The History of John Spratt Clowney and His Decendents
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I I tl! ." f ,;~·~-·" I,,., .:~::::r .. ; .:, .!' -- ..i:~J~!~'i- ·;;/ I 1• '1.•••' ,,.'I' .....I ~ . ;:A -- .... · ·•tt ~:, : r··· · :Jr:~:i j ~· l ·•... 1i\ ' . .r· ·~:·· The History of John Spratt Clowney and his Decendents Revised September, 1996 by Jane Clowney Lee - Bonnett I I~ THE HISTORY OF JOHN SPRATI' c:LCMNEY SOURCE:3 AND RESEARCH I I SPENI' MANY BOORS, DAYS AND WEEKS SEARCHIOO REXX>RIS OF CLEX> CI£MNEY' HALL WHICH WERE AT THE MOSEUM IN WINNSBORO, SC, FAIRFIELD <XIUNTY, WEN!' TO SEVERAL CEMETERIES WALKING AND SEARaiiOO THROUGH, IOOKIOO FOR GRAVES OF FAMILY MEMBERS TO GEl' INFORMATIOO, VARI<XJS OTHER INFORMATIOO HAS BEEN GOI'TEN F'RCI-i PARENI'S, I AUNTS, UN:US AND CXJOSINS BY JUST TALKIN; WITH THEM IN 1981-1982. I HAVE LISTED AS MUCH INFORMATIOO 00 JOHN CLOWNEY OF CXXJNI'Y ~. IRELAND, AND A8XJT HIS CHIIDREN THAT I 'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIND. THE t«:ST CXM?IErE LINE IS I MCSES CLOWNEY'S ~' JOHN SPRATI' CLOWNEY, WHICH IS OUR FAMILY LINE. AN UP-DATE TO THE FAMILY HISTORY WAS ~ JUNE, 1995, 'l"HRClU3H SEPIDfBER, 1996, BY CALLIOO AND TALKING WITH EACH OF YOO LISTED BEI:£M BY TELEPHOOE, CCXlSINS, I BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALL OVER TBE UNITED STATES, TBEY ARE LISTED AS F'OL'U::MS: AENES HOFFMAN (AGNES) BC>LICK, MATI'IE MARIE BURLEY MARTIN, JOHN CHARLES RAMSEY, ALICE MARIE RAMSEY OOLI!l4AN I JOE MELVIN RAMSEY I SHELI.Jfy LYNN RAMSEY I JEANNA FAYE I RAMSEY MII.J.S, BEI"I'Y SWINK (MCl'I'HER-IN-LAW OF GAYE SWINK), GEDRGE EDMUND YCN:;UE, JR. I MARY ELLA BRICE YCN3UE, EVELYN ~II.LE SHIRLEY YCN:;UE, MARTHA JFAN MANN SHARPE, DANA LEE MANN, MARGARET LOUISE YONGUE PAINI'ER, DEIDRAH LEE PAINI'ER McKNIGHI', ~ LOUISE CARR PAINI'ER~ MICHAEL LYNN PAINI'ER, CYNI'HIA LOUISE I PAINI'ER HOOEYCUIT, CHARLIE THCMAS YCN3UE, EMMA LOU DICKERSON YCHruE, JANIE SUE WILSOO YCN3UE, BARBARA CAROL~ YONGUE, HESI'ER JANE··yOOGIJE SHANK, DORIS SUE RINGER OOLICK, PAUL ~ I»JIS, SUZANNE LEE SMOAK CAMPBELL, ELEANOR SEASE I, MILLING I . JAMES SEASE MILLIN; I JO ELLEN GLOVER MILLING I WALLACE 'lURNER MILLIOO I ANNIE MARIE BULIJ\RD t«X>RE, MARY ANN BULLARD CHAVIS, MARTHA ELLEN OOLICK EARNHARDI', JANIE KATHERINE PRICE SHIRER, JULIE JANELLE SHIRER POLLARD, ADELIA ANN ~~ SHIRER RIJI'H, JANE BRICE SHIRER JOOES, SHARCl\1 ANN WCOD SHIRER, ALICE OLIVIER GARTH, MIIDRED CLOWNEY BOOLWARE, FRANCES MILLS MERRITI' BOOLWARE, ELIZABEIH KINSEY CLOWNEY, IDA MARIE CLOWNEY BROOKS, JXl'ruD WESLEY BROOKs~ RUBY NELL BISHOP BROOKS, MARSHA ANN DAWKINS BROOKS, JUNE MARIE BROOKS, ROLAND WEATHERS, JAMES WEATHERS, I JULIE MARIE SORENSEN PORTER, JANE BRICE SORENSEN M::CANTS, JOHN RICHARD SORENSEN, HELEN DELDRIS STEPHENS CLOWNEY, CAROL DENISE CI£MNEY' 8:>LICK, JO ANN CLOWNEY HOOK, MARY JULIA CLOWNEY KILLIAN I WILLIAM EDRINGTON CLOWNEY I SAMUEL ALBERT CLOWNEY, I DIANNE SHAW CLOWNEY, WILLIAM BRYCE CLOWNEY, LINDA ~.DAVIS CLOWNEY, WARREN 8:>YD CLOWNEY I DAWN. ANN MUNDY CLOWNEY I KAREN LOUISE CLOWNEY PRIOOEN, KEVIN PERNELL JOHNSeN, ANITA MARIE CLOWNEY KEATIOO, JULIA ANN CLOWNEY DAILEY,· SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER DAILEY, THOMAS ErHJND CI£MNEY', JOANNE ELIZABEI'H WEISS CLOWNEY, ROBERT I THOMAS CLOWNEY I CHARUYITE ELAINE PLANK CLOWNEY I DIANE ELIZABETH CI£MNEY' SI~ I MOOAN ADELE sco:rr I JOHN MICHAEL CLOWNEY I CAROL. ANN CLOWNEY NELL, JANEl' LOUISE LEE ORR TODD I BENJAMIN BRICE CLOWNEY I SR. I REBA SANDIFER S'I'RAOOE CLOWNEY I MARY SUE I CLOWNEY HILTON I MARJORIE CALHOUN CLARK CLOWNEY, JAMES EJ:MARD CLOWNEY I LENORA BAKER CLOWNEY POR!'ER, KIMBERLY BRICE, MARGAREI' ANN CATHCART, TINA JEAN CUNNINGHAM, ERVIN 8:>YD CATHCART I MAMIE HOOD CATHCART I ROOE ELIZABETH CATHCART STILL, HALLIE INEZ 8:>LICK ATKERSCN, APRIL IDRI A'l'KERSOO BLACK, AORELLIA BEI'H I CLOWNEY, GFDRGE DORMAN CLOWNEY, LOU ANN BRIGMAN ATKERSON, JAMES BRIGGS, MARGARET OOLEMAN, TINA ·TIMMS MOTHER OF MARCELLUS CLOWNEY CATHCART, JANICE PATRICIA WIISON I CATHCART. I THANKS TO EACH OF YOO FOR YOUR GENERaJS INFORMATIOO AND TIME, FOR I ~ ~ I CALLED AT THE MCST INCXX'M!NIENI' TIMES OF DAY AND/OR NIGHT. THANKS TO MY BELOVED HUSBAND HAROLD DANIEL :ooNNEr1' FOR HIS I.DVE, HELP, ADVISE, EDITIOO AND I 1 I SHARIOO OF HIS cnR1IER TIME. THANKS TO MARGARE1' OOLEMAN FOR LE'ITIOO ME CX>PY HER CX>PY OF THE ROBERT am:mE· ~ LINE, I HAD ALREADY GOTI'EN MET OF THIS INFORMATIOO FRGf CLED ~HALL'S REDJROO. A r.rJRE UP-TO-DA'IE VERSIOO WAS nc:t.1E BY MARGAREl' a:>L1!MAN' S CXIUSIN, JAMBS BRIOOS OF WHISPERIOO PINES, lC. AISO TALKED WI'l'H HIM AB:XJI' DATES 00 HIS SIDE OF THE FAMILY. AISO TO TINA JEAN CATHCART CONNilGiAM FOR THE CX>PY OF HER FAMILY HISTORY OF ALL HER BRC.11'HERS AND SIS'l"ERS INFORMATIOO. I'VE m:I'EREO AS MtJal INFORMATIOO INI'O THE HISTORY OF JOHN CWNNEY OF OOtJN'IY IX»m, IRELAND, 'l'HAT I 1 VE BEeN MD:.E TO Aq;JUIRE. OF HIS JESCmP~ BY OOIH MARRIAGES AND THEIR afi:r..DRm AND El'C •• 'IBIS INFORMATIOO WILL BE LISTED AFI'ER THE cx:H'IEI'ED ·HISTORY OF HIS GRANil:iOO JOHN SPRA'IT CLa4NEY AND HEIRS WHiaf IS THE FAMILY LINE I BmAN TRACIOO. · . ******* IRELAND IRELAND IS A IJ\ND OF BEAtJI'Y, RARE NA'IURAL BEAtJI'Y, LYIOO TO THE WEST OF GREAT BRITAIN, P".RC:N WHiaf IT IS SEPARATED BY THE IRISH SFA. IT IS I.OCATED IN A MILD TEMPERATURE ~. THE TEMPERATURES AVERAGE AB:X1l' 40 I>EX;REeS F. IN THE WINTER AND ABCX1r 60 DmREES F. IN THE SUMMER. IRELAND LIES ON THE EUROPEAN a:::N.l'INeNI'AL SHELF, SURROUNDED BY SEAS 'l'HAT ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 600 FEET IN DEPIH. THE"GREAT!ST DISI'AN:E ~ OORTH TO SOt1lH IN THE ISLAND IS 295 MILES AND FRGf EAST TO WEST IS 171 MILES. IRELAND IS CALLED EIRE (PRCN:X.JN:ED AIRUH) IN GAELIC. OORTHERN IRELAND IS OFl'EN REFERRED TO AS "OISTER". GAELIC AND ENGLISH ARE THE OXJNI'RY' S OFFICIAL LlUU1AGES. IRELAND IS ~ CALLED THE EMERAlD ISLE ~USE OF ITS BEAt1I'IPUL GREI!N CXXJNTRYSIDE. ROLLIN:; FARMLAND,· WHICH IS MAINLY PASTURE, oovm Mtni OF THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COONI'RY AND M:IONTAINS RISE NEAR THE OOASTS. MAYBE 'l'HAT IS WHY aJR ·ANC1!S'IURS SE'ITLED IN THE ROLLIN:; HILtS OF FAIRFIELD CXXJN'I'Y AFrER '1'HEY CAME TO THE UNITED SI'ATES. IRELAND IS DIVIDED INI'O 26 CXXJNI'IES. NORTHERN IRELAND CONSISTS OF 6 CXXJNTIES AND c:x:nJPIES ABX1l' ONE SIX'l'H OF THE WHOIE ISLAND. aJR FAMILY CAME FROM CXXlNl'Y IX»m, WHiaf IS IN NORTHERN IRELAND. · CXXJN'I'Y IX»m IS ON THE EAST OOASI' OORDERED BY THE IRISH SEA. CXXJNI'Y JX.MN 'S ROONDED LANilSCAPE OF DRUMLIN:; ( st«X11H M:ltJl'm OF CLAY LEFl' BY THE REI'REATIOO ICE OF THE FINAL GLACERS) IS Ptll'CIUATED BY THE IMPRESSIVE LANilSCAPE OF GRANITE PEAKS AND IS BXJNDED 00 THE SOt1lH BY CARLINGFORD I..aQI (I.JU<E) • OOR'IHERN IRELAND CAN BE 'l'HCU2l' OF TOJ?CX;RAPHICALLY AS A SAUCER 00 UXUI (I.JU<E) NEAGH, THE UPlURNED RIM OF WHiaf FORMS THE PROVINCE'S HIGHLAND. FIVE OF THE .SIX OOUNI'IES, AN'IRIM, JX.MN, ARMAGH, TYRONE AND I..£NXXIIDERRY, MEET AT THE IbJGH AND EACH HAS A HIGHLAND CX>RE 00 THE SAu:ER' S RIM. THE IRISH HAVE A u:N3 HISTORY WHiaf INCLUDES MANY HARDSHIPS AND S'I'RUGGLES. DURIN:; THE EARLY 1800 Is, IRELAND Is POPULATIOO GREW RAPIDLY. A:B:UI' HALF OF THE PEOPLE LIVED ON SMALL FARMS 'l'HAT PRODUCED LITI'LE INXME; OTHERS LEASED LAND CN ESTATES AND HAD TO PAY HIGH RENTS TO THE LANDIDROO. THIS IS WHEN aJR AlCESTORS LEFl' IRELAND FOR THE UNITED Sl'ATES IN 1838 BEFORE THE POTATO FAMINE. FROM 1845 TO 1847, IREJ:..AND'S POTATO CROP FAILED ~USE OF A PU\NT DISEASE. 'IBIS WAS CALLED THE POTATO FAMINE. ~USE OF THEIR POVERTY, MaST IRISH PEOPLE DEPENDED 00 POTATOES FOR FOOD. DURIN:; THE FAMINE, ABX1l' 750,000 PEDPLE DIED OF STARVATICN OR DISEASE AND HUNDREI:S OF 'I'H<XJSANOO LEFl' THE COONI'RY. J\FI'ER THE FAMINE A SHORTAGE OF JOBS AND OTHER PROBLEMS CAUSED EMIGRATION TO a:::NI'INUE. AS A RESULT OOLY ABOUT HALF AS MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN IRELAND TODAY AS LIVED THERE IN 1845. M:ST OF THE IRISH PEDPLE ARE DESCENDED FROM PEOPLES WHO SETl'LED IN IRErJ\ND DURIN:; THE PAST 5,000 YEARS. THESE PEDPLES IN::WDED CELTS, VIKINGS, NORMANS AND THE BRITISH. EACH GRCXJP HAD ITS INFLt.JENCE CN IRISH CULTURE AND HELPED SHAPE THE 2 CHARACI'ER OF THE IRISH PEOPLE. THE SOOTS WERE ALSO IN 'IBIS INFLUEN:::E AND 'IBIS ,, ~ IS WHEm: WE GEl' OUR SCOTCH- IRISH TRAITS. LARGE NUMBERS OF YCltJ['tl; PEOPLE IN IRELAND CN:!E REMAINED SINGLE AND LIVED WI'IH THEIR PARENI'S UNI'IL THEY WERE OVER THE AGE OF 30. THIS TRADITIOO MUST HAVE CARRIED THROOOH TO OUR GENERATIOO. FARMLAND AND JOBS WERE SCARCE AND FE-1 YCXJOO I PEOPLE COOLD AFFORD TO MARRY AND RAISE FAMILIES. TODAY 'IHAT IS CHANGING. YOONG PEOPLE, ESPEX::IALLY IN THE CITIES AND 'l'CMNS, ARE MARRYING EARLIER. IN IRISH CITIES AND 'IaVNS MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN HOUSES OR APAR'IMENI'S. MANY OF THE IRISH ENJOY VISITIOO THEIR NEIGHB::>RHOOD PUB. THEY GATHER IN THEIR I FAVORITE PUBS TO DRINK BEER AND WHISKEY, TALK WI'IH FRIENOO AND PLAY DARTS. MANY FAMILIES SPEND THEIR EVENIOOS WATCHING TELEVISIOO. THEY ALSO ENJOY HORSE RACIOO.