Wiley Clifton Estate Sale Ledger: 1856 |
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Wiley Daniel Clifton was born on February 18, 1806 in Wake County, North Carolina. He was the son of William Clifton (born 1764 in Sussex County, Virginia; died 1838 in Wake County, North Carolina) and Sarah Hunter (born 1765 in Wake County and died during the 1850's in Wake County). He was the grandson of John and Mary Clifton and Reuben and Sarah Speight Hunter. Wiley's paternal great grandfather was William Clifton (died 1756). Wiley Daniel Clifton came to Itawamba County from Wake County during the late 1830s with his brother John Clifton and first cousins Henry and Joel B. Clifton. Henry, Joel and John settled east of Fulton in the New Home Church community and Wiley Daniel settled in the village of Fulton. The Clifton family was quite successful. When Wiley settled in Fulton during the 1830s he probably found that the land was too poor around Fulton to support a plantation large enough to support his family and slaves. He purchased about 2000 acres of rich farming land about 13 miles west of Fulton (just west of present-day Mooreville in and around Tulip Creek bottom) and developed a quite successful working plantation. Wiley became partners in a retail business in the small village of Fulton around 1840 under the name of Eckford and Clifton. At this time he also built a substantial house, regarded during antebellum times as the finest home in Fulton. On August 17, 1841 he married Julia Fielder Oliver (born August 19, 1819 in New Bern, North Carolina) the daughter of Joseph Oliver, Jr. and Esther Ann Ellis. Wiley Daniel and Julia F. Clifton's first child was born in the village of Fulton on August 18, 1843. The following year, Eugene, their first son was born. During 1845 their second daughter, Martha Ann was born, followed by Wiley in 1849, Charles H. during 1853 and Julia J. during 1855. Wiley Daniel Clifton became very successful in the retail business at Fulton. The family lived during the fall, winter and spring months at their home in Fulton and spent the summers on their plantation on Tulip Creek. During the 1840's, Clifton purchased many lots in the village of Fulton and apparently owned the Fulton Female Academy, which was operated by attorney Robert O. Maupin and wife Louisa). There is a notation in his estate papers that stated a Mr. Harrison and Toomer built a chimney for the Female Academy in the town of Futlon, and laid two hearths and repaired the chimney to the old academy. The estate of Clifton paid the bill during 1855. It is also apparent that Wiley Daniel Clifton was a member of the Fulton Baptist Church ($19.25 was paid out of his estate during 1855 to M.C. Cummings for lumber that ws to be charged to the Fulton Baptist Church). The Tulip Creek plantation overseer was Adam Yeager who was paid $250 a year for his services. According to the 1850 Itawamba County census, Adam Yeager (born 1822 in TN) and wife Rutha, along with their three children (Monroe, Sarah and Permelia) lived on the Tulip Creek plantation. Wiley Daniel died on October 16, 1855 of typhoid fever. His plantation on Tulip Creek was sold and his widow and children continued to live in the Clifton home in Fulton. Today the Clifton family plot can be viewed in the historic section of Fulton Cemetery. |
Report of A.W. Clifton and E.G. Betts, administrators of the estate of W.D. Clifton, deceased. Amount of property sold to the highest bidders on 5, 6, 7 days of February AD 1856: W.L. Hamilton: 1 lot of hogs James Evins: 1 lot of hogs John Price: 1 lot of hogs T.J. Gibson: 1 lot of hogs J.W. Justice for E.G. Betts: 1 lot of hogs J.E. Gibson: east half of Section 30, Township 9, Range 7 J.W. Justice for E.G. Betts: west half of Section 30, Township 9, Range 7 S.M. Crayton: 67 acres of the northeast fourth Section 31, Township 9, Range 7 Isaac Sullivan: 31 1/2 acres off the south half of Section 29, Township 9, Range 7 F.J. Brown: 133 acres off the southwest 1/4 of Section 31, Township 9, Range 7 F.J. Brown: 16 acres off the southwest 1/4 of Section 31, Township 9, Range 7 F.F. Freeman: 1 Negro man Isom and wife Mary Josiah Prates: 1 Negro man Jordon and wife Rachel G.B. Merritt: 1 Negro girl Margaret and child Belle S. Gholson: 1 Negro man Garlin J.W. Justice for E.G. Betts: 1 Negro man Thomas and wife Malinda and child Henry J.W. Justice for E.G. Betts: 1 Negro man John G.B. Merritt: ! Negro man Henderson H. Waldrop: 1 Negro man Adam F.F. Freeman: 1 Negro girl Laura W. Thornton: 1 Negro girl Helen J.W. Bradley: 1 Negro boy Richard Samuel Gholson: 1 Negro boy Monroe F.F. Freeman: 1 Negro boy Dave F.F. Freeman: ! Negro boy Mrs. J.F. Clifton: 1 bed, bedding and window containers, 1 set of table furniture, 1 demijohn and jug, 1 table cooking glass, 6 chair, 6 Negroes, Jacob, Mary and 4 children, 1 Negro boy, Henry, 1 Negro girl Jershua, 1 Negro girl, Ellen, 1 Negro girl Jabe, 1 set of furniture in the southeast room, 1 set of furniture in the dining room, 1 bed furniture, 1 buggy, 1 bridle and saddle, 1 set of farming tools, 1 set of carpenter tools, 1 sake cutter J.W. Justice: 62 bales of cotton W.R. Clark: 1 lot of cotton in patch W.C. Thomas: 1 mule Nancy Samuel Gholson: 1 mule Gray Mrs. J.F. Clifton: 1 brown mule W.P. Johnson: 1 mule W.P. Johnson: 1 mule Betsy J.G. Kohlheim: 1 mule Nelly John Mayberry: 1 mule John Samuel Edwards: 1 mule Dolly A. Yeager: 1 horse Ellick F.F. Freeman: 1 horse John John Price: 50 bushels of corn John Price: 50 bushels of corn William Burrow: 50 bushels of corn D.M. Fry: 50 bushels of corn A. Yeager: 50 bushels of corn Calvin Bune: 50 bushels of corn J.R. Morris: 50 bushels of corn J.M. Scoggin: 50 bushels of corn William Burrow: 50 bushels of corn D.M. Fry: 50 bushels of corn A.M. Whiffin: 50 bushels of corn A.M. Whiffin: 50 bushels of corn William Burrow: 50 bushels of corn J.L. Melton: 50 bushels of corn J.R. Morris: 50 bushels of corn L.L. Brown: 50 bushels of corn A.E. Gibson: 50 bushels of corn D.M. Fry: 50 bushels of corn A. Yeager: 50 bushels of corn M.F. Whitehead: 50 bushels of corn M.F. Whitehead: 50 bushels of corn E. Gregory: 50 bushels of corn I.J. Warren: 50 bushels of corn I.J. Warren: 50 bushels of corn Alex Herring: 50 bushels of corn J.R. Morris: 50 bushels of corn A.M. Whiffin: 50 bushels of corn J. Fry: 500 binds of fodder J. Fry: 1000 binds of fodder J. Price: 1000 binds of fodder J.W. Mitchener: 500 binds of fodder J.R Morris: 500 binds of fodder J.H. Stovall: 500 binds of fodder E.M. Crayton: 500 binds of fodder J.H. Stovall: 500 binds of fodder William Burrow: 1240 binds of fodder J. Wright: 1 small waggon J.H. Stovall: 50 bushels of corn J.H. Stovall: 50 bushels of corn Mrs. J. Clifton: 50 bushels of corn A.B. Bullard: 50 bushels of corn A.B. Bullard: 50 bushels of corn L.L. Brown: 50 bushels of corn I.J. Warren : 50 bushels of corn C.C. Clayton: 50 bushels of corn L.L. Brown: 1 shotgun James Turner: 13 bushels of seed oats D.M. Fry: 8 shoats W.R. McKelny: 8 shoats Pat Moore: 1 sow and 8 pigs J.W. Justice: 1 spotted sow J.W. Mitchener: 1 lot of hogs H. Mayben: 1 white hog T.A. Pledger: 1 spotted sow R. Barnes: 14 hogs J. Champion: 1 pair ballances L.L. Brown: 1 pair of steel yards J. Champion: 17 cotton baskets A.B. Bullard: 1 scythe and cradle A.B. Bullard: 1 scythe and cradle O.M. Crayton: 1 four-horse wagon J.E. Gibson: 1 white cow and calf J. Champion: 1 sow in the woods Ben White: 1 black cow and calf M.F. Whitehead: 1 brown cow and calf R. Barnes: 1 muly cow and calf R. Barnes: 1 spotted cow and calf J. Fry: 1 dun cown and calf J. Champion: 1 pided calf J. Champion: 1 red cow and calf R. Barnes: 1 dun heifer R. Barnes: 1 muly heifer H. Howell: 1 bull R. Barnes: 1 spotted heifer R. Barnes: 1 black stud J. Sullivan: 1 lot of plows A. Collins: 4 plows A. Collins: 1 lot of plows C. Hussey: 3 plows J. Sullivan: 3 plows C.C. Hussey: 4 hammers J.T. Gibson: 3 plows D. Hugh: 4 plows and 5 stocks R. Barnes: 2 single and 2 double trees J. Sullivan: 1 double tree R. Barnes: 3 single trees James Whitesides: 3 shovels James Whitesides: 2 mattocks James Turner: 3 grubbing hoes J. Fry: 7 weeding hoes M.F. Whitehead: 5 weeding hoes M. Pounds: 8 weeding hoes R. Barnes: 1 box sundries J. Gregory: 1 log chain Mrs. J.F. Clifton: 1 foot adz J. Turner: 1 hand adz J.A. Bradley: 1 box sundries W. Watson: 1 carey plow D. Hugh: 1 carey plow R. Christian: 1 reap hook J.W. Justice: 2 shovel plows A. Collins: 2 bull tongue plows I.J. Warren: 2 buzzard wing plows J. Sullivan: 2 shovel plows J. Sullivan: 1 cultivator plow J. Sullivan: 1 cultivator plow J.G. Kohlheim: 1 whip saw J.H. Stovall: 1 axe J.W. Justice: 1 axe I.J. Warren: 1 axe C. C. Hussey: 3 axes I.J. Warren: 1 axe Al Gaither: 1 axe Mrs. J.F. Clifton: 1 box iron S.J. Warren: 1 pair slab iron J. Turner: 1 alligator __ I.J. Warren: 1 bar iron J.R. Morris: 1 box sundries S. Sullivan: 1 grind stone J. Turner: 2 cuffs J.G. Kohlheim: 1 set B tools I.J. Warren: 1 tree buss J.W. Justice: 1 stack pole Mrs. J.F. Clifton: 2 pole axes J.R. Morris: 1 lot coal Mrs. J.F. Clifton: 1 set of kitchen furniture Mrs. J.F.Clifton: 4 stone jars R. Barnes: 1 spinning wheel N. Patterson: 4 balls twine J.W. Justice: 1 cutting box J. Clifton: 1 can and oil J.W. Justice: 2 bunches of twine I.J. Blythe: 191 pounds dry hides H. Richardson: 1 side saddle A.J. McWilliams: 2 sacks of salt J.W. Justice: 3 siso leather and 1 supper leather I. Patton: 1 cutting knife J.W. Justice: 1 grind stone I.C. Wright: 1 mule calf John Topp: 1 cow and calf Mrs. J. F. Clifton: 1 grind stone, 1 mule, 2 cows and calves, 1 red heifer, 1 red heifer, 1 lot of stock hogs, 1 yoke of oxen W.W. Stovall: 1 white heifer M.C. Cummings: 1 brown heifer R. Pounds: 1 black steer M.C. Cummings: 1 red steer and 1 cow and calf Mrs. J.F. Clifton: 1 ox wagon, 1 wagon saddle, 1 set of plows and gear and lots 6,7,8,9 in Block 5 G.B. Gaither: 1 sack of coffee A.J. McWilliams: 1 sack of coffee J.W. Justice: 2 sacks of coffee I.J. Warren: 1 sack of coffee I.J. Blythe: 1 sack of coffee M.C.Cummings for A.S. Warrren: lots 7,8,9,10 in Block 6 A.B. Bullard: 1 cross cut saw End of List
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