Thanks for this Q - I'll add it to my research
@ http://snipurl.com/oldjoeclark if I may.

> If Joe is in the 1842 edition, he is probably English

When I contacted Lisa Clark, who did the genealogical
research on Sexton's Creek, Kentucky, she told me that

> My earliest known English ancestor was born in 1546
> near the town of Marlow. His son William Lambdin Jr.
> was born in Marlow in 1597 and christened in the
> St. Martins-In-The-Fields Church. We haven't been
> able to get the Clarks back beyond 1750 when they
> were in North Carolina but feel sure they were either
> from England, Ireland or Scotland. The Scots-Irish
> are very prevalent in the mountains where our Clarks
> were from.

But no mention of the term 'Old Joe Clark parties'.

very best

Paul Castle
http://www.rosinators.com
http://snipurl.com/oldjoeclark