OCCOEDWD [This is the last of Doug's multi-part narration on the various CLARK families of NC. Although he doesn't find the definitive couple who are grandparents of Col. Elijah CLARK of Revolutionary War Georgia, Doug makes a good case for several. In retrospect I probably should have posted this report first. I will begin with excerpts from Doug's May 3, 1997 cover letter in which he ex- plains his reasons for digging into the North Carolina bunch. As in all things, the data is Doug's; typos are mine. LSS] Doug responded to my snailed private reasons why the Micajah Clark on Mychunk Creek he earlier "suggested" was younger brother of Capt. Christopher IS instead Capt. Christopher's son by the same name. Doug's reasoning appears in ELIJAHPI.txt. I plan a report to share with the group on this Micajah Clark of Mychunk Creek in Albemarle Co. sometime this fall. Doug added: "The issue now is to determine who Joseph Clark was and why he named his oldest son Micajah. Joseph and Hannah (Hutchinson) were both Quakers and they were married and owned land in Goochland Co. In addition to a son named Micajah, Joseph also had brothers named Francis, John and Micajah." I found Joseph and Hannah in _The Douglas Register_, but have not found them in the Goochland books I own. However, Walter J. Bell [ walbell@juno.com ] posted a query on them on the CLARKE rootsweb list; the query said this Joseph's father was another "Joseph b. in England ?". Walter responded to my request for documentation on his line: "Yes, Joseph did have a brother Micajah b. April 19, 1755 m. Kiziah Harris Sept. 23, 1779. Repor tedly he was wounded in the battle of Brandywine and a brother Shadrack was killed at the same battle. He was later taken prisoner at Germantown and was in prison 8 months and 12 days in Philadelphia. Micajah's widow made application for Revolutionary War pension Apr. 9, 1839. My information is from the book _Our CLARKs_ by Florence Clark Griffin and Edna Clark Miller, who are cousins. Some of their resources used were from Bernice Clarke Kerner and Dr. James Turner Clarke of Mt. Solon, VA., who began these manuscripts about his father in 1872. There has been much speculation on the exact relationship between the two Josephs, but the information from Land Deeds and Wills seem to at least make the relationship most plausible." Turning again to Doug's letter: "Because so little 'hard' infor mation is available about these Clarks, it is difficult to write short, focused reports...My CLARK interest is tied entirely to trying to learn more about the origins of Christopher Clark and determining the real story about the mysterious Micajah Clark and Sally Ann Moorman. I tackled Elijah Clark because Gov. James Clark (great-grandson of Christopher) of KY wrote that he was re- lated to Elijah Clark. Because Elijah did not come from Christopher's or Francis' lines, I figured discovering his roots might shed light on the whereabouts of other 'Barbados Clarks'. Based mostly on circumstantial evidence (age, wealth, loca- tion, etc.), land transactions and repeated use of particular male names (Francis, Edward, Christopher, John and Thomas) I think John Clark (c1663-1689) and Mary Palin of Pasquotank Precinct were Elijah Clark's paternal grandparents. Along the way I think I "may" have identified two other "Barbados Clarks" (Thomas and Francis) and may have answered a question of what be came of Edward Clark, the sexton of New Kent Co., another of the "Barbados Clarks" and uncle to Christopher, Francis, et al." Now to the last of the North Carolina reports on Col. Elijah's line. The full title of this report is: "Addendum to: Part II, The Early CLARKs of Carolina. Edward CLARK Jr. of Occoneechee Neck and his Children by Douglas Tucker JUN 1997 The following material about Edward Clark Jr. of Occoneechee Neck and his descendants is "off topic" and offered only as an aid to CLARK family researchers. Edward's father, Edward Clark Sr., the sexton of New Kent Co., was still living in New Kent Co. in 1704. I suggest he is the same Edward Clark who died intestate in Surry Co. in late 1712 or early 1713 when his estate was administered by Arthur Kavanaugh, an Indian trader turned land speculator who lived near the Sapponie Indian town on the Meherrin River. At the time of his death, Edward Clark Sr. had apparently committed to purchase Carolina land from Arthur Kavanaugh which led Kavanaugh to inform the Surry Court that he was Clark's "greatest creditor" in his petition to be named administrator of the Clark estate. Rather than find another buyer, I think Arthur Kavanaugh in stalled Edward's minor son, Edward Jr., on the Carolina property his father had committed to purchase. Edward Clark Jr. was at least 15 years old in 1713 for he was a witness to a Surry Co. land transaction in May 1714 (witnesses in VA had to be at least 16). In any case, Edward Clark Jr. had reached his majority before January 1720/21 and was settled on Occoneechee Neck on land that was "plated" in his name. (It is identified as Edward Clark's property in a land sale from Robert Lang to Daniel Crawley 27 January 1720/21. This description had to be consistent with the land plats already on file at the Chowan Courthouse.) Edward Clark Jr.'s immediate neighbors included many of the so called Chickasaw Indian traders, e.g. Robert Lang, John Pace, Thomas Whitmell, etc. who settled near Occoneechee Neck between 1713 and 1725. These traders would take the Indian trail south in the late fall to the Chickasaw and Cherokee winter camps along the bluffs of the Broad River (near where John Clark later settled in the 1750's.) One of Edward Clark Jr.'s neighbors on Occoneechee Neck after 1722 was Hezekiah Massey (1670-1727), son of John Massey of Nan- semond Co. VA. Three of Hezekiah's grandsons, William, Ezekiel and James were close friends with three of Edward Clark Jr.'s sons, Thomas, Christopher, and John. These Masseys and Clarks settled in the western part of Edgecombe Co. which later became Granville Co. and later yet, Franklin and Warren Cos. In November 1744 Edward's son, John Clark, filed an "entry " for a 200-acre patent on the south side of Shocco Creek which flowed into Fish ing Creek about 12 miles northeast of the town of Louisburg. (Shocco Creek was named after a creek and meadow of the same name on the Massey and Clark properties at Occoneechee Neck.) In Sep- tember 1752, John and Ezekiel Massey were witnesses to a Gran- ville Co. land sale, and in 1756 Christopher Clark, Ezekiel Mas- sey and William Massey all witnessed another Granville Co. land sale. The Granville Co. tax list for 1755 shows Christopher Clark and William Massey living together on the same property. Edward's son John, who lived adjacent to Garrett MacKinne on Shocco Creek, sold his 200-acre plantation to Thomas Davis in January, 1754 but remained in Granville Co. according to the 1755 Co. tax list. The 1754 deed to Davis stated that it was the "plantation whereon Clark now lives on the south side of Shocco Creek". One of Edward Clark Jr.'s three sons living in Granville Co. (I don't know which one) was married to Ann Pope, daughter of Thomas Pope whose family lived adjacent to the MacKinne family in Caledonia Woods on the south shore of the Roanoke River. Ann Pope Clark of Granville Co. is mentioned in her father's 1760 will. Edward Clark II continued to live on his father's property at Oc coneechee Neck and sold some of the Clark land to neighbor Drury Gee (son of James) in 1764. The remainder of the Roanoke River property was still owned by members of the Clark family as late as 1784 when the Clark immediate neighbors were Montford Eelbeck (who bought Gideon Gibson's land) and a Mr. Burges who lived on former Massey land.