clouse
-- Christopher Clouse Jr. b 1776 married Mary?
-- Catherine Clouse married Matthias Myers
-- Jacob Clouse married Mary?
This concludes the page on Christopher Clouse, she has a page about William (Christopher's son) and his descendants. She seems to think Christopher and our George were brothers but I don't think they were and have never seen anything to indicate that George had a link to Pa.
Please stay in touch.
Jim Clouse ([email protected])
Southwestern Pennsylvania History Time line:
Note that "western" or "southwestern" Pennsylvania refers to the area where present-day Washington County (and others) is located, although ownership of the land changed many times before 1786.
1669 - Earliest French exploration of western Pennsylvania.
1739 and 1749 - More French expeditions to establish fur trade with the Indians.
1748 - The Ohio Company is formed by Virginia gentlemen, including two of George Washington's brothers, to affect settlement in southwestern Pennsylvania and carry on Indian trade on a large scale.
1750 - Disgruntled Indians pushed back from the east into western Pennsylvania by this time.
1753 - French build forts and begin asserting their claim to the region including western Pennsylvania.
1754 - Spring, Col. George Washington sent by Virginia with a military force to get the French to leave the territory. Washington loses the ensuing battle at Fort Duquense.
1755 - British Gen. Braddock takes troops west, is joined by militia, and is ambushed and massacred before reaching Fort Duquense. Indians begin attacking settlers along the frontier, forcing them back east of the Alleghenies.
1755 to 1756 - Settlements begin in the area of present Washington County.
1756 - Colony of Pennsylvania declares war on the Shawnees and Delawares. Pennsylvania begins building forts along the frontier, provisioned with men and supplies.
1758 - Peace treaty signed between Pennsylvania and the Shawanees and Delawares.
1758 - November, British Gen. Forbes takes Ft. Duquense with a force of 2500. Fort renamed Fort Pitt.
1759 - French abandon area of western Pennsylvania
1762 - British sign treaty with French, British left in possession of all eastern America.
1763 - Summer, remaining dissatisfied Indians attack all along the frontier. Some forts defeated. British send troops reinforce Fort Pitt. Indians defeated at battle of Bushy Run.
1765 - Settlements made at Redstone (below Brownsville on the Monongahela) and Turkey Foot.
1768 - October, Proprietary of Pennsylvania purchases country from the Indians as far west as the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers.
1769 - April, opening of land offices for sales of lands obtained in the 1768 Land Purchase. Within one month, 3200 applications for warrants were made, mostly by Scotch-Irish in eastern Pennsylvania.
1770-1771 - Influx of Scotch-Irish from Chester, Lancaster, Bedford, and York counties and some directly from Ulster.
1775 - April, war breaks out in Massachusetts against the British.
1776 - July, Continental Congress declares the American Colonies independent.
1776 - Pennsylvania given a new constitution, overthrowing the proprietary Penn government and shifting control away from the Quakers.
1780 - Pennsylvania passes slave emancipation law.
1781 - March, County of Washington established with population 23,866.
1781 - October, British surrender to the Americans and the Revolution is over.
1786 - Region of southwestern Pennsylvania previously under the claim of Virginia is ceded to Pennsylvania by a joint commission of the two state
1787 - Early, Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia.
1787 - December, Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the Constitution.
1788 - Allegheny County established, taken from Washington and Westmoreland Counties.
1789 - April, George Washington inaugurated President.
1791 - Tax on whiskey passed by the Federal government.
1794 - Farmers in southwestern Pennsylvania openly oppose all efforts collection of the tax. President Washington sends militia troops to the area and the rebellion is quashed.
Who were the settlers and what routes did they take?
The first settlers of southwestern Pennsylvania were primarily English and came from Virginia and Maryland following Braddock's Road (see History Time line above) to Redstone Fort. These were the settlers enticed by the Ohio Company to settle and commence trade with the Indians in the early 1760's. Many of these held "Virginia Certificates", which referred to land warrants issued by the Colonial Virginia. With the passage of Pennsylvania's slave emancipation law in 1780, many of these early Virginian and Maryland settlers commenced a migration to Kentucky which continued brisk for the next 10 or so years.
From George K. Schweitzer's 1986 work Pennsylvania Genealogical Research , page 22, we read:
"Most settlers of the new land [western Pennsylvania] followed the river valleys and old Indian trails to the interior, but the trip beyond the Alleghenies was more difficult, since this required going across the mountains. The most used route was known as the Great Pennsylvania Road, running from Philadelphia to Lancaster to York to Gettysburg to Chambersburg to Bedford to Somerset to Greensburg to Pittsburgh."
The Great Pennsylvania Road started as Braddock's trail, created for Gen. Braddock's ill-fated expedition to take Fort Duquense in 1755. Essentially, this is the course of modern day US Rt. 30.
After provincial Pennsylvania's land purchase from the Indians in 1769, a migration of primarily Scotch-Irish people began coming from the eastern counties of Chester, Lancaster, York, and Dauphin as well as those of Northern Maryland. By 1773 the Scotch-Irish population was increasing steadily. And it was between 1771 and 1775 that the lands west of the Monongahela River were settled. Most of these lands were obtained under Virginia titles, especially along Chartiers Creek, rather than Pennsylvania, mostly because the price Virginia was asking is said to have been one fourteenth the cost asked by Pennsylvania.
After the Revolution, the preponderance of settlers in southwestern Pennsylvania were Scotch-Irish mingled with some English, Germans, and others. By 1790, ten Presbyterian churches had been established in the area. By the second generation, even more settled by these peoples which overflowed to the north and to the west into Ohio, making the region a stronghold of this ethnic group in the commonwealth.
From a letter written in 1832 by Rev. Dr. John McMillan we get a glimpse of conditions in 1775 when he first crossed the Allegheny Mountains to preach along Chartiers Creek in what is now Washington County:
"...But we had neither bedstead, nor tables, nor stool, nor chair, nor bucket. All these things we ad to leave behind us, as there was no wagon road at that time over the mountains."
US Federal Census Information:
The 1790 Federal Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania indirectly lists young William (born about 1783) living with his father.
1790 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, no township listed, NARA film M637-9, page 187, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Christopher CLOUSE, enumeration [144-00], one male 16 years & upwards (born before 1774, Christopher Sr. ), 4 males under 16 (1774-1790, John 1775, Christopher Jr. 1777, William 1783, Nathan ), 4 females (wife Anna, Catherine 1783, Christina 1790, Unknown daughter).
The 1800 Federal Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania indirectly lists young William living in Somerset Township with his father.
1800 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M32-44, page 907: Christopher CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 01201 - F: 01101], one male 10-15 (1785-1790, Nathan ), 2 males 16-25 (1775-1784, Christopher Jr. 1777, William 1783), one male 45 and over (Bef. 1755, Christopher Sr. 1745), one female 10-15 (1785-1790, Christina 1790), one female 16-25 (1775-1784, Catherine 1783), one female 45 and over (wife Anna 1755).
1820 Washington County, Pennsylvania Census: Somerset Township, page 239- 2 males under age 10, 1 male age 16-26, 1 male age 26-45, 2 females under age 10, 1 female age 26-45, 2 people engaged in manufacturing.
1820 Census index has William Clouse, Somerset Township Washington County, Pennsylvania
1820 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M33-113, page 207, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Wm CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 200110 - F: 20010], 2 males under 10 (1810-1820, J. Noah 1813, Isaac 1815), one male 16-26 (1794-1804), one male 26-45 (1775-1794, William 1783), 2 females under 10 (1810-1820, Louzanah 1812, Nancy 1819), one female 26-45 (1775-1794, Lydia 1793).
1830 Washington County, Pennsylvania Census: Strabane Township, Page 183- 1 male under age 5, 1 male age 5-10, 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 40-50, 1 female under age 5, 2 females age 5-10, 1 female age 15- 20, 1 female age 40-50.
1830 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Strabane Township, NARA film M19-163, page 183, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Line 1: William CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 1111001... - F: 1201001...], one male under 5 (1825-1830, Abner 1828), one male 5-10 (1820-1825, Demas 1822), one male 10-15 (1815-1820, Newton 1817), one male 15-20 (1810-1815, Isaac 1815), one male 40-50 (1780-1790, William 1783); one female under 5 (1825-1830, Mary Jane 1826), 2 females 5-10 (1820-1825, Nancy 1819, Elizabeth 1824), one female 15-20 (1810-1815, Louzannah 1812), one female 40-50, Lydia 1793).
1840 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M704-499, page 126, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Line 16, Wm CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 00000001... - F: 0000101...], one male 50-60 (1780-1790, William 1783); one female 20-30 (1810-1820), one female 40-50 (1790-1800, Mary).
1850 U. S. Federal Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Somersett [sic] Township, NARA film M432-833, page 215, Enumeration Date: 6 August 1850. Line 2, dwelling 244, family 247:
William CLOUSE, age 63, blacksmith, birthplace: Penn.
Mary, age 61, birthplace: Pennsylvania.
John, age 19, labourer [sic], birthplace: Penn.
William Clouse, a blacksmith and maker/installer of horseshoes, father of Nancy Clouse, was born in 1787 in the LDS records in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He is the male between 16 and 25 in the Christopher Clouse family in the 1810 census. After his wife's death he married Mary Snyder, who brought a daughter by a previous marriage to the house and by whom he had one more child. He worked hard during the week, his son Demas reports, seeing little of his children during the week, and reading the Bible on Sunday afternoons (although he was never heard to pray). He enjoyed providing the music for dances. He died September 27, 1865, in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
He appears in the 1820 and 1840 Washington County census of Pennsylvania, Somerset Township. In 1830 he was a couple of miles west, in St. Rabane Township. In 1820 the household had seven members - two males under five, one between 16 and 26, and one between 26 and 45. Two females under 10 (one is Nancy), and one female between 26 and 45 (second wife Mary). Three people are reported engaged in manufacturing. In this census William is living next door to a Daniel Leonard, no doubt a relation of his first wife. In 1830 he and his wife are in their 40's, with eight children, four boys and four girls; he is engaged in manufacturing. In 1840 one daughter is living with the family; his occupation is checked of as "manufacture or trade." He is listed in the 1850 census of Washington County, Somerset Township, which shows his second wife's name as Mary, her age 61. One child, a son John, aged 19, a laborer, is shown living at home. William's age is given as 63 in this census, which would place his birth in 1786 or 1787. The value of his real estate is given as $100.
Sleeping in the Clouse home involved a cabin loft reached by an outside ladder, under a clapboard roof, where in winter snow drifted through crevice and roof until the beds were white, and many times on awakening people stepped out on a snow-covered floor in bare feet in the morning.
Mary Stimson found in Early Marriage, Washington County index William Clouse marrying Elizabeth Scott page 106 from Examiner Records Vol 1 Marriages and Deaths. >>
Warrantees of Land for Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1733-1858, Part 1: Surnames A-G [OCR'd for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja . Edited & proofed by Chris Hunt .]
WARRANTEES OF LAND IN THE
County of Washington.
1784-1892.
34-Vol. XXVI, 3rd Ser.
Prefatory Note:
The lists of warrantees of land in the several counties of the Commonwealth are copied from the original record books in the Land Office of the Department of Internal Affairs. Only the names of the warrantees with the number of acres and dates of warrant are given. They will serve as a valuable guide to all desiring information from that Department. The orthography of the surnames has not been changed, a literal copy being made with all the errors.
In cases where you have acres with a period eg 114.64 acres, it should be read as 114 acres and 64 one - hundredth (114.64 acres). The period should supplant the comma. The names are not in alphabetical order, so a search of the entire section is necessary.
Clouse, Wm., 89 March 16, 1786
Father: Christopher CLOUSE b: ABT 1755 in Pikeland Township, Chester Co, Penn
Mother: Anna Catharina HENCH b: 1755 in Chester Springs, Chester Co, Penn
Marriage 1 Lydia LEONARD b: JAN 1793
Married: 3 APR 1811 in Pennsylvania
Children
Louisiana CLOUSE b: 27 JAN 1812 in Washington Co, Penn
Noah CLOUSE b: 1 OCT 1813 in Washington Co, Penn
Isaac H CLOUSE b: 25 AUG 1815 in Penn
Newton CLOUSE b: 8 SEP 1817 in Penn
Nancy CLOUSE b: 28 DEC 1819 in Penn
Demas Letherman CLOUSE b: 15 JAN 1822 in Hillsville, Lawrence Township, Washington Co, Penn
Elizabeth CLOUSE b: 25 MAR 1824 in Washington Co, Penn
Mary Jane CLOUSE b: 22 MAY 1826 in Penn
Abner CLOUSE b: 7 DEC 1828 in Penn
John Lewis CLOUSE b: 1 MAR 1831 in Washington Co, Penn
William CLOUSE b: 7 JUL 1833
Marriage 2 Mary SNYDER b: ABT 1789 in Penn
Married: 3 APR 1834
Note:
SQUIRE THOMAS CARSON'S (Justice of the Peace) MARRIAGE REGISTER Aug. 17, 1806 to Dec. 5, 1839. Contributed by Paula Chodacki (Some additions by Christina Hunt)
565. Apr 1834 William Clouse to Mary Snyder.
END OF SQUIRE THOMAS CARSON'S MARRIAGE DOCKET
Source: FHL #1888963
From the Autobiography of Demas Clouse:
After a while father took a notion to change his domestic arrangements somewhat. We could see he had got over his rheumatism and was quite active on foot, did'nt come in and lie down & groan with pain in his back as he used to do when he shod horses; perhaps he was'nt shoeing horses those days, - doing something else. Well one say he shaved and dressed fine and went away, I remember he just put his hand on the fence before the house and sprang over never touched it, saw him do it. Well what do you think? That afternoon he brought a woman home and told us she was our mother! & told us to call her that. I did but I knew she was'nt.
She was a good enough ‘stepmother, was'nt cross like some. By and by she brought a daughter there and said, she was our sister; but I knew she was'nt. She did'nt look like any of us. I never could see what she was good for only to laugh and sing songs. Then our home became crowdy and I was sent out to service and then my ‘drifting' began. ...
Children
Daniel CLOUSE b: 25 OCT 1835
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Name: William CLOUSE
Birth: 1767 in Pikeland Township, Chester CO, Penn
Death: 1850 in Washington CO, Penn
Occupation: Blacksmith
Father: Christopher CLOUSE b: in Penn
Marriage 1 Lydia LEONARD b: 1769 in Washington CO, Penn
Married: 1787 in Washington CO, Penn
Children
1. Noah CLOUSE b: 1 OCT 1813 in Washington CO, Penn
2. Louisiana "Lou" CLOUSE
3. Nancy CLOUSE
4. Deman (Demas ??) Letherman CLOUSE b: 15 JAN 1822 in Pigeon Creek, Washington CO, Penn
5. Elizabeth "Lizzie" CLOUSE b: 25 MAR 1824 in Washington CO, Penn
6. Abner CLOUSE
7. Mary Jane CLOUSE
8. Newton CLOUSE
9. John CLOUSE b: 1 MAR 1831 in Washington CO, Penn
10. William CLOUSE b: ABT. 1832
Marriage 2 Mary SNYDER
Married: AFT. 1787
Children
1. Isaac H. CLOUSE
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Name: William CLOUSE
Birth: 1783 in Chester Springs, Chester Co, Penn
Birth: 1767 in Pikeland Township, Chester Co, Penn
Death: 27 SEP 1865 in Penn
Death: 27 DEC 1865 in Other death date.
Occupation: 1850 Blacksmith.
Residence: 1850 Strabane, Washington Co, Penn
Residence: 1830 Strabane, Washington, Penn
Note:
On April 3, 1811 William married Lydia Leonard.
On October 7, 1833 Lydia died.
William married Mary Snyder April 3, 1834.
West Pike Run Township (pp. 986-994)
History of Washington County, Pennsylvania*
The territory of this township, together with that of East Pike Run, was embraced in the old township of Pike Run, and so remained for a period of almost half a century from the erection of the township last named. An account of the erection of Pike Run Township in April 1792, and its division on the 9th of March 1839, forming East and West Pike Run Townships, is given in the history of East Pike Run. The boundaries of West Pike Run are Fallowfield and Somerset on the north, East Pike Run on the east, East Bethlehem on the south, and Somerset and West Bethlehem on the west. The township is abundantly watered for agricultural purposes by small creeks and runs, but it has no river or other stream of sufficient importance to be mentioned among the principal water-courses of the county...
The first Quakers in the vicinity of West Pike Run township were David and Ruth Graves, both ministers of that faith. Persons who become preachers among this people are never educated or ordained for the work. Their church in this section was known as the Westland Meeting-house, and was built upon land originally belonging to Michael Riggle. On March 5, 1785, the tract called "The Brewery," containing ninety-nine acres, and adjacent to the lands of Mark Deems, Herbert Wallace, and William Clouse, was warranted to Michael Riggle, and surveyed to him May 17, 1786.
Washington County Background:
This area of S.W. Pennsylvania began to be settled in the 1770's. In 1771 it was a part of Bedford County. In 1773 it became part of Westmoreland County. Washington County was created on March 28, 1781 from Westmoreland County. Included was the area lying west of the Monongahela River and south of the Ohio River. The present day counties of Washington, Greene and parts of Allegheny and Beaver County were included.
There was a dispute over this territory with the state of Virginia. Virginia claimed this area until 1780. Between 1775-1780 courts were held by Virginia in the disputed territory.
This is from Pat Franklyn's book:
Christopher Clouse, believed to be the son of Christopher Clouse, resided in Pikeland Township, Chester County Pa at the time of the Revolution. He was a wheelwright by occupation, and maker of light arms for the Continental Army. He served seven years in the Revolutionary War making light arms. On 1-1-1777 he enlisted in the company of Captain John Hammun. As of 6-28-1777 this company was stationed at Chester Pa. Aug 1780 his company, now under the command of Capt. Aysie was in service. Sept. 9, 1788 recorded in the Pa. Archives, ll, page 812, states he was serving in Sept 1778 under Col. Stewart and Capt. Sam Tolbert of the second Pa. regiment, and was sick at Valley Forge. He was born 1745 at Pikeland Twp in Pa.
After the war he migrated west and settled in Washington County, Pa. and died there just prior to 1821. His estate was settled there in 1821. He is the ancestor of a large number of the Pa. Clouse Clan. I believe he is the brother of George Clouse l. The info was supplied by Charles H. Clouse of Pittsburgh who descended through his oldest son William. Also from Donald M Custer of Salida, Colorado who is the linkage of Christopher's daughter, Catherine. And from the application papers for membership in the D.A.R. submitted by Marie Elizabeth Helser who was also of the linkage of his son William. Notice the similarity of the names of Christopher's children to those of George Clouse l.
His revolutionary war papers list 8 children:
-- William Clouse b 1767, Pikeland Twp. Pa. married Lynda Leonard in 1787.
-- John Clouse married Christiana ?
-- Christiana Clouse married John Newkirk
-- Nathan Clouse
-- Edward Clouse
-- Christopher Clouse Jr. b 1776 married Mary?
-- Catherine Clouse married Matthias Myers
-- Jacob Clouse married Mary?
This concludes the page on Christopher Clouse, she has a page about William (Christopher's son) and his descendants. She seems to think Christopher and our George were brothers but I don't think they were and have never seen anything to indicate that George had a link to Pa.
Please stay in touch.
Jim Clouse ([email protected])
Southwestern Pennsylvania History Time line:
Note that "western" or "southwestern" Pennsylvania refers to the area where present-day Washington County (and others) is located, although ownership of the land changed many times before 1786.
1669 - Earliest French exploration of western Pennsylvania.
1739 and 1749 - More French expeditions to establish fur trade with the Indians.
1748 - The Ohio Company is formed by Virginia gentlemen, including two of George Washington's brothers, to affect settlement in southwestern Pennsylvania and carry on Indian trade on a large scale.
1750 - Disgruntled Indians pushed back from the east into western Pennsylvania by this time.
1753 - French build forts and begin asserting their claim to the region including western Pennsylvania.
1754 - Spring, Col. George Washington sent by Virginia with a military force to get the French to leave the territory. Washington loses the ensuing battle at Fort Duquense.
1755 - British Gen. Braddock takes troops west, is joined by militia, and is ambushed and massacred before reaching Fort Duquense. Indians begin attacking settlers along the frontier, forcing them back east of the Alleghenies.
1755 to 1756 - Settlements begin in the area of present Washington County.
1756 - Colony of Pennsylvania declares war on the Shawnees and Delawares. Pennsylvania begins building forts along the frontier, provisioned with men and supplies.
1758 - Peace treaty signed between Pennsylvania and the Shawanees and Delawares.
1758 - November, British Gen. Forbes takes Ft. Duquense with a force of 2500. Fort renamed Fort Pitt.
1759 - French abandon area of western Pennsylvania
1762 - British sign treaty with French, British left in possession of all eastern America.
1763 - Summer, remaining dissatisfied Indians attack all along the frontier. Some forts defeated. British send troops reinforce Fort Pitt. Indians defeated at battle of Bushy Run.
1765 - Settlements made at Redstone (below Brownsville on the Monongahela) and Turkey Foot.
1768 - October, Proprietary of Pennsylvania purchases country from the Indians as far west as the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers.
1769 - April, opening of land offices for sales of lands obtained in the 1768 Land Purchase. Within one month, 3200 applications for warrants were made, mostly by Scotch-Irish in eastern Pennsylvania.
1770-1771 - Influx of Scotch-Irish from Chester, Lancaster, Bedford, and York counties and some directly from Ulster.
1775 - April, war breaks out in Massachusetts against the British.
1776 - July, Continental Congress declares the American Colonies independent.
1776 - Pennsylvania given a new constitution, overthrowing the proprietary Penn government and shifting control away from the Quakers.
1780 - Pennsylvania passes slave emancipation law.
1781 - March, County of Washington established with population 23,866.
1781 - October, British surrender to the Americans and the Revolution is over.
1786 - Region of southwestern Pennsylvania previously under the claim of Virginia is ceded to Pennsylvania by a joint commission of the two state
1787 - Early, Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia.
1787 - December, Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the Constitution.
1788 - Allegheny County established, taken from Washington and Westmoreland Counties.
1789 - April, George Washington inaugurated President.
1791 - Tax on whiskey passed by the Federal government.
1794 - Farmers in southwestern Pennsylvania openly oppose all efforts collection of the tax. President Washington sends militia troops to the area and the rebellion is quashed.
Who were the settlers and what routes did they take?
The first settlers of southwestern Pennsylvania were primarily English and came from Virginia and Maryland following Braddock's Road (see History Time line above) to Redstone Fort. These were the settlers enticed by the Ohio Company to settle and commence trade with the Indians in the early 1760's. Many of these held "Virginia Certificates", which referred to land warrants issued by the Colonial Virginia. With the passage of Pennsylvania's slave emancipation law in 1780, many of these early Virginian and Maryland settlers commenced a migration to Kentucky which continued brisk for the next 10 or so years.
From George K. Schweitzer's 1986 work Pennsylvania Genealogical Research , page 22, we read:
"Most settlers of the new land [western Pennsylvania] followed the river valleys and old Indian trails to the interior, but the trip beyond the Alleghenies was more difficult, since this required going across the mountains. The most used route was known as the Great Pennsylvania Road, running from Philadelphia to Lancaster to York to Gettysburg to Chambersburg to Bedford to Somerset to Greensburg to Pittsburgh."
The Great Pennsylvania Road started as Braddock's trail, created for Gen. Braddock's ill-fated expedition to take Fort Duquense in 1755. Essentially, this is the course of modern day US Rt. 30.
After provincial Pennsylvania's land purchase from the Indians in 1769, a migration of primarily Scotch-Irish people began coming from the eastern counties of Chester, Lancaster, York, and Dauphin as well as those of Northern Maryland. By 1773 the Scotch-Irish population was increasing steadily. And it was between 1771 and 1775 that the lands west of the Monongahela River were settled. Most of these lands were obtained under Virginia titles, especially along Chartiers Creek, rather than Pennsylvania, mostly because the price Virginia was asking is said to have been one fourteenth the cost asked by Pennsylvania.
After the Revolution, the preponderance of settlers in southwestern Pennsylvania were Scotch-Irish mingled with some English, Germans, and others. By 1790, ten Presbyterian churches had been established in the area. By the second generation, even more settled by these peoples which overflowed to the north and to the west into Ohio, making the region a stronghold of this ethnic group in the commonwealth.
From a letter written in 1832 by Rev. Dr. John McMillan we get a glimpse of conditions in 1775 when he first crossed the Allegheny Mountains to preach along Chartiers Creek in what is now Washington County:
"...But we had neither bedstead, nor tables, nor stool, nor chair, nor bucket. All these things we ad to leave behind us, as there was no wagon road at that time over the mountains."
US Federal Census Information:
The 1790 Federal Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania indirectly lists young William (born about 1783) living with his father.
1790 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, no township listed, NARA film M637-9, page 187, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Christopher CLOUSE, enumeration [144-00], one male 16 years & upwards (born before 1774, Christopher Sr. ), 4 males under 16 (1774-1790, John 1775, Christopher Jr. 1777, William 1783, Nathan ), 4 females (wife Anna, Catherine 1783, Christina 1790, Unknown daughter).
The 1800 Federal Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania indirectly lists young William living in Somerset Township with his father.
1800 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M32-44, page 907: Christopher CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 01201 - F: 01101], one male 10-15 (1785-1790, Nathan ), 2 males 16-25 (1775-1784, Christopher Jr. 1777, William 1783), one male 45 and over (Bef. 1755, Christopher Sr. 1745), one female 10-15 (1785-1790, Christina 1790), one female 16-25 (1775-1784, Catherine 1783), one female 45 and over (wife Anna 1755).
1820 Washington County, Pennsylvania Census: Somerset Township, page 239- 2 males under age 10, 1 male age 16-26, 1 male age 26-45, 2 females under age 10, 1 female age 26-45, 2 people engaged in manufacturing.
1820 Census index has William Clouse, Somerset Township Washington County, Pennsylvania
1820 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M33-113, page 207, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Wm CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 200110 - F: 20010], 2 males under 10 (1810-1820, J. Noah 1813, Isaac 1815), one male 16-26 (1794-1804), one male 26-45 (1775-1794, William 1783), 2 females under 10 (1810-1820, Louzanah 1812, Nancy 1819), one female 26-45 (1775-1794, Lydia 1793).
1830 Washington County, Pennsylvania Census: Strabane Township, Page 183- 1 male under age 5, 1 male age 5-10, 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 40-50, 1 female under age 5, 2 females age 5-10, 1 female age 15- 20, 1 female age 40-50.
1830 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Strabane Township, NARA film M19-163, page 183, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Line 1: William CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 1111001... - F: 1201001...], one male under 5 (1825-1830, Abner 1828), one male 5-10 (1820-1825, Demas 1822), one male 10-15 (1815-1820, Newton 1817), one male 15-20 (1810-1815, Isaac 1815), one male 40-50 (1780-1790, William 1783); one female under 5 (1825-1830, Mary Jane 1826), 2 females 5-10 (1820-1825, Nancy 1819, Elizabeth 1824), one female 15-20 (1810-1815, Louzannah 1812), one female 40-50, Lydia 1793).
1840 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M704-499, page 126, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Line 16, Wm CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 00000001... - F: 0000101...], one male 50-60 (1780-1790, William 1783); one female 20-30 (1810-1820), one female 40-50 (1790-1800, Mary).
1850 U. S. Federal Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Somersett [sic] Township, NARA film M432-833, page 215, Enumeration Date: 6 August 1850. Line 2, dwelling 244, family 247:
William CLOUSE, age 63, blacksmith, birthplace: Penn.
Mary, age 61, birthplace: Pennsylvania.
John, age 19, labourer [sic], birthplace: Penn.
William Clouse, a blacksmith and maker/installer of horseshoes, father of Nancy Clouse, was born in 1787 in the LDS records in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He is the male between 16 and 25 in the Christopher Clouse family in the 1810 census. After his wife's death he married Mary Snyder, who brought a daughter by a previous marriage to the house and by whom he had one more child. He worked hard during the week, his son Demas reports, seeing little of his children during the week, and reading the Bible on Sunday afternoons (although he was never heard to pray). He enjoyed providing the music for dances. He died September 27, 1865, in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
He appears in the 1820 and 1840 Washington County census of Pennsylvania, Somerset Township. In 1830 he was a couple of miles west, in St. Rabane Township. In 1820 the household had seven members - two males under five, one between 16 and 26, and one between 26 and 45. Two females under 10 (one is Nancy), and one female between 26 and 45 (second wife Mary). Three people are reported engaged in manufacturing. In this census William is living next door to a Daniel Leonard, no doubt a relation of his first wife. In 1830 he and his wife are in their 40's, with eight children, four boys and four girls; he is engaged in manufacturing. In 1840 one daughter is living with the family; his occupation is checked of as "manufacture or trade." He is listed in the 1850 census of Washington County, Somerset Township, which shows his second wife's name as Mary, her age 61. One child, a son John, aged 19, a laborer, is shown living at home. William's age is given as 63 in this census, which would place his birth in 1786 or 1787. The value of his real estate is given as $100.
Sleeping in the Clouse home involved a cabin loft reached by an outside ladder, under a clapboard roof, where in winter snow drifted through crevice and roof until the beds were white, and many times on awakening people stepped out on a snow-covered floor in bare feet in the morning.
Mary Stimson found in Early Marriage, Washington County index William Clouse marrying Elizabeth Scott page 106 from Examiner Records Vol 1 Marriages and Deaths. >>
Warrantees of Land for Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1733-1858, Part 1: Surnames A-G [OCR'd for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja . Edited & proofed by Chris Hunt .]
WARRANTEES OF LAND IN THE
County of Washington.
1784-1892.
34-Vol. XXVI, 3rd Ser.
Prefatory Note:
The lists of warrantees of land in the several counties of the Commonwealth are copied from the original record books in the Land Office of the Department of Internal Affairs. Only the names of the warrantees with the number of acres and dates of warrant are given. They will serve as a valuable guide to all desiring information from that Department. The orthography of the surnames has not been changed, a literal copy being made with all the errors.
In cases where you have acres with a period eg 114.64 acres, it should be read as 114 acres and 64 one - hundredth (114.64 acres). The period should supplant the comma. The names are not in alphabetical order, so a search of the entire section is necessary.
Clouse, Wm., 89 March 16, 1786
Father: Christopher CLOUSE b: ABT 1755 in Pikeland Township, Chester Co, Penn
Mother: Anna Catharina HENCH b: 1755 in Chester Springs, Chester Co, Penn
Marriage 1 Lydia LEONARD b: JAN 1793
Married: 3 APR 1811 in Pennsylvania
Children
Louisiana CLOUSE b: 27 JAN 1812 in Washington Co, Penn
Noah CLOUSE b: 1 OCT 1813 in Washington Co, Penn
Isaac H CLOUSE b: 25 AUG 1815 in Penn
Newton CLOUSE b: 8 SEP 1817 in Penn
Nancy CLOUSE b: 28 DEC 1819 in Penn
Demas Letherman CLOUSE b: 15 JAN 1822 in Hillsville, Lawrence Township, Washington Co, Penn
Elizabeth CLOUSE b: 25 MAR 1824 in Washington Co, Penn
Mary Jane CLOUSE b: 22 MAY 1826 in Penn
Abner CLOUSE b: 7 DEC 1828 in Penn
John Lewis CLOUSE b: 1 MAR 1831 in Washington Co, Penn
William CLOUSE b: 7 JUL 1833
Marriage 2 Mary SNYDER b: ABT 1789 in Penn
Married: 3 APR 1834
Note:
SQUIRE THOMAS CARSON'S (Justice of the Peace) MARRIAGE REGISTER Aug. 17, 1806 to Dec. 5, 1839. Contributed by Paula Chodacki (Some additions by Christina Hunt)
565. Apr 1834 William Clouse to Mary Snyder.
END OF SQUIRE THOMAS CARSON'S MARRIAGE DOCKET
Source: FHL #1888963
From the Autobiography of Demas Clouse:
After a while father took a notion to change his domestic arrangements somewhat. We could see he had got over his rheumatism and was quite active on foot, did'nt come in and lie down & groan with pain in his back as he used to do when he shod horses; perhaps he was'nt shoeing horses those days, - doing something else. Well one say he shaved and dressed fine and went away, I remember he just put his hand on the fence before the house and sprang over never touched it, saw him do it. Well what do you think? That afternoon he brought a woman home and told us she was our mother! & told us to call her that. I did but I knew she was'nt.
She was a good enough ‘stepmother, was'nt cross like some. By and by she brought a daughter there and said, she was our sister; but I knew she was'nt. She did'nt look like any of us. I never could see what she was good for only to laugh and sing songs. Then our home became crowdy and I was sent out to service and then my ‘drifting' began. ...
Children
Daniel CLOUSE b: 25 OCT 1835
Two separate online links have different dates - Both have same father, wife, and children - So dates are questionable
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:621189&id=I38962
Name: William CLOUSE
Birth: 1767 in Pikeland Township, Chester CO, Penn
Death: 1850 in Washington CO, Penn
Occupation: Blacksmith
Father: Christopher CLOUSE b: in Penn
Marriage 1 Lydia LEONARD b: 1769 in Washington CO, Penn
Married: 1787 in Washington CO, Penn
Children
1. Noah CLOUSE b: 1 OCT 1813 in Washington CO, Penn
2. Louisiana "Lou" CLOUSE
3. Nancy CLOUSE
4. Deman (Demas ??) Letherman CLOUSE b: 15 JAN 1822 in Pigeon Creek, Washington CO, Penn
5. Elizabeth "Lizzie" CLOUSE b: 25 MAR 1824 in Washington CO, Penn
6. Abner CLOUSE
7. Mary Jane CLOUSE
8. Newton CLOUSE
9. John CLOUSE b: 1 MAR 1831 in Washington CO, Penn
10. William CLOUSE b: ABT. 1832
Marriage 2 Mary SNYDER
Married: AFT. 1787
Children
1. Isaac H. CLOUSE
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http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jamclo&id=I00109
Name: William CLOUSE
Birth: 1783 in Chester Springs, Chester Co, Penn
Birth: 1767 in Pikeland Township, Chester Co, Penn
Death: 27 SEP 1865 in Penn
Death: 27 DEC 1865 in Other death date.
Occupation: 1850 Blacksmith.
Residence: 1850 Strabane, Washington Co, Penn
Residence: 1830 Strabane, Washington, Penn
Note:
On April 3, 1811 William married Lydia Leonard.
On October 7, 1833 Lydia died.
William married Mary Snyder April 3, 1834.
West Pike Run Township (pp. 986-994)
History of Washington County, Pennsylvania*
The territory of this township, together with that of East Pike Run, was embraced in the old township of Pike Run, and so remained for a period of almost half a century from the erection of the township last named. An account of the erection of Pike Run Township in April 1792, and its division on the 9th of March 1839, forming East and West Pike Run Townships, is given in the history of East Pike Run. The boundaries of West Pike Run are Fallowfield and Somerset on the north, East Pike Run on the east, East Bethlehem on the south, and Somerset and West Bethlehem on the west. The township is abundantly watered for agricultural purposes by small creeks and runs, but it has no river or other stream of sufficient importance to be mentioned among the principal water-courses of the county...
The first Quakers in the vicinity of West Pike Run township were David and Ruth Graves, both ministers of that faith. Persons who become preachers among this people are never educated or ordained for the work. Their church in this section was known as the Westland Meeting-house, and was built upon land originally belonging to Michael Riggle. On March 5, 1785, the tract called "The Brewery," containing ninety-nine acres, and adjacent to the lands of Mark Deems, Herbert Wallace, and William Clouse, was warranted to Michael Riggle, and surveyed to him May 17, 1786.
Washington County Background:
This area of S.W. Pennsylvania began to be settled in the 1770's. In 1771 it was a part of Bedford County. In 1773 it became part of Westmoreland County. Washington County was created on March 28, 1781 from Westmoreland County. Included was the area lying west of the Monongahela River and south of the Ohio River. The present day counties of Washington, Greene and parts of Allegheny and Beaver County were included.
There was a dispute over this territory with the state of Virginia. Virginia claimed this area until 1780. Between 1775-1780 courts were held by Virginia in the disputed territory.
This is from Pat Franklyn's book:
Christopher Clouse, believed to be the son of Christopher Clouse, resided in Pikeland Township, Chester County Pa at the time of the Revolution. He was a wheelwright by occupation, and maker of light arms for the Continental Army. He served seven years in the Revolutionary War making light arms. On 1-1-1777 he enlisted in the company of Captain John Hammun. As of 6-28-1777 this company was stationed at Chester Pa. Aug 1780 his company, now under the command of Capt. Aysie was in service. Sept. 9, 1788 recorded in the Pa. Archives, ll, page 812, states he was serving in Sept 1778 under Col. Stewart and Capt. Sam Tolbert of the second Pa. regiment, and was sick at Valley Forge. He was born 1745 at Pikeland Twp in Pa.
After the war he migrated west and settled in Washington County, Pa. and died there just prior to 1821. His estate was settled there in 1821. He is the ancestor of a large number of the Pa. Clouse Clan. I believe he is the brother of George Clouse l. The info was supplied by Charles H. Clouse of Pittsburgh who descended through his oldest son William. Also from Donald M Custer of Salida, Colorado who is the linkage of Christopher's daughter, Catherine. And from the application papers for membership in the D.A.R. submitted by Marie Elizabeth Helser who was also of the linkage of his son William. Notice the similarity of the names of Christopher's children to those of George Clouse l.
His revolutionary war papers list 8 children:
-- William Clouse b 1767, Pikeland Twp. Pa. married Lynda Leonard in 1787.
-- John Clouse married Christiana ?
-- Christiana Clouse married John Newkirk
-- Nathan Clouse
-- Edward Clouse
-- Christopher Clouse Jr. b 1776 married Mary?
-- Catherine Clouse married Matthias Myers
-- Jacob Clouse married Mary?
This concludes the page on Christopher Clouse, she has a page about William (Christopher's son) and his descendants. She seems to think Christopher and our George were brothers but I don't think they were and have never seen anything to indicate that George had a link to Pa.
Please stay in touch.
Jim Clouse ([email protected])
Southwestern Pennsylvania History Time line:
Note that "western" or "southwestern" Pennsylvania refers to the area where present-day Washington County (and others) is located, although ownership of the land changed many times before 1786.
1669 - Earliest French exploration of western Pennsylvania.
1739 and 1749 - More French expeditions to establish fur trade with the Indians.
1748 - The Ohio Company is formed by Virginia gentlemen, including two of George Washington's brothers, to affect settlement in southwestern Pennsylvania and carry on Indian trade on a large scale.
1750 - Disgruntled Indians pushed back from the east into western Pennsylvania by this time.
1753 - French build forts and begin asserting their claim to the region including western Pennsylvania.
1754 - Spring, Col. George Washington sent by Virginia with a military force to get the French to leave the territory. Washington loses the ensuing battle at Fort Duquense.
1755 - British Gen. Braddock takes troops west, is joined by militia, and is ambushed and massacred before reaching Fort Duquense. Indians begin attacking settlers along the frontier, forcing them back east of the Alleghenies.
1755 to 1756 - Settlements begin in the area of present Washington County.
1756 - Colony of Pennsylvania declares war on the Shawnees and Delawares. Pennsylvania begins building forts along the frontier, provisioned with men and supplies.
1758 - Peace treaty signed between Pennsylvania and the Shawanees and Delawares.
1758 - November, British Gen. Forbes takes Ft. Duquense with a force of 2500. Fort renamed Fort Pitt.
1759 - French abandon area of western Pennsylvania
1762 - British sign treaty with French, British left in possession of all eastern America.
1763 - Summer, remaining dissatisfied Indians attack all along the frontier. Some forts defeated. British send troops reinforce Fort Pitt. Indians defeated at battle of Bushy Run.
1765 - Settlements made at Redstone (below Brownsville on the Monongahela) and Turkey Foot.
1768 - October, Proprietary of Pennsylvania purchases country from the Indians as far west as the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers.
1769 - April, opening of land offices for sales of lands obtained in the 1768 Land Purchase. Within one month, 3200 applications for warrants were made, mostly by Scotch-Irish in eastern Pennsylvania.
1770-1771 - Influx of Scotch-Irish from Chester, Lancaster, Bedford, and York counties and some directly from Ulster.
1775 - April, war breaks out in Massachusetts against the British.
1776 - July, Continental Congress declares the American Colonies independent.
1776 - Pennsylvania given a new constitution, overthrowing the proprietary Penn government and shifting control away from the Quakers.
1780 - Pennsylvania passes slave emancipation law.
1781 - March, County of Washington established with population 23,866.
1781 - October, British surrender to the Americans and the Revolution is over.
1786 - Region of southwestern Pennsylvania previously under the claim of Virginia is ceded to Pennsylvania by a joint commission of the two state
1787 - Early, Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia.
1787 - December, Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the Constitution.
1788 - Allegheny County established, taken from Washington and Westmoreland Counties.
1789 - April, George Washington inaugurated President.
1791 - Tax on whiskey passed by the Federal government.
1794 - Farmers in southwestern Pennsylvania openly oppose all efforts collection of the tax. President Washington sends militia troops to the area and the rebellion is quashed.
Who were the settlers and what routes did they take?
The first settlers of southwestern Pennsylvania were primarily English and came from Virginia and Maryland following Braddock's Road (see History Time line above) to Redstone Fort. These were the settlers enticed by the Ohio Company to settle and commence trade with the Indians in the early 1760's. Many of these held "Virginia Certificates", which referred to land warrants issued by the Colonial Virginia. With the passage of Pennsylvania's slave emancipation law in 1780, many of these early Virginian and Maryland settlers commenced a migration to Kentucky which continued brisk for the next 10 or so years.
From George K. Schweitzer's 1986 work Pennsylvania Genealogical Research , page 22, we read:
"Most settlers of the new land [western Pennsylvania] followed the river valleys and old Indian trails to the interior, but the trip beyond the Alleghenies was more difficult, since this required going across the mountains. The most used route was known as the Great Pennsylvania Road, running from Philadelphia to Lancaster to York to Gettysburg to Chambersburg to Bedford to Somerset to Greensburg to Pittsburgh."
The Great Pennsylvania Road started as Braddock's trail, created for Gen. Braddock's ill-fated expedition to take Fort Duquense in 1755. Essentially, this is the course of modern day US Rt. 30.
After provincial Pennsylvania's land purchase from the Indians in 1769, a migration of primarily Scotch-Irish people began coming from the eastern counties of Chester, Lancaster, York, and Dauphin as well as those of Northern Maryland. By 1773 the Scotch-Irish population was increasing steadily. And it was between 1771 and 1775 that the lands west of the Monongahela River were settled. Most of these lands were obtained under Virginia titles, especially along Chartiers Creek, rather than Pennsylvania, mostly because the price Virginia was asking is said to have been one fourteenth the cost asked by Pennsylvania.
After the Revolution, the preponderance of settlers in southwestern Pennsylvania were Scotch-Irish mingled with some English, Germans, and others. By 1790, ten Presbyterian churches had been established in the area. By the second generation, even more settled by these peoples which overflowed to the north and to the west into Ohio, making the region a stronghold of this ethnic group in the commonwealth.
From a letter written in 1832 by Rev. Dr. John McMillan we get a glimpse of conditions in 1775 when he first crossed the Allegheny Mountains to preach along Chartiers Creek in what is now Washington County:
"...But we had neither bedstead, nor tables, nor stool, nor chair, nor bucket. All these things we ad to leave behind us, as there was no wagon road at that time over the mountains."
US Federal Census Information:
The 1790 Federal Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania indirectly lists young William (born about 1783) living with his father.
1790 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, no township listed, NARA film M637-9, page 187, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Christopher CLOUSE, enumeration [144-00], one male 16 years & upwards (born before 1774, Christopher Sr. ), 4 males under 16 (1774-1790, John 1775, Christopher Jr. 1777, William 1783, Nathan ), 4 females (wife Anna, Catherine 1783, Christina 1790, Unknown daughter).
The 1800 Federal Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania indirectly lists young William living in Somerset Township with his father.
1800 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M32-44, page 907: Christopher CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 01201 - F: 01101], one male 10-15 (1785-1790, Nathan ), 2 males 16-25 (1775-1784, Christopher Jr. 1777, William 1783), one male 45 and over (Bef. 1755, Christopher Sr. 1745), one female 10-15 (1785-1790, Christina 1790), one female 16-25 (1775-1784, Catherine 1783), one female 45 and over (wife Anna 1755).
1820 Washington County, Pennsylvania Census: Somerset Township, page 239- 2 males under age 10, 1 male age 16-26, 1 male age 26-45, 2 females under age 10, 1 female age 26-45, 2 people engaged in manufacturing.
1820 Census index has William Clouse, Somerset Township Washington County, Pennsylvania
1820 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M33-113, page 207, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Wm CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 200110 - F: 20010], 2 males under 10 (1810-1820, J. Noah 1813, Isaac 1815), one male 16-26 (1794-1804), one male 26-45 (1775-1794, William 1783), 2 females under 10 (1810-1820, Louzanah 1812, Nancy 1819), one female 26-45 (1775-1794, Lydia 1793).
1830 Washington County, Pennsylvania Census: Strabane Township, Page 183- 1 male under age 5, 1 male age 5-10, 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 40-50, 1 female under age 5, 2 females age 5-10, 1 female age 15- 20, 1 female age 40-50.
1830 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Strabane Township, NARA film M19-163, page 183, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Line 1: William CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 1111001... - F: 1201001...], one male under 5 (1825-1830, Abner 1828), one male 5-10 (1820-1825, Demas 1822), one male 10-15 (1815-1820, Newton 1817), one male 15-20 (1810-1815, Isaac 1815), one male 40-50 (1780-1790, William 1783); one female under 5 (1825-1830, Mary Jane 1826), 2 females 5-10 (1820-1825, Nancy 1819, Elizabeth 1824), one female 15-20 (1810-1815, Louzannah 1812), one female 40-50, Lydia 1793).
1840 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M704-499, page 126, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Line 16, Wm CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 00000001... - F: 0000101...], one male 50-60 (1780-1790, William 1783); one female 20-30 (1810-1820), one female 40-50 (1790-1800, Mary).
1850 U. S. Federal Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Somersett [sic] Township, NARA film M432-833, page 215, Enumeration Date: 6 August 1850. Line 2, dwelling 244, family 247:
William CLOUSE, age 63, blacksmith, birthplace: Penn.
Mary, age 61, birthplace: Pennsylvania.
John, age 19, labourer [sic], birthplace: Penn.
William Clouse, a blacksmith and maker/installer of horseshoes, father of Nancy Clouse, was born in 1787 in the LDS records in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He is the male between 16 and 25 in the Christopher Clouse family in the 1810 census. After his wife's death he married Mary Snyder, who brought a daughter by a previous marriage to the house and by whom he had one more child. He worked hard during the week, his son Demas reports, seeing little of his children during the week, and reading the Bible on Sunday afternoons (although he was never heard to pray). He enjoyed providing the music for dances. He died September 27, 1865, in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
He appears in the 1820 and 1840 Washington County census of Pennsylvania, Somerset Township. In 1830 he was a couple of miles west, in St. Rabane Township. In 1820 the household had seven members - two males under five, one between 16 and 26, and one between 26 and 45. Two females under 10 (one is Nancy), and one female between 26 and 45 (second wife Mary). Three people are reported engaged in manufacturing. In this census William is living next door to a Daniel Leonard, no doubt a relation of his first wife. In 1830 he and his wife are in their 40's, with eight children, four boys and four girls; he is engaged in manufacturing. In 1840 one daughter is living with the family; his occupation is checked of as "manufacture or trade." He is listed in the 1850 census of Washington County, Somerset Township, which shows his second wife's name as Mary, her age 61. One child, a son John, aged 19, a laborer, is shown living at home. William's age is given as 63 in this census, which would place his birth in 1786 or 1787. The value of his real estate is given as $100.
Sleeping in the Clouse home involved a cabin loft reached by an outside ladder, under a clapboard roof, where in winter snow drifted through crevice and roof until the beds were white, and many times on awakening people stepped out on a snow-covered floor in bare feet in the morning.
Mary Stimson found in Early Marriage, Washington County index William Clouse marrying Elizabeth Scott page 106 from Examiner Records Vol 1 Marriages and Deaths. >>
Warrantees of Land for Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1733-1858, Part 1: Surnames A-G [OCR'd for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja . Edited & proofed by Chris Hunt .]
WARRANTEES OF LAND IN THE
County of Washington.
1784-1892.
34-Vol. XXVI, 3rd Ser.
Prefatory Note:
The lists of warrantees of land in the several counties of the Commonwealth are copied from the original record books in the Land Office of the Department of Internal Affairs. Only the names of the warrantees with the number of acres and dates of warrant are given. They will serve as a valuable guide to all desiring information from that Department. The orthography of the surnames has not been changed, a literal copy being made with all the errors.
In cases where you have acres with a period eg 114.64 acres, it should be read as 114 acres and 64 one - hundredth (114.64 acres). The period should supplant the comma. The names are not in alphabetical order, so a search of the entire section is necessary.
Clouse, Wm., 89 March 16, 1786
Father: Christopher CLOUSE b: ABT 1755 in Pikeland Township, Chester Co, Penn
Mother: Anna Catharina HENCH b: 1755 in Chester Springs, Chester Co, Penn
Marriage 1 Lydia LEONARD b: JAN 1793
Married: 3 APR 1811 in Pennsylvania
Children
Louisiana CLOUSE b: 27 JAN 1812 in Washington Co, Penn
Noah CLOUSE b: 1 OCT 1813 in Washington Co, Penn
Isaac H CLOUSE b: 25 AUG 1815 in Penn
Newton CLOUSE b: 8 SEP 1817 in Penn
Nancy CLOUSE b: 28 DEC 1819 in Penn
Demas Letherman CLOUSE b: 15 JAN 1822 in Hillsville, Lawrence Township, Washington Co, Penn
Elizabeth CLOUSE b: 25 MAR 1824 in Washington Co, Penn
Mary Jane CLOUSE b: 22 MAY 1826 in Penn
Abner CLOUSE b: 7 DEC 1828 in Penn
John Lewis CLOUSE b: 1 MAR 1831 in Washington Co, Penn
William CLOUSE b: 7 JUL 1833
Marriage 2 Mary SNYDER b: ABT 1789 in Penn
Married: 3 APR 1834
Note:
SQUIRE THOMAS CARSON'S (Justice of the Peace) MARRIAGE REGISTER Aug. 17, 1806 to Dec. 5, 1839. Contributed by Paula Chodacki (Some additions by Christina Hunt)
565. Apr 1834 William Clouse to Mary Snyder.
END OF SQUIRE THOMAS CARSON'S MARRIAGE DOCKET
Source: FHL #1888963
From the Autobiography of Demas Clouse:
After a while father took a notion to change his domestic arrangements somewhat. We could see he had got over his rheumatism and was quite active on foot, did'nt come in and lie down & groan with pain in his back as he used to do when he shod horses; perhaps he was'nt shoeing horses those days, - doing something else. Well one say he shaved and dressed fine and went away, I remember he just put his hand on the fence before the house and sprang over never touched it, saw him do it. Well what do you think? That afternoon he brought a woman home and told us she was our mother! & told us to call her that. I did but I knew she was'nt.
She was a good enough ‘stepmother, was'nt cross like some. By and by she brought a daughter there and said, she was our sister; but I knew she was'nt. She did'nt look like any of us. I never could see what she was good for only to laugh and sing songs. Then our home became crowdy and I was sent out to service and then my ‘drifting' began. ...
Children
Daniel CLOUSE b: 25 OCT 1835
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Name: William CLOUSE
Birth: 1767 in Pikeland Township, Chester CO, Penn
Death: 1850 in Washington CO, Penn
Occupation: Blacksmith
Father: Christopher CLOUSE b: in Penn
Marriage 1 Lydia LEONARD b: 1769 in Washington CO, Penn
Married: 1787 in Washington CO, Penn
Children
1. Noah CLOUSE b: 1 OCT 1813 in Washington CO, Penn
2. Louisiana "Lou" CLOUSE
3. Nancy CLOUSE
4. Deman (Demas ??) Letherman CLOUSE b: 15 JAN 1822 in Pigeon Creek, Washington CO, Penn
5. Elizabeth "Lizzie" CLOUSE b: 25 MAR 1824 in Washington CO, Penn
6. Abner CLOUSE
7. Mary Jane CLOUSE
8. Newton CLOUSE
9. John CLOUSE b: 1 MAR 1831 in Washington CO, Penn
10. William CLOUSE b: ABT. 1832
Marriage 2 Mary SNYDER
Married: AFT. 1787
Children
1. Isaac H. CLOUSE
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Name: William CLOUSE
Birth: 1783 in Chester Springs, Chester Co, Penn
Birth: 1767 in Pikeland Township, Chester Co, Penn
Death: 27 SEP 1865 in Penn
Death: 27 DEC 1865 in Other death date.
Occupation: 1850 Blacksmith.
Residence: 1850 Strabane, Washington Co, Penn
Residence: 1830 Strabane, Washington, Penn
Note:
On April 3, 1811 William married Lydia Leonard.
On October 7, 1833 Lydia died.
William married Mary Snyder April 3, 1834.
West Pike Run Township (pp. 986-994)
History of Washington County, Pennsylvania*
The territory of this township, together with that of East Pike Run, was embraced in the old township of Pike Run, and so remained for a period of almost half a century from the erection of the township last named. An account of the erection of Pike Run Township in April 1792, and its division on the 9th of March 1839, forming East and West Pike Run Townships, is given in the history of East Pike Run. The boundaries of West Pike Run are Fallowfield and Somerset on the north, East Pike Run on the east, East Bethlehem on the south, and Somerset and West Bethlehem on the west. The township is abundantly watered for agricultural purposes by small creeks and runs, but it has no river or other stream of sufficient importance to be mentioned among the principal water-courses of the county...
The first Quakers in the vicinity of West Pike Run township were David and Ruth Graves, both ministers of that faith. Persons who become preachers among this people are never educated or ordained for the work. Their church in this section was known as the Westland Meeting-house, and was built upon land originally belonging to Michael Riggle. On March 5, 1785, the tract called "The Brewery," containing ninety-nine acres, and adjacent to the lands of Mark Deems, Herbert Wallace, and William Clouse, was warranted to Michael Riggle, and surveyed to him May 17, 1786.
Washington County Background:
This area of S.W. Pennsylvania began to be settled in the 1770's. In 1771 it was a part of Bedford County. In 1773 it became part of Westmoreland County. Washington County was created on March 28, 1781 from Westmoreland County. Included was the area lying west of the Monongahela River and south of the Ohio River. The present day counties of Washington, Greene and parts of Allegheny and Beaver County were included.
There was a dispute over this territory with the state of Virginia. Virginia claimed this area until 1780. Between 1775-1780 courts were held by Virginia in the disputed territory.
This is from Pat Franklyn's book:
Christopher Clouse, believed to be the son of Christopher Clouse, resided in Pikeland Township, Chester County Pa at the time of the Revolution. He was a wheelwright by occupation, and maker of light arms for the Continental Army. He served seven years in the Revolutionary War making light arms. On 1-1-1777 he enlisted in the company of Captain John Hammun. As of 6-28-1777 this company was stationed at Chester Pa. Aug 1780 his company, now under the command of Capt. Aysie was in service. Sept. 9, 1788 recorded in the Pa. Archives, ll, page 812, states he was serving in Sept 1778 under Col. Stewart and Capt. Sam Tolbert of the second Pa. regiment, and was sick at Valley Forge. He was born 1745 at Pikeland Twp in Pa.
After the war he migrated west and settled in Washington County, Pa. and died there just prior to 1821. His estate was settled there in 1821. He is the ancestor of a large number of the Pa. Clouse Clan. I believe he is the brother of George Clouse l. The info was supplied by Charles H. Clouse of Pittsburgh who descended through his oldest son William. Also from Donald M Custer of Salida, Colorado who is the linkage of Christopher's daughter, Catherine. And from the application papers for membership in the D.A.R. submitted by Marie Elizabeth Helser who was also of the linkage of his son William. Notice the similarity of the names of Christopher's children to those of George Clouse l.
His revolutionary war papers list 8 children:
-- William Clouse b 1767, Pikeland Twp. Pa. married Lynda Leonard in 1787.
-- John Clouse married Christiana ?
-- Christiana Clouse married John Newkirk
-- Nathan Clouse
-- Edward Clouse
-- Christopher Clouse Jr. b 1776 married Mary?
-- Catherine Clouse married Matthias Myers
-- Jacob Clouse married Mary?
This concludes the page on Christopher Clouse, she has a page about William (Christopher's son) and his descendants. She seems to think Christopher and our George were brothers but I don't think they were and have never seen anything to indicate that George had a link to Pa.
Please stay in touch.
Jim Clouse ([email protected])
Southwestern Pennsylvania History Time line:
Note that "western" or "southwestern" Pennsylvania refers to the area where present-day Washington County (and others) is located, although ownership of the land changed many times before 1786.
1669 - Earliest French exploration of western Pennsylvania.
1739 and 1749 - More French expeditions to establish fur trade with the Indians.
1748 - The Ohio Company is formed by Virginia gentlemen, including two of George Washington's brothers, to affect settlement in southwestern Pennsylvania and carry on Indian trade on a large scale.
1750 - Disgruntled Indians pushed back from the east into western Pennsylvania by this time.
1753 - French build forts and begin asserting their claim to the region including western Pennsylvania.
1754 - Spring, Col. George Washington sent by Virginia with a military force to get the French to leave the territory. Washington loses the ensuing battle at Fort Duquense.
1755 - British Gen. Braddock takes troops west, is joined by militia, and is ambushed and massacred before reaching Fort Duquense. Indians begin attacking settlers along the frontier, forcing them back east of the Alleghenies.
1755 to 1756 - Settlements begin in the area of present Washington County.
1756 - Colony of Pennsylvania declares war on the Shawnees and Delawares. Pennsylvania begins building forts along the frontier, provisioned with men and supplies.
1758 - Peace treaty signed between Pennsylvania and the Shawanees and Delawares.
1758 - November, British Gen. Forbes takes Ft. Duquense with a force of 2500. Fort renamed Fort Pitt.
1759 - French abandon area of western Pennsylvania
1762 - British sign treaty with French, British left in possession of all eastern America.
1763 - Summer, remaining dissatisfied Indians attack all along the frontier. Some forts defeated. British send troops reinforce Fort Pitt. Indians defeated at battle of Bushy Run.
1765 - Settlements made at Redstone (below Brownsville on the Monongahela) and Turkey Foot.
1768 - October, Proprietary of Pennsylvania purchases country from the Indians as far west as the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers.
1769 - April, opening of land offices for sales of lands obtained in the 1768 Land Purchase. Within one month, 3200 applications for warrants were made, mostly by Scotch-Irish in eastern Pennsylvania.
1770-1771 - Influx of Scotch-Irish from Chester, Lancaster, Bedford, and York counties and some directly from Ulster.
1775 - April, war breaks out in Massachusetts against the British.
1776 - July, Continental Congress declares the American Colonies independent.
1776 - Pennsylvania given a new constitution, overthrowing the proprietary Penn government and shifting control away from the Quakers.
1780 - Pennsylvania passes slave emancipation law.
1781 - March, County of Washington established with population 23,866.
1781 - October, British surrender to the Americans and the Revolution is over.
1786 - Region of southwestern Pennsylvania previously under the claim of Virginia is ceded to Pennsylvania by a joint commission of the two state
1787 - Early, Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia.
1787 - December, Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the Constitution.
1788 - Allegheny County established, taken from Washington and Westmoreland Counties.
1789 - April, George Washington inaugurated President.
1791 - Tax on whiskey passed by the Federal government.
1794 - Farmers in southwestern Pennsylvania openly oppose all efforts collection of the tax. President Washington sends militia troops to the area and the rebellion is quashed.
Who were the settlers and what routes did they take?
The first settlers of southwestern Pennsylvania were primarily English and came from Virginia and Maryland following Braddock's Road (see History Time line above) to Redstone Fort. These were the settlers enticed by the Ohio Company to settle and commence trade with the Indians in the early 1760's. Many of these held "Virginia Certificates", which referred to land warrants issued by the Colonial Virginia. With the passage of Pennsylvania's slave emancipation law in 1780, many of these early Virginian and Maryland settlers commenced a migration to Kentucky which continued brisk for the next 10 or so years.
From George K. Schweitzer's 1986 work Pennsylvania Genealogical Research , page 22, we read:
"Most settlers of the new land [western Pennsylvania] followed the river valleys and old Indian trails to the interior, but the trip beyond the Alleghenies was more difficult, since this required going across the mountains. The most used route was known as the Great Pennsylvania Road, running from Philadelphia to Lancaster to York to Gettysburg to Chambersburg to Bedford to Somerset to Greensburg to Pittsburgh."
The Great Pennsylvania Road started as Braddock's trail, created for Gen. Braddock's ill-fated expedition to take Fort Duquense in 1755. Essentially, this is the course of modern day US Rt. 30.
After provincial Pennsylvania's land purchase from the Indians in 1769, a migration of primarily Scotch-Irish people began coming from the eastern counties of Chester, Lancaster, York, and Dauphin as well as those of Northern Maryland. By 1773 the Scotch-Irish population was increasing steadily. And it was between 1771 and 1775 that the lands west of the Monongahela River were settled. Most of these lands were obtained under Virginia titles, especially along Chartiers Creek, rather than Pennsylvania, mostly because the price Virginia was asking is said to have been one fourteenth the cost asked by Pennsylvania.
After the Revolution, the preponderance of settlers in southwestern Pennsylvania were Scotch-Irish mingled with some English, Germans, and others. By 1790, ten Presbyterian churches had been established in the area. By the second generation, even more settled by these peoples which overflowed to the north and to the west into Ohio, making the region a stronghold of this ethnic group in the commonwealth.
From a letter written in 1832 by Rev. Dr. John McMillan we get a glimpse of conditions in 1775 when he first crossed the Allegheny Mountains to preach along Chartiers Creek in what is now Washington County:
"...But we had neither bedstead, nor tables, nor stool, nor chair, nor bucket. All these things we ad to leave behind us, as there was no wagon road at that time over the mountains."
US Federal Census Information:
The 1790 Federal Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania indirectly lists young William (born about 1783) living with his father.
1790 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, no township listed, NARA film M637-9, page 187, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Christopher CLOUSE, enumeration [144-00], one male 16 years & upwards (born before 1774, Christopher Sr. ), 4 males under 16 (1774-1790, John 1775, Christopher Jr. 1777, William 1783, Nathan ), 4 females (wife Anna, Catherine 1783, Christina 1790, Unknown daughter).
The 1800 Federal Census of Washington County, Pennsylvania indirectly lists young William living in Somerset Township with his father.
1800 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M32-44, page 907: Christopher CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 01201 - F: 01101], one male 10-15 (1785-1790, Nathan ), 2 males 16-25 (1775-1784, Christopher Jr. 1777, William 1783), one male 45 and over (Bef. 1755, Christopher Sr. 1745), one female 10-15 (1785-1790, Christina 1790), one female 16-25 (1775-1784, Catherine 1783), one female 45 and over (wife Anna 1755).
1820 Washington County, Pennsylvania Census: Somerset Township, page 239- 2 males under age 10, 1 male age 16-26, 1 male age 26-45, 2 females under age 10, 1 female age 26-45, 2 people engaged in manufacturing.
1820 Census index has William Clouse, Somerset Township Washington County, Pennsylvania
1820 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M33-113, page 207, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Wm CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 200110 - F: 20010], 2 males under 10 (1810-1820, J. Noah 1813, Isaac 1815), one male 16-26 (1794-1804), one male 26-45 (1775-1794, William 1783), 2 females under 10 (1810-1820, Louzanah 1812, Nancy 1819), one female 26-45 (1775-1794, Lydia 1793).
1830 Washington County, Pennsylvania Census: Strabane Township, Page 183- 1 male under age 5, 1 male age 5-10, 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 40-50, 1 female under age 5, 2 females age 5-10, 1 female age 15- 20, 1 female age 40-50.
1830 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Strabane Township, NARA film M19-163, page 183, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Line 1: William CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 1111001... - F: 1201001...], one male under 5 (1825-1830, Abner 1828), one male 5-10 (1820-1825, Demas 1822), one male 10-15 (1815-1820, Newton 1817), one male 15-20 (1810-1815, Isaac 1815), one male 40-50 (1780-1790, William 1783); one female under 5 (1825-1830, Mary Jane 1826), 2 females 5-10 (1820-1825, Nancy 1819, Elizabeth 1824), one female 15-20 (1810-1815, Louzannah 1812), one female 40-50, Lydia 1793).
1840 U. S. Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Somerset Township, NARA film M704-499, page 126, Enumeration Date: not recorded. Line 16, Wm CLOUSE, enumeration: [M: 00000001... - F: 0000101...], one male 50-60 (1780-1790, William 1783); one female 20-30 (1810-1820), one female 40-50 (1790-1800, Mary).
1850 U. S. Federal Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Somersett [sic] Township, NARA film M432-833, page 215, Enumeration Date: 6 August 1850. Line 2, dwelling 244, family 247:
William CLOUSE, age 63, blacksmith, birthplace: Penn.
Mary, age 61, birthplace: Pennsylvania.
John, age 19, labourer [sic], birthplace: Penn.
William Clouse, a blacksmith and maker/installer of horseshoes, father of Nancy Clouse, was born in 1787 in the LDS records in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He is the male between 16 and 25 in the Christopher Clouse family in the 1810 census. After his wife's death he married Mary Snyder, who brought a daughter by a previous marriage to the house and by whom he had one more child. He worked hard during the week, his son Demas reports, seeing little of his children during the week, and reading the Bible on Sunday afternoons (although he was never heard to pray). He enjoyed providing the music for dances. He died September 27, 1865, in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
He appears in the 1820 and 1840 Washington County census of Pennsylvania, Somerset Township. In 1830 he was a couple of miles west, in St. Rabane Township. In 1820 the household had seven members - two males under five, one between 16 and 26, and one between 26 and 45. Two females under 10 (one is Nancy), and one female between 26 and 45 (second wife Mary). Three people are reported engaged in manufacturing. In this census William is living next door to a Daniel Leonard, no doubt a relation of his first wife. In 1830 he and his wife are in their 40's, with eight children, four boys and four girls; he is engaged in manufacturing. In 1840 one daughter is living with the family; his occupation is checked of as "manufacture or trade." He is listed in the 1850 census of Washington County, Somerset Township, which shows his second wife's name as Mary, her age 61. One child, a son John, aged 19, a laborer, is shown living at home. William's age is given as 63 in this census, which would place his birth in 1786 or 1787. The value of his real estate is given as $100.
Sleeping in the Clouse home involved a cabin loft reached by an outside ladder, under a clapboard roof, where in winter snow drifted through crevice and roof until the beds were white, and many times on awakening people stepped out on a snow-covered floor in bare feet in the morning.
Mary Stimson found in Early Marriage, Washington County index William Clouse marrying Elizabeth Scott page 106 from Examiner Records Vol 1 Marriages and Deaths. >>
Warrantees of Land for Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1733-1858, Part 1: Surnames A-G [OCR'd for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja . Edited & proofed by Chris Hunt .]
WARRANTEES OF LAND IN THE
County of Washington.
1784-1892.
34-Vol. XXVI, 3rd Ser.
Prefatory Note:
The lists of warrantees of land in the several counties of the Commonwealth are copied from the original record books in the Land Office of the Department of Internal Affairs. Only the names of the warrantees with the number of acres and dates of warrant are given. They will serve as a valuable guide to all desiring information from that Department. The orthography of the surnames has not been changed, a literal copy being made with all the errors.
In cases where you have acres with a period eg 114.64 acres, it should be read as 114 acres and 64 one - hundredth (114.64 acres). The period should supplant the comma. The names are not in alphabetical order, so a search of the entire section is necessary.
Clouse, Wm., 89 March 16, 1786
Father: Christopher CLOUSE b: ABT 1755 in Pikeland Township, Chester Co, Penn
Mother: Anna Catharina HENCH b: 1755 in Chester Springs, Chester Co, Penn
Marriage 1 Lydia LEONARD b: JAN 1793
Married: 3 APR 1811 in Pennsylvania
Children
Louisiana CLOUSE b: 27 JAN 1812 in Washington Co, Penn
Noah CLOUSE b: 1 OCT 1813 in Washington Co, Penn
Isaac H CLOUSE b: 25 AUG 1815 in Penn
Newton CLOUSE b: 8 SEP 1817 in Penn
Nancy CLOUSE b: 28 DEC 1819 in Penn
Demas Letherman CLOUSE b: 15 JAN 1822 in Hillsville, Lawrence Township, Washington Co, Penn
Elizabeth CLOUSE b: 25 MAR 1824 in Washington Co, Penn
Mary Jane CLOUSE b: 22 MAY 1826 in Penn
Abner CLOUSE b: 7 DEC 1828 in Penn
John Lewis CLOUSE b: 1 MAR 1831 in Washington Co, Penn
William CLOUSE b: 7 JUL 1833
Marriage 2 Mary SNYDER b: ABT 1789 in Penn
Married: 3 APR 1834
Note:
SQUIRE THOMAS CARSON'S (Justice of the Peace) MARRIAGE REGISTER Aug. 17, 1806 to Dec. 5, 1839. Contributed by Paula Chodacki (Some additions by Christina Hunt)
565. Apr 1834 William Clouse to Mary Snyder.
END OF SQUIRE THOMAS CARSON'S MARRIAGE DOCKET
Source: FHL #1888963
From the Autobiography of Demas Clouse:
After a while father took a notion to change his domestic arrangements somewhat. We could see he had got over his rheumatism and was quite active on foot, did'nt come in and lie down & groan with pain in his back as he used to do when he shod horses; perhaps he was'nt shoeing horses those days, - doing something else. Well one say he shaved and dressed fine and went away, I remember he just put his hand on the fence before the house and sprang over never touched it, saw him do it. Well what do you think? That afternoon he brought a woman home and told us she was our mother! & told us to call her that. I did but I knew she was'nt.
She was a good enough ‘stepmother, was'nt cross like some. By and by she brought a daughter there and said, she was our sister; but I knew she was'nt. She did'nt look like any of us. I never could see what she was good for only to laugh and sing songs. Then our home became crowdy and I was sent out to service and then my ‘drifting' began. ...
Children
Daniel CLOUSE b: 25 OCT 1835
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