As early as 1906, Verner Marvin Claybourn began collecting data on the Claybourn Family, and on the English Claibornes from whom he believed we must have descended. In about 1935 Harriette Pinnell Threlkeld became interested, did some research, and with Verner attempted to collect data on approximately seven hundred descendants of William Divine Claybourn, her great-grandfather. We are forever in debt to Harriette and Verner for their tireless, lifelong pursuit of the family history which serves as the foundational core for what we know today.

The ancient and honorable Claybourn coat of arms featured on this page is comprised of three chevronels interlaced in base, sable, a chief; the crest is a demi-wolf proper, rampant, regardant. The motto, which can't really be read, is Saxon and reads "Lofe Clibbor na Sceame." Meaning: Tenacious of what is right, not of what is shameful. In Latin it's "Confide Recto Agens," which means roughly the same thing.