United States, Georgia, Franklin County, 34.37544, -83.22918Clarke, Elijah, 1733-17991792-12-04This is a letter dated December 4, 1792 from General Elijah Clarke to Governor Edward Telfair (Governor of Georgia, 1789-1793) that encloses an affidavit taken from Owen Bowen by Judge Houstoun regarding the murder of the Crocket family in Franklin County allegedly by Cherokee Indians. Clarke tells the governor that Bowen is in Augusta and is available to meet with the governor if and when the governor wishes to see him.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegcmt010engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, C. Mildred Thompson, box 01, folder 10, document 01.Cherokee Indians--Claims againstCrocket familyLetter, 1792 Dec. 4, Augusta, [Georgia to] Governor Edward Telfair / Elijah ClarkeText