Colonel William Clift

1795 - 1886  (90 years)

• Name	William Clift
  Prefix	Colonel
  Born	5 Dec 1795	Greene County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Feb 1886	Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1]
  Buried	Soddy Presbyterian Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1]
  Person ID	I3	Soddy-Daisy-Roots
  Last Modified	14 May 2016

  
  

  Father	James R. Clift,   d. 19 Jul 1854, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	Alice Hitchcock,   b. North Carolina ,   d. Knox County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Married	1793	Knox County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Arwin Brooks,   b. 22 Feb 1795, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Aug 1847, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 52 years)
  Married	25 Apr 1823	Knox County, Tennessee   [3]
  Children	1. America Washington Clift,   b. 9 Sep 1825, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. Alvarado, Johnson County, Texas  (Age 51 years)   2. Elizabeth Agnes Clift,   b. 1 Feb 1828, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Jul 1889, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 61 years)   3. Capt. James Warren Clift,   b. 21 Jul 1829, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Mar 1910, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 80 years)   4. Mary Ann Clift,   b. 6 Mar 1831, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Sep 1905, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)   5. Robert Brooks Clift,   b. 5 Jun 1833, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 19 May 1895, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 61 years)   6. Moses Haney Clift,   b. 25 Aug 1836, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Dec 1911, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 75 years)   7. Joseph John Clift,   b. 28 May 1838, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Nov 1911, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elisabeth K. Merritt,   b. Kentucky ,   d. Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	24 Jun 1863	Jessamine County, Kentucky   [4]
  Notes	Wilson, John, Hamilton County Pioneers, 1998, Page 43
  Children	1. Lucy Mabel Clift,   b. 8 Oct 1869, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Mar 1871, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga Tennessee, Volume I, Zella Armstrong, (The Lookout Publishing Company, (c) 1931; reprinted The Overmountain Press, 1993), ISBN 0-932807-91-7., Page 266. [S5] Our Zion, William Harrison Marquis, (The College Press, Collegedale, Tennessee 1978), Page 17. lists birthdate as December 5, 1794 [S4] The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga Tennessee, Volume I, Zella Armstrong, (The Lookout Publishing Company, (c) 1931; reprinted The Overmountain Press, 1993), ISBN 0-932807-91-7., Page 398. [S15] Hamilton County Pioneers, John Wilson, (BookCrafters, (c) 1998), Page 43.