Brief Life History of Preston Harrison
Preston Harrison Clark was born in October 1821, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States. He married Susan Ann Virginia Clark on 19 April 1855, in Amherst, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Amherst, Virginia, United States in 1860 and South River, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 7 May 1903, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Clarks Mountain Cemetery, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States.
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- Preston Clark, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Preston Clark, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- P Clark, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
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1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English clerk, clark ‘clerk, cleric, writer’ (Old French clerc; see Clerc ). The original sense was ‘man in a religious order, cleric, clergyman’. As all writing and secretarial work in medieval Christian Europe was normally done by members of the clergy, the term clerk came to mean ‘scholar, secretary, recorder, or penman’ as well as ‘cleric’. As a surname, it was particularly common for one who had taken only minor holy orders. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established.
Irish (Westmeath, Mayo): in Ireland the English surname was frequently adopted, partly by translation for Ó Cléirigh; see Cleary .
Americanized form of Dutch De Klerk or Flemish De Clerck or of variants of these names, and possibly also of French Clerc . Compare Clerk 2 and De Clark .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Preston Harrison Clark's Will
Will Book 32 page 206 Probated June 1, 1903 I Preston Clark, of the county of Rockbridge and state of Virginia, being of sound mind …
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