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Clayton Smith Devin

Male 1825 - 1887  (61 years)


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  • Name Clayton Smith Devin 
    Born 22 Dec 1825  Lincoln County, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1887  Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I62  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of James Mitchell
    Last Modified 7 Feb 2013 

    Father Clayton Devin,   b. 11 Jul 1793, Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1868, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Margaret West,   b. 24 Nov 1803, North Carolina U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1888, Dunnegan, Polk, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 17 Mar 1820  Fayettesville, Lincoln, Tennessee U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Rebecca Williams,   b. Jan 1830, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1910  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married 19 Apr 1849  Polk County, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Possible DOM 9 April 1849
      Married by William R. Devin, JP

      !MARRIAGE:Missouri-Polk County Marriage Register,
      Missouri-Polk County Marriage Register, Office of the
      Recorder in Polk County Court House, Bolivar, Missouri.
    Children 
     1. Margaret Mathilda Devin,   b. 19 Jan 1850, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1934  (Age 84 years)
     2. Elijah Clayton Devin,   b. 3 Mar 1852, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1942, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     3. Franklin Pierce Devin,   b. 4 Sep 1854, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1933, Cherokee, Alfalfa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     4. Martha Ann Eliza Devin,   b. 7 Jun 1858, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1940 and 1950, Cherokee, Alfalfa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     5. Thomas Joseph Devin,   b. 6 Oct 1861, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1941, Berkeley, Alameda, California U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. Sarah Melinda Devin,   b. 24 Jan 1864, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1937, Merced, Merced, California U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     7. Leota Rebecca Devin,   b. 20 Aug 1869, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1926  (Age 56 years)
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F75  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    The Nowlin Stone Genealogy
    The Nowlin Stone Genealogy
    The_Nowlin_Stone_Genealogy.pdf

  • Notes 
    • !Military: He served in the militia on the Union Side
      during the Civil War.

      !MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-274

      Census:
      1860 Polk Co MO book p 5
      1870 Polk Co MO book p 89
      1880 Polk Co MO book Marion Twp p 142......

      Was called Smith.

      Died of cancer. Buried Barren Creek Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of
      Polk Co MO
      Possible YOD 1884 (1)

      !NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
      Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

      !NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

      [page 1]

      Clayton
      Devin
      [Lo]
      Will

      Box 71
      202

      Filed Dec
      24
      AD 1868
      JB Burros
      Clk

      [page
      2
      ]

      In the name of God,
      Amen,
      I Clayton
      Devin of the County
      of Polk and State of Missouri being

      in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
      a very
      feeble State of health being con-
      scious of the
      uncertainty of life and
      Certainty of death at the same
      time
      according to my own apprehensions
      of Sound
      mind and being anxious
      to make a suitable desposition
      of
      my real and personal estate do make
      ordain and
      delare this to be my
      last will and testament.
      1st
      It is my will that after my
      decease that all my debts
      and the
      expenses of my funeral be paid and

      discharged by my executor herein
      after named and
      appointed out of
      my estate as soon as conveniently

      may be I leave the charges of my
      funeral to the
      descretion of my ex-
      ecutor.
      2nd I give devise and
      dispose of
      my estate both real and personal save

      what may be necessary for the pay-
      ment of my just
      debts and funeral
      expenses in the following manner

      To wit, I give and bequeath unto

      [page
      3
      ]

      my beloved wife Margaret Devin
      all of my
      personal estate such as
      money or the proceeds of notes
      or
      stock such as cattle horses and sheep
      and hogs
      house hold and kitchen
      furniture and farming utensils
      to
      have and enjoy and dispose of as she
      may think
      proper to her own use
      and benefit during her natural
      life
      after her decease to be disposed of
      as
      hereinafter mentioned together
      with my personal estate
      I give and
      bequeath unto my said wife the
      following
      described land compris-
      ing the homestead to wit the

      West half of the Southwest quar-
      ter section So
      thirty four (34)
      and East half of of South West

      quarter and South West quarter
      of NorthWest quarter
      and South
      East quarter of North West quarter

      Section No Thirty Three (33) of
      Township No Thirty
      four (34) of
      Range No twenty three (23)
      The above
      described real estate
      I desire to be sold or vivided as

      herinafter mentioned.
      3rd It is my desire that the
      fol-

      [page 4]

      lowing described real
      estate be dis-
      posed of by my executor either by

      private or public sale on the most
      advantagous
      terms that he may
      think fit if not sold by my self

      during my life time the proceeds to
      be given to my
      wife Margaret Devin
      to be enjoyed by her as she may

      desire for her own use and benefit
      as long as she
      may live To wit
      South half of the South West
      quar-
      ter and South East quarter of the
      South West
      quarter of Setion No
      nine (9) Township No Thirty

      four (34) of range No Twenty
      three and also the
      South East
      quarter of the North West quarter

      Section No Twelve (12) Town-
      Ship No Thirty four 34
      of Range
      No Twenty four (24)
      4-- The following
      described land
      I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
      in
      family to remain in common
      for the use of a burying
      ground
      bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

      on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
      Town-
      Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

      Stone 36 poles North of the South East
      corner of
      the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
      oak 12 inches in
      diameter 20

      [page 5]

      links North East
      to black oak 11 inches
      in diameter 17 links due West
      thence North
      on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

      Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
      South 17
      Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
      East 28 poles to The
      [begining]
      [Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
      cribed
      land to remain forever
      the property of the Devins not
      to
      be Sold but to be used by the pub-
      lic as a
      common burying ground
      5 After the death of my
      wife
      Margaret Devin it is my
      desire that the remainder of my

      estate after her funeral expenses
      Shall have been
      paid be disposed of
      as follows To wit
      I give and
      bequeath to my Son
      William M Devin the Sum of
      five
      dollars.
      I give and bequest to my
      daughter Ama S.
      Wilson five
      dollars
      I give and bequeath to my

      daughter Margaret A. Chitty
      the Sum of five
      dollars.

      [a page seems to be
      missing
      ]

      [page 6]

      9th After the
      above [legacies] have been
      paid to gather with the
      expenses of
      administration The residue of my
      estate
      both real and personal I [disise]
      may be equally
      divided if can
      be if cannot be then the real
      es-
      tate to be Sold and proceeds together
      with
      personal estate be divided between
      the following named
      legal heirs
      of my body or their legal
      repre-
      sentatives, to wit, Clayton
      S. Devin, Joseph
      B. Devin, Alfred
      H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

      J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
      Massa L. Hughes
      Parthenial
      T Frieze Share and Share alike

      In
      order that the provisions of
      this my last will and
      Testament
      may be carried out I constitute
      and
      appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
      ecutor hereby revoking
      all former wills
      by me made.

      In witness whereof I
      have hereunto
      set my hand this 14th day of October

      1868 [Atuge]

      Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
      <\p>

      A.

      Signed and declared by the above
      named
      Clayton Devin to be his
      last Will and testament in the

      [page 7]

      presence of us who at his
      request
      and in his presence have subscribed
      our
      names as witnesses thereto.
      George W. Russell
      Thomas
      H. Russell
      Alexander Millikin

      State of Missouri

      County of Polk

      Be it remembered
      that on this
      the 24 day of December
      AD 1868, an Instrument of
      writing
      Proporting to be the last Will of
      Clayton
      Divin Deceased was exhibited
      to the undersigned J.B.
      Burros
      clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
      to be
      proven and the Same was
      rejected for want of
      proof.
      J B Burros Clk