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Joel Clayton (Hopkins Co., KY, farmer)

b. 1836-05-11 d. 1917-02-18

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Hopkins County, Kentucky, native. Son of Robert Clayton and Lucretia Clayton. Married to Elizabeth Susan Clayton Clayton in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on November 5, 1857. Father of A. S. Clayton and Robert C. Clayton. Resident of Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 171B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 647.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994039, X County Births/Marriages/Deaths, p. 98.

"Joel Clayton (1836-1917)," Find A Grave, Memorial #60130506, accessed August 5, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60130506.

Citation

Clayton, Joel. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204738 (November 12, 2026).

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