I think that I have some information that might help you. Baltrip is a name that has 3 different spellings--but my research shows that they are all related. The family is african American. Henry Clayton Baultrippe (also spelled Baltrippe) was born in 1898 in Tennesee. He had a son named Clayton in 1930. Then that Clay had a son born in 1957. Then That Clay had a son born in 1988.