Consolidated Military Officer's File of Powell Clayton, Arkansas, 1864

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Consolidated Military Officer's File of Powell Clayton, Arkansas, 1864

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SNAC Resource ID: 11657586

National Archives at Washington, D.C

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Clayton, Powell, 1833-1914

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Powell Foulk Clayton was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, to John and Ann (Clarke) Clayton. The Clayton family was descended from early Quaker settlers of Pennsylvania. Clayton's ancestor William Clayton emigrated from Chichester, England, was a personal friend and associate of William Penn as well as one of nine justices who sat at the Upland Court in 1681. Clayton attended the Forwood School in Wilmington, Delaware and the Pennsylvania Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy in Bri...