JESSE MARCELLUS CLAYTON: MARRIED KANSAS ADELINE (MCCOLLUM) on March 9, 1890.

~~~CHILDREN FROM THIS UNION ARE~~~

1. BELLE
2. JAMES FRANDKLIN
3. ADA LEE
4. WILLIAM SANFORD
5. LETHA MARIE (SELF)
6. LOUCILE (LEONARD)
7. JESSE
8. LEVIA Z.
9. LUTHER
10.LAURA MAE (SELF)

~~~NOTE LAURA & LEVIA MARRIED BROTHERS~~~

11.DEWEY DAVID MY FATHER
12.J.D.
13.BANNISTER EUGENE
14.MURPHY MARCELLUS
15.CLIFFORD WESLEY
16.JEWELL C.(PRIEST)


~~~~~NOTE~~~~~
THE FIRST FIVE (5) CHILDREN WERE BORN
WHEN JESSE AND KANSAS LIVED IN HOLLY SPRINGS,
(CHEROKEE COUNTY) GA.
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~~~NOTE ABOUT MY FATHER DEWEY DAVID CLAYTON~~~
MY DAD ALWAYS TOLD ME HE WAS BORN IN HOLLY SPRINGS?
UNLESS HE WAS BORN AT HIS GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER
SAMUEL MCCOLLUM'S HOUSE, DON'T SEE HOW THAT IS POSSIBLE
SINCE GRANDPA JESSE, DAD'S FATHER, PURCHASED THE
FAMILY PROPERTY IN 1901 AND DAD WASN'T BORN UNTIL 1908.
JUST A THOUGHT?
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~~~~~~NOTE~~~~~
JESSE & KANSAS LIVED MOST OF THEIR LIVES AND RAISED THEIR CHILDREN ON THE OLD CLAYTON HOMEPLACE ON FORD PUTNAM ROAD, IN CHEROKEE COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, GA.
THEY HAD LIVED IN HOLLY SPRINGS, GA PRIOR TO JESSE PURCHASING THE OLD HOME PLACE, WHICH INCLUDED A HOUSE AND 140 ACRES OF LAND. JESSE PURCHASHED THE PROPERTY FROM
T.J. ROWAN ON NOVEMBER 17, 1901 FOR THE TOTAL SUM
OF $600.
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JESSE SOLD HIS SON JAMES FRANKLIN, 35 ACRES, LEAVING JESSE A TOTAL OF 105 ACRES.
SINCE JAMES FRANKLIN ENDED UP IN ATLANTA, GA. I OFTEN
WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 35 ACRES GRANDPA SOLD HIM?
PERHAPS GRANDPA AT SOME POINT HAD IT BACK IN HIS
PROSSESSION AND PERHAPS IT IS THE LAND WHERE THE OLD
SCHOOL HOUSE STOOD AND THE LAND JESSE DONATED FOR
PART OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS BASCOMB METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY.
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I WAS BORN AT HOME ON GRANDPA'S LAND, IN A LITTLE HOUSE
THAT SET ON HIS PROPERTY THAT MY MOTHER AND FATHER LIVED
IN AT THE TIME OF MY BIRTH. THE LITTLE HOUSE HAD AIR-CONDITIONING, BUT, NOT CENTRAL:-)
A MILLION DOLLAR PLUS BRICK HOUSE NOW SITS ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE I WAS BORN. I STILL TELL EVERYONE THAT IS WHERE I WAS BORN, BUT, DON'T THINK I NEED TO TELL THEM IT WASN'T IN THE MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE:-) I AM SURE MOST
PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW THAT!
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THE HOUSE AND 105 ACRES OF LAND WAS AUCTIONED OFF AFTER
JESSE'S DEATH IN 1946. FLOYD BUTTERWORTH WAS HIGH BIDDER
FOR A TOTAL SUM OF $2,500.
THE OLD HOUSE WAS REMODELED AND THE OLD BARN TORN DOWN AND REPLACED WITH A NEW MODEL THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT THE HOUSE AND BARN SERVED GRANDPA JESSE AND HIS FAMILY WELL IN THOSE DAYS OF LONG AGO.
WHEN MR. BUTTERWORTH DIED IN 2003, THE LAST OF THE LAND, BELIEVED TO BE ONLY AN ACRE WAS SOLD FOR ONE MILLION PLUS?
WHO KNEW? MR. BUTTERWORTH PERIOCALLY SOLD LAND OFF THE ORIGINAL 105 ACRES OVER THE YEARS. AT THE TIME OF MR.
BUTTERWORTH'S DEATH THERE WAS ONLY A SMALL TRACT OF LAND LEFT TO BE SOLD.
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NO ONE IN THE CLAYTON FAMILY AT THE TIME OF GRANDPA'S DEATH COULD AFFORD TO BUY THE PROPERTY. EVEN IF THEY WERE ABLE, JESSE'S WILL STATED EVERYTHING TO BE SOLD AND DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG HIS CHILDREN.
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GRANDPA JESSE APPOINTED HIS SON,BANNISTER EUGENE CLAYTON
AS THE EXECUTOR OF HIS WILL. UNCLE EUGENE CARRIED
OUT HIS ROLL OF EXECUTOR FAITHFULLY!
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~~~~~PERSONAL NOTE~~~~~
I REMEMBER THE OLD HOUSE WELL, REMEMBER GOING TO THE AUCTION WHEN I WAS EIGHT (8) YEARS OLD. JESSE & KANSAS LIVED A LONG LIFE TOGETHER AND ARE BURIED HERE IN BASCOMB CEMETERY, SIDE BY SIDE. JESSE WAS A FINE MAN AND LOVED BY EVERYONE! KANSAS WAS A FINE WOMAN IN HER OWN RIGHT!
JESSE AND KANSAS NOT ONLY RAISED THEIR CHILDREN
BUT TOOK THE BABY SON OF WILLIAM SANFORD CLAYTON, NAMED CHARLES, WHEN WILLIAM SANFORD'S WIFE AND CHARLES MOTHER, DOVIE ISABELL (GRAVITT) CLAYTON DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS OF CHILD BIRTH. AFTER WILLIAM SANFORD MARRIED A SECOND TIME, HE AND HIS NEW WIFE CAME FOR CHARLES, BUT GRANDMA KANSAS SAID IT WOULD TEAR HER HEART OUT TO GIVE HIM UP AT THAT POINT. I THINK UNCLE (WILL) MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE TO LEAVE CHARLES WITH GRANDMA KANSAS AND GRANDPA JESSE! AFTER ALL THEY LIVED CLOSE AND COULD VISIT WHEN EVER THAN CHOSE TO!
CHARLES WAS CERTAINLY LUCKY IN THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE LOVED HIM!
I ALWAYS KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE GRANDMA I DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO KNOW!!!!!!
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~~~~~NOTE~~~~~
JESSE MARCELLUS CLAYTON died from Heart problem complications.
KANSAS ADELINE (MCCOLLUM) CLAYTON Died from
Cancer complications.
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~~~A POEM FOR GRANDPA JESSE~~~
I am home in Heaven, Dear ones,
All is Happy and so Bright!
There is perfect Joy and Beauty
In this Everlasting Light.

All the pain and grief are over,
Every restless tossing passed:
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.

Did you wonder how I so calmly,
Trod the valley of the shade?
Because JESUS' love illumined,
Every dark and fearful glade.

And HE came himself to meet me,
In that way so hard to tread.
And with JESUS' arm to lean on,
I could have no doubt or dread.

Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still:
Try to look beyond earth's shadows,
Pray to trust our FATHER'S will.

There is work still waiting for you.
So you must not idly stand:
Do it now, while life remaineth
You shall rest in JESUS' land

When that work is all completed.
HE will gently call you home:
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!
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~~~~~NOTE~~~~~
JESSE'S PARENTS ARE:
LEVI RANSON & NANCY ANN (HENSON) CLAYTON.
KANSAS'S PARENTS ARE:
SAMUEL HOMER & MALISSA CAROLINE (SMITH-ROACH).
MCCOLLUM.
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~~~~~NOTE~~~~~
IF ANYONE KNOWS THE BURIAL PLACES OF
LEVI RANSON & NANCY ANN (HENSON)
WOULD YOU PLEASE CONTACT ME. THANK YOU.
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~~~NOTE~~~
THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED WITH LOVE IN THE
MEMORY OF MY GRANDPA JESSE.
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