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BIOGRAPHY: William Clift was born December 5, 1795, in Greene County, Tenn., and came to Hamilton County about 1828. He organized the Seventh Tennessee Regiment, of which he was colonel, enlisted in the fall of 1861, and was a very warm supporter of the stars and stripes. Hearing that they were threatened by the Confederates, this regiment disbanded and fled to Kentucky. He was captured while returning from carrying some dispatches from Gen. Burnside to Gen. Rosecrans. He was taken to Atlanta, where he was retained in captivity about four mouths. He then made his escape in February, 1864, and reached home the same month. He was magistrate of his district eighteen years, and was also colonel of the State militia. He was greatly harassed by the Confederates during the late war, but to the last remained a stanch Union man. He was also a very fine business man, and when he died his effects were estimated to be worth $1,000,000. He died February 17, 1886, aged ninety. Mrs. Clift was born February 22, 1795, in East Tennessee; she died August 17, 1847. Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887

William married Elisabeth K. Merritt on 24 Jun 1863 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Elisabeth was born in in Kentucky; died in in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Wilson, John, Hamilton County Pioneers, 1998, Page 43

James married Alice Hitchcock in 1793 in Knox County, Tennessee. Alice was born in in North Carolina; died in in Knox County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]