- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Elijah Clarke (1742-1799)
- Creator:
- Davis, Robert Scott, 1954-
- Publisher:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Date of Original:
- 2002-09-12
- Subject:
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Veterans
Legislators--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Statesmen--Georgia - People:
- Clarke, Elijah, 1733-1799
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Elijah Clarke. Among the few heroes of the Revolutionary War from Georgia, Elijah Clarke (sometimes spelled "Clark") was born in 1742, the son of John Clarke of Anson County, North Carolina. He married Hannah Harrington around 1763. As an impoverished, illiterate frontiersman, he appeared in the ceded lands, on what was then the northwestern frontier of Georgia, in 1773.
GSE identifier: SS8H3 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/elijah-clarke-1742-1799/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Elijah Clarke (1742-1799)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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