See a post several years ago, which contains lots of quoted documentation about him Mary Beavers Clack, his wife, and his family. HERE.
The Spencer Clack Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution was organized May 23, 1928. The origin of our chapter goes back to 1927 when plans were formulated by Mrs. Helen (Mack) Maples to organize a D.A.R. chapter in Sevierville, Tennessee. Mrs. Maples succeeded in bringing together the first twelve women to form our chapter. They all were direct descendants of Lt. Spencer Clack, the great-great-grandfather of Mrs. Maples. The twelve organizing members were: Mrs. Sallie Massey, Mrs. Beulah Pack, Mrs. Juanita Paine, Mrs. Annie McMahan, Mrs. Sallie Houk, Mrs. Ola Hatcher, Mrs. Robbit Blair, Mrs. Rose Emert, Mrs. Grace Long Bowers, Miss Carrie B. McBee, Miss Joyce Bowers, and Mrs. Helen Maples.
Lieutenant Spencer Clack was a revolutionary soldier from the state of Virginia. After the war, he relocated and settled in what is now known as the city of Sevierville, in Sevier County, Tennessee. He played a prominent role in the history and development of Sevier County and the State of Tennessee. He served in the first constitutional convention of Tennessee. He also served in the lower house of the first Tennessee State General Assembly and served one term in the State Senate. He helped organize and was very active in the first Baptist church to be established in Sevierville and he gave the land for the first cemetery in the town. He and other prominent citizens of pioneer Sevierville were buried in that cemetery. Only a small portion of the cemetery remains today. It was established as Cemetery Park in 1976.
Spencer Clack died in Sevier County on July 9, 1832, at the age of 86 years.
Source: http://www.tndar.org/~spencerclack/spencerclackhistory.html
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This monument is on the grounds of the Sevier County Courthouse in Sevierville, TN. It reads:
1740-1832
Hon. Lieut. Spencer Clack
Pioneer Settler of Sevier Co.
Named Sevier Co. for his friend
the Great
John Sevier
Member Convention 1793
Member Legislature 1801
Served under Gen. Washington
in Revolutionary War
Erected by the Spencer Clack Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1931
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| Unveiling of Spencer Clack memorial plaque 1931, Court House grounds, Sevierville, TN, by DAR |
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Spencer Clack was prominent in the affairs of the Forks-of-Little Pigeon (Sevierville) Baptist Church from the time of its formation in 1789 until his death. For many years he served as church clerk. In addition to his church activities he was interested in education and politics. He was an early trustee of Nancy Academy, Sevier County’s first school and gave money for its support. He was one of the five Sevier County delegates to the Knoxville convention of 1796, which drafted and adopted Tennessee’s first constitution and he was a signer of that document. He also represented Sevier County in the lower house of the first three Tennessee legislatures, 1796-1802, and in 1801 he served on the legislative committee “to prepare a device and motto” for the Great Seal of Tennessee.
Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=chistory&id=I06012
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CONVENTION OF TENNESSEE MEETS AT KNOXVILLE.
The new marker which is situated right in front of the remains of the original marker.
Carved likeness of Spencer Clack in his original headstone.
Broken headstone and newer marker for Spencer Clack.
From the County of Sevier—Peter Bryan, Samuel Wear, Spencer Clack, Jack Clack, Thomas Buckingham.
January 1796
Knoxville, Tennessee
One of a delegation of "five members" elected to represent his county in a convention called by Governor Blount to formulate the first constitution for the government of the new State of Tennessee.
Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century (1853)[Ramsey's Annals Home] - Chapter VIII: The State of Tennessee - Page 651
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Spencer Clack was the oldest of 7 children who lived their youth in Brunswick County, VA. They apparently all lived to adulthood.
Spencer Clack was the oldest of 7 children who lived their youth in Brunswick County, VA. They apparently all lived to adulthood.
He married Mary Beavers on Nov. 2, 1766 when he was 20 and she was 21, in Loudoun County, VA. They were my 5th great grandparents.
He died in Sevier County, TN, in 1830 or 32, age 84 or 86, and was buried by the little Baptist church called the Forks of The Little Pigeon River. There is a park there now, beside a highway. The church is long gone, and the descendants of those who were buried there have made memorial plaques for those that they know of.
Mary Beavers Clack received widows' pensions from his (Sterling Clack's) fighting in the Revolutionary War (payments from 1836-1848.) She lived until 1840 herself, dying at about 95 years of age. She was buried original beside Spencer, but her headstone has been lost through the years.
The Clacks had at least 14 children by the current Ancestry records. But according to early DAR records, there were only 9 at most. So I'm agreeing (for now) that several of these people weren't their children.
Their daughter Katharine Clack married Elijah Rogers, and they were my 4th great grandparents on the George Rogers Family Tree. Some other descendants have added Beulah to her name, making it Beulah Catherine Clack. The spelling of "Katharine" is how it appeared in the Rogers Family Bible as transcribed by my grandfather, George Rogers.
He died in Sevier County, TN, in 1830 or 32, age 84 or 86, and was buried by the little Baptist church called the Forks of The Little Pigeon River. There is a park there now, beside a highway. The church is long gone, and the descendants of those who were buried there have made memorial plaques for those that they know of.
Mary Beavers Clack received widows' pensions from his (Sterling Clack's) fighting in the Revolutionary War (payments from 1836-1848.) She lived until 1840 herself, dying at about 95 years of age. She was buried original beside Spencer, but her headstone has been lost through the years.
The Clacks had at least 14 children by the current Ancestry records. But according to early DAR records, there were only 9 at most. So I'm agreeing (for now) that several of these people weren't their children.
Their daughter Katharine Clack married Elijah Rogers, and they were my 4th great grandparents on the George Rogers Family Tree. Some other descendants have added Beulah to her name, making it Beulah Catherine Clack. The spelling of "Katharine" is how it appeared in the Rogers Family Bible as transcribed by my grandfather, George Rogers.
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| J. A. Sharp's request for a headstone for Spencer Clack from the government in 1958 |
Grave Markers in the Forks of The River Cemetery in 1950s then in 1980s. Publication "Clack and Kindred Souls, As the Crow Flies," by Rawleigh Clack
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| The third First Baptist church building that replaced earlier log ones, built 1876 |
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| When the First Baptist church of Sevierville moved into a new home in 1926, this building was demolished and the brick used for a home, |
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