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 Samuel
Claggett III, the grandson of Revolutionary
War Surgeon Dr.
Samuel Claggett Jr., was born on 8 Feb 1797 in New Baltimore,
Fauquier Co., Virginia. His two wives, Lucy and Julia Sanford, were
half-sisters. Five of their eight children moved west to Lexington,
Illinois during their lifetime, as shown
below. Only sisters Fanny and Julia remained in Warrenton, Virginia.
Samuel married (1) Lucy
Sanford, daughter of Col. Thomas Sanford
and his wife, name unknown, on 23 Jan 1816 in Fauquier Co., Virginia.
Lucy was born in 1796 in Virginia. She died before 2 Jul 1827.
Samuel and Lucy had the following children:
- James
A. Claggett was born on 17 May 1824. He arrived in Lexington
on Christmas Day, 1866. He died on 17 Aug 1886 in Lexington,
McLean, Illinois.
- Sanford
R. Claggett was born before 1827. Sanford's obituary
reports that he came to Illinois in 1841. He died on 28 Aug
1895 in Lexington, McLean, Illinois.
Samuel married (2) Julia
F. Sanford, daughter of Col. Thomas Sanford
and Kesia Britton, on 8 May 1827 in Fauquier Co., Virginia. Julia was
born on 2 Jul 1807 in Prince William County, Virginia.
Samuel and Julia had the following children:
- Frances "Fanny" Caroline
Claggett was born on 14
Mar 1830 in New Baltimore, Fauquier, Virginia, U. S.. She died on
3 Dec 1901 in Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia.
- George
Claggett was born in 1832. Probably died young.
- Ann Elizabeth Claggett was born on 17 Mar 1835 in New Baltimore,
Fauquier, Virginia. She died on 24 Jan 1898 in Lexington,
McLean, Illinois.
- Benjamin Franklin Claggett was born on 12 Mar 1839 in Virginia.
By the time of the 1880 census, Benjamin was a farmer in Lexington,
Illinois. He died on 24 Jan 1902 in Lexington,
McLean, Illinois.
- Thomas J. Claggett was born on 1 Jun 1841 in Fauquier, Virginia.
He moved to Illinois in February 1879 and died on 4 Feb 1901
in Lexington,
McLean, Illinois.
- Julia
Claggett was born in 1843 in Snow Hill, New Baltimore,
Fauquier, Virginia. She died on 1 Aug 1921 in Warrenton, Fauquier,
Virginia.
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| Randolph Tucker Claggett was a farmer in Lexington,
Illinois, in 1895. He was born in Warrenton, Fairfax County, Va.,
May 10, 1858, the youngest son of James A. and Catherine Johnson
Claggett. |
Claggetts in the Civil War
The following paragraph about Thomas and Columbia Claggett was written
by my grandfather, Johnson Tucker Beasley, whom I never knew. His mother
was Ruth Matella "Mattie" Claggett, fourth great grand niece
of Edward Claggett. The words are
part of his record on the origins of his family. He was a bit of a family
history buff and recorded quite a few names and dates that have been
of help to me. He wrote:
"I am not sure that any of the Claggetts were in the Civil War,
but the Claggett homestead is in Virginia near the site of the first
Battle of Bull Run [First Mannassas]. I have heard my grandmother
[Catherine Johnson] tell of having watched the battle from the back
porch, and Uncle Tucker tells me his father carried him on horseback
to the scene of the battle after it was over, and that the sight of
row on row of wounded and dying was never erased from his memory."
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Contributors
Much of the Claggett or Clagett genealogy is directly or indirectly attributible
to Brice Clagett, who wrote
![[Opens external site in new window]](../../resources/Icons/ico_external_site.gif) The
Clagett family: a brief history of the name in England and a register of all the
known descendants of Capt. Thomas Clagett.  Barb
and Marc Roddin of Mountain View, California, based on Brice Clagett's work
above, contributed information on the descendants of Captain Thomas John Clagett
and his wife Mary. Linda Ball Gibson contributed information on Samuel Claggett
III and his two sister-wives, Julia and Lucy Sanford. Charlie
McNett of Bethesda, Maryland contributed valuable information on the descendants
of Christopher Columbus Claggett.
The descendants of Ferdinand Claggett were researched by Robert
Christman.
Source Information
The following sources may be of help to those researching the Claggett
family.
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