Timeline of Known Facts

  • 1812 Census Hancock Co. Georgia (Clark lived with his father’s family)
  • 1816 Census Mississippi Territory, Alabama (Tax list)
  • 1815-1817 Census Monroe Co., Mississippi (lived with his family Sarah Dawson’s father on the Census most likely they met around this time)
  • 1820 Census- Conecuh Co. Alabama       Total White-3, Total Slaves 2.    (Father Isaac Carter listed on the Census. They lived in Conecuh County together until he moves away in 1833 and his father Isaac stays in Alabama)
  • 1821 Land Grant Conecuh Co., Monroe, Alabama Territory
  • 1830 Census – Conecuh Co. Alabama.    Total Free White-11, Total Slaves 7
  • 1840 Census- Kemper Co. Mississippi     Total Free White-11, Total Slaves 36
  • 1850 Census-Kemper Co. Mississippi      Total Free White-9, Total Slaves 75
  • 1848 Sarah Dawson Dies
  • 1849 Clark’s mother Mary dies
  • 1850 October 1st Married P.J. Turner
  • 1851 Sept. 5 Clark Dies