The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: 1st Lieutenant / Patriotic Service
Photos used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
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Author: Jesse McIntyre III
Spencer Clack was born 28 March 1746 in Loudon or Fairfax County, Virginia.
He married a Mary Beavers. Their marriage was blessed with nine children: Rawleigh, Rhoda, Catherine, Frances, Mary, Malvina, Micajah, and Sarah.
Spencer Clack served as a First Lieutenant in Captain William Ryan’s Company and furnished supplies in Henry County, Virginia. There is a monument erected in his honor on the lawn of the Sevier County Courthouse.
After the war, Spencer Clack a member of the first Tennessee legislature, first as a representative and later as a Senator. There is a Spencer Clack DAR Chapter in Tennessee.
He passed on 9 July 1832 in Seveierville, Sevier County, North Tennessee.
Sources: Family History page on Clack: Daughters of the American Revolution https://www.smokykin.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I94521 http://sevier.tngenealogy.net/research-assistance/records-resources/37-families/219-spencer-clack-and-family
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