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- POLLY DROLLINGER, born 1803 in North Carolina, married Washington Clark 10 May 1826 in Preble County, Ohio. A John Greene was assigned as guardian for Washington Clark and his sisters Sophia, Nancy, and Amelia, children of Lawrence Clark, deceased, in 1819. No more records have been found pertaining to the guardianship or the estate of Lawrence. The Washington Clarks do not appear under his name on the 1830 or 1840 census enumerations for Preble or Darke counties, but snippets of evidence indicate that they were there at least until some time in 1838. They may have lived with another family, but until more clues are uncovered, a search for them as extra people in a household in the presumed age categories has been postponed. Although Washington Clark is not on the 1838 personal property tax list for Preble County, he is on the 1839 list with (moved) after his name. Noted in the Abstracts from Early Eaton Ohio Newspaper, 1825-1850 were letters at the Gratis post office for Washington Clark on November 3, 1836, April 6, 1837, and July 5, 1838. Since the 1839 personal property tax roll lists him as moved, perhaps he was receiving correspondence from someone encouraging him to leave Preble County for another location. The evidence of correspondence implies that Washington could read. Washington Clark does not appear to have purchased or sold any land, but witnessed a deed in which John and Rebecca Brower purchased 120 poles from the German Baptist Church. The deed states that Brower presided over the church as bishop. The other witness was James Wilson. All these tantalizing clues suggest that while published resources have been scoured to no avail, in-depth onsite research in Preble County might reveal more information on Polly and Washington Clark.
Kay Germain Ingalls 2003
Friedens Lutheran Church Records, Guilford, North Carolina, Henry Reeves, translator and copier, n.p, n.d., North Carolina State Library, Raleigh, North Carolina, p. 70.
Elias Drollinger, Wabash County probate file no. 1020, Clerk's Office, Wabash, Indiana.
Fort Wayne Public Library, Preble County OH Marriages, 1808-1859 (Fort Wayne, Ind.: Allen County Public Library, 1965), p. 8-D.
Polly and her sister Barbara were probably close in age. They were both married in May of 1826. Barbara's tombstone gives her date of birth as 1806, so Polly was probably born before then. In his 1836 court deposition, Elias indicates that she was not a minor when their Uncle William died in 1824, so it is logical to place her birth in 1803 between Elias in 1802 and Barbara in 1806. It is curious that there are no baptism listings in the Frieden's Church records for any of the children other than Elias, Marta, and Elisabet.
Washington Clark & Polly Drollinger, Marriage Return, 10 May 1826, Book A: 145, Preble County Clerk's Office, Eaton, Ohio.
Audrey Gilbert, Preble County Ohio Common Pleas Court Records, 1808-1840, Vol., 1 (Utica Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1991).
Indexes were checked for entries under Washington Clark, W. Clark, George Washington Clark, G. W. Clark, George Clark, and G. Clark. There is no indication that his name was George Washington, but it is logical to check as it was a common combination.
Audrey Gilbert, Preble County Ohio Personal Property Tax List, 1835-1842 (Utica, Ky.:McDowell Publications, n.d.).
Preble County Historical Society, Abstracts from Early Eaton Ohio Newspapers 1825-1850 (Eaton, Ohio: Preble County Historical Society, 1988), pp. 21,22,23.
Audrey Gilbert McDowell, Preble County, Ohio, Land Records, Vol. VII, Books 34-38, Recorded 1844-1851, (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1996) p. 79, abstracted from Book 35:354.
Kay Germain Ingalls 2003
census 1860
Name: Mary M Clark Age in 1860: 56 Birth Year: abt 1804 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Denison, Lawrence, Illinois Gender: Female Post Office: Lawrenceville
Household Members:
Name Age
G W Clark 53
Mary M Clark 56
Gabriel Clark 26
George Clark 24
Rebecca Clark 22
Martha Clark 18
Wesley Clark 15
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From: DEStirm@msn.com
Subject: Mary Drollinger
Date: 4 Jan 2004 20:24:15 -0700
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Attempting to obtain any further information regarding my g ggrandmother, Mary Drollinger, b. 10/26/1804 in North Carolina, d.1880, Lawrence, Illinois. She was married to George Washington Clark, b. abt. 1807 in Ky., d. 3/5/1881, in Lawrence, Illinois. Any information is greatly appreciated.
Darlene English Stirm
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