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Elijah Clarke was born near Tarboro in Edgecombe County, Province of North Carolina, the son of John Clarke of Anson County, North Carolina. [1] [2] served in the Georgia Militia during the American Revolutionary War. When the state troops disbanded after the surrender of Savannah, he became a lieutenant colonel in the Wilkes County Militia.
In February 1794, General Elijah Clarke, a popular veteran of the American Revolutionary War, resigned his current commission in the Georgia state militia in order to lead an expedition against the East Florida colony. Clarke had become involved in a French-supported scheme to invade East Florida, which was then controlled by the Kingdom of Spain.
Clark was born in 1766 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Along with his father, Elijah Clarke, Clark fought in the American Revolutionary War at the Battle of Kettle Creek and served in the Georgia militia. He moved to Wilkes County, Georgia, in the early 1770s. He became a major general in 1796.
The Battle of Kettle Creek was the first major victory for Patriots in the back country of Georgia during the American Revolutionary War that took place on February 14, 1779. [4] It was fought in Wilkes County about eleven miles (18 km) from present-day Washington, Georgia .
When the Revolutionary War broke out, Heard immediately joined the patriot cause. He was joined by fellow Georgians Elijah Clarke, Nancy Hart, and John Dooly, who also lived in Wilkes County. Georgia residents were very divided on the issue of independence. Throughout the war, the patriots faced a strong Loyalist resistance.
George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was an American military officer and surveyor from Virginia who became the highest-ranking Patriot military officer on the northwestern frontier during the Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Virginia militia in Kentucky (then part of Virginia) throughout much of the war.
Fort Morris is an earthen works fort in Liberty County, Georgia, in the United States.The fort is on a bend in the Medway River and played an important role in the protection of southeast Georgia throughout various conflicts beginning in 1741 and ending in 1865 at the conclusion of the American Civil War, [2] including the French and Indian and American Revolutionary Wars and War of 1812. [2]
The Secretaries of Treasury and War examined the testimonies to determine the quantity of land each should receive. [3] Acts of February 18, 1801 [ 5 ] and April 23, 1812 [ 6 ] named a total of 67 claimants to receive 58,080 acres (235.0 km 2 ), in the amounts of 2240, 1280, 960, 640, 320, and 160 acres (0.65 km 2 ).