Abraham J. CLUBB b. 1822 d. 1906 Libert, Bollinger Co., Missouri: Our Family Near and Far

1822 - 1906

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Birth	1822 [3]
Gender	Male
Also Known As	last name could be spelled Klopp
Residence	Near Lutesville, Missouri [3]
Will	County of Bollinger State of Missouri On this 1st day of May 1871, personally appeared before me, the undersigned Notary Public in and for the county and State aforesaid, Abraham Clubb, admin. of Daniel Clubb, Sr. Deceased who, being duly sworn by me according to law, deposes and says in valuation (me- I'm not sure of this word) to the land entered by Deceased on the 29th day of October 1857, per certificate of purchase No. 28310 that the same was for his own use and for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation under the provisions of the act of Congress, of 4th August, 1854, "to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands to actual settlers and cultivators;" that he is Deceased (me- can't read the following 3 words) is at this time in the occupancy of said land, and has been residing theron since the Death of his father who Entered the Land and who resided on the Land from the year 1815 until the time of his death in 1859 that there is 30 acres of Land Improved and Cultivated besides (me- can't read the word) and houses and stables & also a good orchard of Bearing Trees that he has made or entered into no contract or agreement either directly or indirectly for the sale or transfer of said land, and that he was twenty-one years of age at the time he entered the same. (signed) Abraham CLUBB admin. of Daniel Clubb, Senior, Dec. Sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year first above written. John J. Duffy Notary Public Bollinger County, Missouri Source 92 [4]
Correspondence	In 1879, a group of people living about 8 miles southwest of Lutesville, Bollinger Co., Missouri, selected a site on Clubb Creek and erected the Clubb Creek General Baptist Church. The site was on the original homestead in 1812 by Daniel Clubb and sold to his son Abraham about the time of the Civil War. per Steve: Memories; "Dan married a woman who had negroes, and married again after his first wife died. My grandmother spoke of her father (Abraham) and her grand father as a very dark brunettes. " (Velma Payne to Steve May 7, 1966) per Steve: story; "Clyde F Willis in Country Lanes. ''The cave with a sealed door, an Ozark Legened, who got it from several sources. "he Indian that came to the homestead of Daniel Clubb on Clubb's Creek that winter day in 1820 was very old. His buckskin shirt was patched and his moccasins were worn thin, for he had walked along distance. He said that he had no food to eat for two days and asked if he might warm himself by the white man's fire. Mr Clubb invited the old chief in and gave him food and a place to rest by the fireplace. The old Indian visited the Clubb family for several weeks, and when Mrs Clubb gave him a wool blanket to protect his frail body from the bite of winter wind, his heart was filled with joy. To repay this act of kindness, the old Indian showed Mr Clubb the ancient council rock and burial ground of the Osage Indians. He told Mr Clubb how the Great Spirit had come to him in a dream and bid him to visit the graves of his forefathers. The Great Spirit had said that if his heart was good, then he might enter the secret cave and set at the sacred council fire. The old chief told Mr Clubb that the Great Spirit lived in the cave ‘during the moon of the ripening corn.” He said that the entrance of the cave was sealed with a slab of stone and that serpents with forked tongues and tails that rattled guarded the door. He was sure that only they that were pure of heart could get by the serpents and sit at the council fire. The old chief’s heart must have been bad, for although he searched for many days, he failed to find the cave. It was two white boys, Abraham and Mose(s) Clubb, sons of Daniel Clubb, who found the cave long after the old Indian had joined the Great Spirit in the happy hunting ground. According to the legend, Mose and Abe Clubb were hauling wood with a wagon and an ox team one day in l845. While traveling down a ridge near their home, the wagon rolled over a large slab of limestone that gave off a hollow sound. Feeling sure that they had found the door to the Indian’s cave, the boys scraped away the accumulation of leaves and dirt. They found that a round section of rock had been cut out and carefully fitted back in place, the crack sealed with a red mortar that they could not identify. Using their axe to remove the mortar, the boys were able to slide the door aside wit the help of their team of oxen. There was a round hole the size of a wagon wheel that looked to be about l0 feet deep. Ladder-like steps had been cut into the limestone walls all the way to the bottom of the pit. Leading on in an easterly direction was a tunnel, just large enough for a man to crawl through on his hands and knees. Excited by their find, the boys procured candles, and wile Mose waited at the bottom of the pit, Abe lighted a candle and crawled into the tunnel. Abe was in the cave for over two hours. When he returned he told his brother Mose that the tunnel opened up into a large room. He said that the ceiling of the cave was over 20 feet high and that the walls were covered with Indian writing and pictures. In the center of the cave’s floor was a deep chasm, some eight feet wide, and he could hear the roar of water at the bottom of the chasm. Confident that they would find a great treasure, the Clubb boys returned the next day to fully explore the cave. To their surprise the floor of the pit now was literally covered with a mass of wiggling, twisting rattlesnakes. The location of the cave was well-guarded secret and the Clubb boys made many attempts to explore the cave, but were unable to pass the rattlesnakes that guarded the entrance. Abraham Clubb died in l906. Shortly before his death he told his family about the cave and showed them the entrance. Over the years many attempts to enter the cave were made. All of them failed. During the great depression a group of local men tried to blast their way into the cave with dynamite. This also failed. The old Indian cave is locate done mile north of the old Sank post office and is on private property. In recent years the owners had the pit filled with dirt. So again the cave is sealed–not with a door of stone, but with tons of dirt. The burial ground and the council rock that the old Indian visited are near the site of the old town of Trowel, and still may be seen today. Steve has a photo of Abraham Clubb. This is possibly the Abraham Clubb that was a ‘rebel lieutenant’ in the Civil War. Children of ABRAHAM CLUBB and HANNAH BAKER are: 71. i. SARAH ELIZABETH5 CLUBB, b. 26 Sep 1858. ii. MARY B CLUBB, b. 1861. iii. A.L. CLUBB, b. 1864. Source 1345 [3]
Died	1906	Libert, Bollinger Co., Missouri [3]
Buried	Clubb Creek Cemetery, Missouri [3]
Person ID	I2741	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	07 Oct 2008

Father	Daniel CLUBB, I, b. 1780, d. Bef 1870
Mother	Sally BAKER, b. Abt 1780
Family ID	F1901	Group Sheet

Family	Hannah BAKER, b. Abt 1830, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri , d. 1906, Bollinger Co., Missouri
Married	24 Dec 1857 [3]
Notes	Married: They were related.
Family ID	F1921	Group Sheet

Photos
Abraham J. and Hannah Baker Clubb

Notes

she only has found one wife for Daniel. According to tax records, Daniel came to Missouri about 1812. He proved up land all along Club's Creek in Bollinger County, but the paperwork on the property was not done till about 1859 by his son Abraham. After Daniel's death there was a court battle over the property- seems Daniel had promised everything to 2 granddaughters if they would take care of him. When he died the rest of the family tookthem to court to get a share of the property. The rest of the family won. Somehow Abraham came up with the most property, I would assume he bought the others out. Abraham gave land for a Church and Cemtery, which are called Clubb's Creek Church and Clubb's Creek Cemetery. There was also a Clubb Creek School. James Benjamin, Iris' husbands grandfather bought 120 acres from Abraham and raised his family and his tow youngest sons till they died in the 1990's. Source 619 [5]

Residence:

Lived on his father’s land.

Sources

[S76] 2893Clubb; Family group sheets, from Doylene Rathke.
[S79] 2896FowlerFrancis; Family group sheet, from Doylene Rathke.
[S1345] Email, from Steve Behr.
[S92] 2971Clubb; will of Daniel Clubb, Sr., from Yvonne Stedman.
[S619] 4644Clubb; information on their Clubb line; Capt. Samuel Cobrin’s Militia land holdings & map; Bollinger Co. info on Peter Clubb & his will; John Cagle info; indenture between Gasper Clubb & John Clubb, from Jim and Iris Clubb.