Person:Samuel Clark (106)

Hon. Samuel D. and Elizabeth (Beard) Clark, both of whom were born in the Buckeye State, the former removing from Miami County, of that State, to Warren County, Indiana, in 1825, . . . . one of the organizers of Warren County and was its first Judge. He was a member of the Legislature when the State adopted public improvement systems, such as canals, etc.

p. 129-30 – According to Samuel B. Clark’s son Samuel, Samuel B. and Elizabeth Bready Clark moved from Ross county, Ohio in 1826 with two horses, one blind, and one wagon, and three small children. Indiana was “said to be flowing with milk and honey, full of hope, happiness and contentment.” About 75 miles from their destination the horse with good eyes died and they had to abandon their wagon with their household good – a few pans and kettles – and bedding. The mother and three children rode the blind horse, led by the father.
p. 130 – Samuel B. Clark settled above Independence where he built a cabin traded with the Indians, and paddled up and down the river trading with settlers. Food “for some time was wild honey, a little grain and hominy. Many times the cabin would have dozens of Indians in it, when there would be no one there but Mother and the children. They were friendly in a way, but not very desirable guests. . . . [T]here were times when they got very insistent for food and Mother had to frequently give them almost everything that was in the house to keep them peaceable.”
p. 130 - Samuel B. Clark started a small store in Independence, with mostly Indians as customers.
p. 134 – Samuel B. Clark was elected an Associate Judge for Warren County on 23 June 1827.
p. 128-9 – [after several years living where he first settled,] Judge Samuel B. Clark “was attacked by a yearning for city life”, and moved to LaGrange [in Fountain County, no longer in existence] on the east side of the Wabash River, below Independence [Warren County]
p. 130 - Samuel B. Clark was elected to the legislature in 1836,
p. 130 – in 1838 moved to Arkansas, floating downriver in a keel-boat . Bought property and built a gristmill, but it was not good wheat country so had to sell at a loss and in 1841 moved back to Indiana where he bought land near what is now Carbondale.
p. 134 –In 1830 Samuel B. Clark was appointed county agent, who acted as custodian of the school funds, with power to loan them out and collect interest. He served in the Indiana legislature in 1831 and 1833
p. 131 – When Samuel B. Clark was older, turned the farm over to his sons, but they were able to raise only enough grains “to bread the family”, while the girls earned money for “groceries, butter, lard etc.” by weaving cloth, carpets, and flannels for sale. “[O]our family furnished a ready market for all the surplus provisions in the neighborhood.”.
p. 131 – in 1850 Samuel B. Clark, his sons John and Samuel (who were frustrated by their inability to make any money farming), son-in-law Samuel Hunter, and E. C. Moore went to California, near Sacramento. After they made about $1000 each in gold dust, they returned home, where they were considered wealthy. Samuel B. Clark and his wife both died soon after.
p. 131 – Samuel B. Clark liked to travel, and visited his brother Thomas B. Clark in Grimes county, Texas – probably traveling on horseback
p. 132 – Samuel B. Clark also apparently went to Pikes Peak, having been with a party in Council Bluffs, Iowa going there in 1859

Indenture 11 April 1828
Between Samuel B. Clark and Elizabeth his wife of Warren County, Indiana
and Frances Boggs of the same place
who paid $300 for land in Warren County,
the West fraction of the SW1/4 of Sec 31, T22N, R7W, patent being 80 acres and 84/100s
Signed Samuel B. Clark, Elizabeth Clark,
Witness D. R. Parker, Freeman Fishback
Recorded 12 June 1838

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Indenture 11 April 1828
Between Samuel B. Clark and Elizabeth his wife of Warren County, Indiana
and Adam White of same place
who paid $25 for land in Warren County
in the South Fraction of the S1/2 of Sect 17, T22N, R6W, beginning at the SW corner of said Sec thense [sic] N with Section line to a 1/2 mile stake thense East “by the Degrees” twenty Roods [sic] towards the senter [sic] of Section thense south to the south line of the same thense with said line West twenty Roods to the Beginning
Being 20 acres off the West side of said Fraction
Signed Samuel B. Clark, Elizabeth Clark
Witness D. R. Parker, Freeman Fishback, Thomas Kearns JP
Recorded 22 Aug 1829
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Indenture 20 Dec 1828
Between Samuel B. Clark and Elizabeth his wife of Warren County, Indiana
and Joseph B. McGhee of same place
who paid $120 for land in Medina Township, Warren County, Indiana
West Fraction of the NW1/4 of Sec 31, T23 N, R6W
containing 64 and 67/100s of an acre more or less
Signed Samuel B. Clark, Elizabeth Clark, Thomas Kearns, JP
Recorded 14 Sept 1829
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Indenture 4 Oct 1830
Between Samuel B Clark and Elizabeth his wife of Warren County, Indiana
and Clark Benson of Green County, Ohio
who paid $200 for land in Warren County, 80 acres more or less
E1/2 of the SE1/4 of Sec 27, T23N, R7W
Signed Samuel B. Clark, Elizabeth Clark
Witness Hiram Munson, David Mace, Edward Mace JP
Recorded 23 Mar 1831

Clark, Samuel B, 1 m under 5, 1 m 30-40, 1 f under 5, 2 f 5-10, 1 f 10-15, 1 f 30-40

Indenture 30 March 1837
Between Samuel B. Clark and Elizabeth his wife of Tippecanoe County, Indiana
and Levi Rider and Elias Esra of the same place
who paid $2000
for land in Warren County, Indiana
South fraction of the S1/2, Sec 17, T22, R6W, except 20 acres taken off the West side
and also the SW1/4 of the N[W]1/4, Sec 17, T22, R6
containing in all 137 acres and 45/100s more or less
Signed Samuel B. Clark, Elizabeth Clark
Witness J. C. Marion JP of Tippecanoe County, Archibald Scott
Recorded 1 April 1837

Indenture 6 July 1839
Between George Mains and Catherine Mains his wife of Warren County, Indiana
and Samuel B. Clark of the same place
who paid $2140 for land in Warren County
SE1/4, Sec 17, T22N, R8W
also the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of Sec [17], T22N, R8W
containing in all 240 acres more or less
Signed George x his mark Mains, Catherine x her mark Mains
Witness Peter Schoonover JP, Mary Clark
Recorded 18 October 1852

Clark, Samuel B., 1 m under 5, 1 m 5-10, 1 m 10-15, 1 m 40-50, 1 f under 5, 1 f 5-10, 2 f 115-20, 1 f 20-30, 1 f 40-50

Indenture 16 Sept 1845
Between Nicholas Sheffer Sheriff of Warren County, Indiana
and George Marlow of the same place
Witnesseth that at a term of the Warren circuit Court held in Williamsport beginning on Thurs 24 March 1842
one Edward S. Coats plaintiff against Samuel B. Clark defendant
for a debt of $200 plus $7.33 plus the costs and charges of the suit in the amount of $15.66
and Whereas the said Edward S. Coats did on the 20th June 1843 sued out an alies firei faceias commonly called an Execution from the office of the Clerk of Warren Circuit Court against Samuel B. Clark commanding the Sheriff of Warren County to Levy and make of the goods and Chattels lands and tenements of the said Samuel B. Clark and to have the same at the office of the Clerk of Court at the expiration of one year from the date of said writ
As a result, Town Lots 15 and 16 in the town of Independence, Warren County, property of Samuel B. Clark, were advertised for sale by the Sheriff [with conditions] and received no offers, the Sheriff offered to buy the lots and sell at public outb[uy]
and George Marlow did bid $165, and that being the highest and best bid and also the full appraised value of the said lots on 16 Dec 1842, the lots were sold to him
Signed Nicholas Sheffer Sheriff, Warren County
Witness R. A. chandler, Master in Chancery
Recorded 23 May 1845

Clark, Samuel B., 56, male, farmer, RE=$2000, b. PA
, Elisabeth, 47, female, b. PA
, Sarah, 30, female, b. OH
, John, 26, male, farmer, b. IN
, Maria, 21, female, b. IN
, Samuel, 19, male, b. IN
, Thomas, 15, male, b. IN
, Malinda, 12, female, b. IN
, Andrew, 9, male, b. IN