I have had quite a bit of luck finding persons with
the last name "clipper". Most are in the East---
D.C., New York, Pennsylvania, with some still living
in the Virginia, West Virginia regions. For the most
part, I have concentrated on the Klippers who owned
a plantation in Hanover County, Virginia during slavery.
They were German, came to the U.S. and worked a
tobacco plantation. They owned a few hundred slaves
among them my great-great-grandmother. The plantation
owner and she, whether consentually or not, had relations
that resulted in the birth of my great-grandfather. As an
adult he was freed and moved to the D.C. area where he and his
wife had nine children.

I have tried to trace the white side of the family and have been
unsuccessful in receiving responses. My understanding is that
they are fairly wealthy and on my "black side" of the family there
is that the Klippers may feel that I want more than just acknowledgment
of family ties. Many have Anglicized their names and still live the "ole
Virginia" way which is alright. I am only looking for my great-grandfathers
slave record and the paper indicating he was manumuted, should they still exist.

I wish you luck in your search and should I come across anything relative to the
MO area, I will let you know.