United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Clarke, Elijah, 1733-17991781-11-05This document is an extract of a letter from Colonel E(lijah?) Clarke in Wilkes County, Georgia to an unknown recipient dated November 5, 1781. Clarke states that he and his troops recently invaded and burned numerous Indian towns and settlements (probably Cherokee), killed over forty Indians, and destroyed several hundred bushels of corn and supplies. Two white men were also taken prisoner from the Indian towns. It is likely that this military action was associated with the Revolutionary War effort.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/jpegkrc067engMode 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, Keith Read, box 04, folder 71, document 01.Cherokee Indians--WarsGeorgia. MilitiaUnited States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783Extract of a letter from Colo[nel] E. Clarke, 1781 Nov. 5, Wilk[e]s County, [Georgia]Text