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2S2. CLARK-Extract from History Of
Albemarle County. Virginia"
Christopher Clark was a large land
owner in Louisa and obtained grants
within the present limits of AlbemaFle In
1872. He was a Quaker and with his son
Bowling, was overser Of Friends
meeting house, which was situated on
lands he had entered near the Sugar Loaf
peak of the Southwest Mountain. He
and Bowling also took out patents on To-
tier Creek. Numerous tracts In the east
ern parts of the County were owned by
the Clark family. John Clark In ITS pur-
chased from Robert Nelson OF Yorktown,
more than 1900 acres on Mechunk, which
were patented in 1913 by Thomas Darsie
and which Clark sold the same year to
James Quarles and Joseph Brand.
"As well as can be ascertained, Chris
topher and his wife, Penelope, had FIVE
sons and four daughters. Edward. Bowl
ing, Micajah. John, Christopher. Eliza
beth, the wife Of Joseph Anthony (who
entered 2,040 acres in Biscuit Run Valley
and moved to Bedford County and a
number of whose descendants intermar-
ried with members of the CabelI family,
Sarah, the wife Of Charles Lynch, Ra-
chael, the wife of Thomas Norman, and
one daughter, the wife of Benjamin John
son.
THE most of the family removed to
Bedford. now Campbell County. In 1854
Edward and Bowling were overseers Of
the FRIENDS South River meeting house,
located on Lynch's Branch of BIaekwater
Creek. three or four miles from Lynch
burg. Micajah married Judith, daughter
OF Robert Adams. and his children, 1t Is
believed. were Micajah. Robert, Jacob and
William. Robert married Susan, daugh-
ter of John Henderson. ST., and followed
his relatives to Bedford; his children
were Robert Clark the first manufacture
err of iron in Kentucky; James Clark,
Governor Of Kentucky when he died in
1889; and Bennett Clark, the father and
grandfather Of the two John Bullock
Clarks, who were both members of Con-
gress from Missouri and both Generals
in the Confederate army.
William Clark (son of Micajah), was
Deputy Sheriff FORE John Marks in 1856,
and was empowered by the Legislature.
on account Of his chiefs removal, to sell
lands delinquent for taxes. He was also
a magistrate CT the County and died in
1900 His sons were Jacob, James and
Micajah and his widow. Elizabeth Allen
Clark. is remembered by many as the
proprietor of GAINESVILLE, an excellent
house of entertainment near Keswick."
Mourning Clark, daughter of Christie
pher Clark, Jr., married William Bibb
Key, and went to Ebert County, Geor-
gia page 246)
Sarah Clark, who married Charles
Lynch. lived near the present location
of Lynchburg. Her children were Charles
John, Christopher and Sarah. the wife
of Micajah Terrell John Lynch was the
founder of Lynchburg. Charles Lynch.
Jr., became a colonel in the revolution.
His busy promptitude in dealing with
outlaws and violent Tories during those
disturbed times, gave rise to Lynch law.
Sarah Clark Lynch was married the sec
ond time to John Ward Of Bedford. page
25s)
81. HAMNER.-This article is copied
from the History of Albemarle," page
H4:
Tradition relates that the immigrant
Hammer bore the name OF Nicholas, that
he came from Wales and settled in Mid
dlesex County. and that he had six OF
seven sons. Three OF them fixed their
homes in Albemarle. The first who ap-
pears on the records was William. In