- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Trans-Oconee Republic
- Creator:
- Floyd, Christopher J.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-08-26
- Subject:
- Georgia--History--1775-1865
Clarke, Elijah, 1733-1799 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Trans-Oconee Republic. "Trans-Oconee Republic" is the name used by later historians to describe the short-lived independent state established by Elijah Clarke west of the Oconee River in 1794. While occupying areas in present-day portions of Greene, Morgan, Putnam, and Baldwin counties, Clarke and his followers erected as many as six fortified settlements, wrote a constitution, and elected their own officials. But after a few months, pressure from the federal government forced the governor to take action, and Clarke's independent state came to an end.
GSE identifier: SS2H2 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/trans-oconee-republic/
- Language:
- eng
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- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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