Joseph Claypoole

Male 1734 - 1790  (56 years)


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  • Name Joseph Claypoole 
    Born 10 Jan 1734  Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 Apr 1790  Greenbrier Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7506  adkinshorton
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2017 

    Father James Claypoole, III,   b. 14 Feb 1701, New Castle Co, DE Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1789, Lost River, Hardy Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Jane Byrd,   b. 14 Feb 1701, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1768, Lost City, Hardy Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 7 Oct 1729  DE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • That Jane, wife of James Claypoole, is Jane Bird/Byrd has not been proven.
    Histories
    John Cleypoole descendants lineage to John Wesley Strickland
    John Cleypoole descendants lineage to John Wesley Strickland
    (husband to Nada Atkins)
    << Click Chart Image for Lineage

    Source (excerpts): The Claypoole Family in America
         View or Download Complete Source: Vols. I & II (combined) – Vol. III
    Family ID F229  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail Osborne,   b. Bef 1745, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Abt 1763  Hampshire Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ephraim Claypoole,   b. 8 Aug 1763, Hampshire Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1840, Greenbrier Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. James Claypoole,   b. Abt 1765, Hampshire Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Joseph Claypoole,   b. Abt 1768, Hampshire Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Jeremiah Buchanan Claypoole,   b. 24 Oct 1769, Hampshire Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1846, Claypool Hill, Tazewell Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +5. Elizabeth Claypole,   b. 06 Aug 1772, Greenbrier Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1850, Kanawha Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     6. Phoebe Claypoole,   b. Bef 1782, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Claypoole
    Histories
    John Cleypoole descendants lineage to John Wesley Strickland
    John Cleypoole descendants lineage to John Wesley Strickland
    (husband to Nada Atkins)
    << Click Chart Image for Lineage

    Source (excerpts): The Claypoole Family in America
         View or Download Complete Source: Vols. I & II (combined) – Vol. III
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2017 
    Family ID F227  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "Early Land Acquisition in Virginia" - P687: Joseph Claypool of Hampshire County, 174 acres in the Cove in Forks of Cow Run Branch of Lost River in said Co. Surv'd 3 Dec. 1754 for John Dunbar by John Mauzy and forfeited & recorded in Book N. Deed to Joseph Claypool assignee of John Dunbar. 21 Nov. 1771. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 214].
    • "Records in Augusta County, VA" - Page 79.--19th August, 1761. Mary Jackson's (late Mary Claypole) settlement of estate of William Claypole recorded--To Jno. Wright, Francis McBride, Jno. Dunbar, Jno. and Jos. Claypole, Mr. Johns, Evan Thomas. Sale bill, viz: To Robert Williams, Jersmons Peir, Arthur Trader, Moses Samples, John Douglass, Jno. Arshers, James Cohoon, Dennis Henry, Wm. Cimsey, Andw. Sedusky, Rees Thomas, Henry Harvey. (Note: William Claypool was Joseph's brother).
    • "Records in Augusta County, VA" - Vol. 1 - AUGUST, 1789 (A to G). - Andrew Donnolly, of Greenbrier, vs. Hugh Millar.--In October, 1785, the General Assembly appropriated funds to build a road from eastern to western waters and defendant became contractor and plaintiff was his partner. The road was from Greenbrier C. H. to the Kenoway. The people themselves divided the whole county into thirteen districts, and each district elected a parson to form a committee to superintend the business. The committee appointed Hugh Millar foreman to undertake on behalf of the people and went security in the bond for his performance and took bond of him with condition that equal justice might be done to all. The committee divided the road into thirteen parts, that each individual might work out the tax he was in arrears. At the dividing, Colonel Donnelly told the committee he owed the treasury £170 of taxes due for 1782 as sheriff, and that he thought himself included in the law. Committee refused to grant a certificate to Donnelly because he did not make it appear that he was in the law, etc. (a full account of the transactions). At a meeting of the committee of the inhabitants of the county of Greenbrier, held 30th September, 1786, Hugh Miller, William Renick, John Anderson, James Graham, William Morris, William Johnston, Alexander Welch, Thomas Wright, Samuel Williams, Joseph Claypool, John Hutcheson, Hugh Capertin, and Archibald Hauley; Resolved, (Colonel Donnally assigned a district from Capt. Morris district on Bell Creek to 67th mile tree on Rich Creek). A copy. Teste. W. H. Cavendish, Clerk of Committee. Know all men, etc., I, Hugh Millar, of county of Greenbrier, etc., bound to John Anderson, James Graham, William Morris, Hugh Capertin, William Renick, Archibald Hauley, Joseph Claypool, John Hutcheson, Samuel Williams, Thomas Wright, William McCoy, John Byrnside, John Stuart for Alexander McCoy, William Johnston in £10,000, 25th May, 1786. Condition to do justice to all the inhabitants as foreman in the prosecution of the work.


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