Elijah Clarke and Georgia's Revolutionary memory in Milledgeville
Obituary notes the October 15 1832 death of General Elijah Clarke a Georgia Revolutionary War hero. It includes a memorial meeting in Milledgeville praising his conduct from boyhood service at 14 through mature patriotism and a request to wear crape for 30 days. It also recounts Clarke’s 1787 Jack's Creek battle dispatch and family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
John Clarke
Jacob Wood
Joseph Sturges
John A. Cuthbert
Georgia
Worth
Joseph Sturgis
Historical Collection of
Eason Thompson
Elijah Clarke
Jack’s Creek
Jack's Creek
Walton County
Gov
Matthews
Ocmulgee
Col. Freeman
Maj. Clarke
Battle of Blackstocks referenced in Clarke family history
Copy of a 1901 note recounts Georgia partisans at Augusta, Cowpens, and Blackstocks with Elijah Clarke and McCall leading forces. It preserves genealogical details from Metta Thompson and Miss Maud Simpson, including Clarke’s move from North Carolina to Georgia and related family letters.
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Elijah Clarke
Wilkes County
Georgia
John
Micajah Williamson
Elijah
Gibson
Nancy
Jesse Thompson
Amelia County
Virginia
Josiah Walton
Benajah Smith
Miss Smith
Eldred Simpkins
South Carolina
Miss Simpkins
Francis Pickens
Andrew Pickens
Clarke
Russia
Little Darling
Washington
Broadriver
Cherokee Corner
Augusta
Clarke County
Athens
Blackstocks
Sumter
Sons of
Carolina
Twiggs
James Jackson
Metta Thompson
Gen
Lossing
Mobile
Ala
John Clarke Thompson
Henrietta Eason
Nancy Clarke
Hannah
McCall
Cowpens
Wilkes
Ninety-Six
Col. Pickens
Soap Creek
White House
Indiana
King’s Rangers
Apt. Johnson
Brown
Grierson
Johnson
Fort Cornwallis
Taylor
Griernon
Capt
Martin
Theving
Col. Cruger
Ashley
Guilford Court House
Greene
Savannah
Gen. Clarke
Mobile, Ala
Augusta, Gy
Miss Thompson
Joseph B. Cumming
Cumming
Elizabeth Hobson
Greensboro
Abs
Ann R. McKinstry
Miss McKinstry
Hobson
General Clarke
North Carolina
Hannah Arrington
Petersburg
Savannah River
Sarah
Jno. Clarke
Nancy Williamson
Betsy Clarke
Charles Williamson
William 8. Hobby
Susan Clarke
Fanny Clarke
Margaret Long
P. Long
Fannie
Edwin Mounger
Gibson Clarke
Robert
Jesse
Drury
Panella
Elizabeth
Thompson
Clarkes
William T. Hobby
Pylesand
Scriven County
Mounger
Cuthbert
Randolph County
Matthewson Hobson
Edgecomb Co
N. C
Thompsons
GO. C. Macwhorter
Sarah Adams
Querulous Queries About Fair Pay and Services
A reader questions why a man demands every penny from a newsboy while tolerating higher charges for a barber's basic services, highlighting perceived value and expectations in everyday transactions.
Apparent System Questioning Hospital Homeopathic Use
A reader asks if a local hospital uses homeopathic methods after overhearing a remark about a blonde nurse attending a patient. The item records a confusion about hospital treatment approaches and staff roles.
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Od, A.B
Long Creek
Gen. E. Clarke
White
C. C. Jones
Hugh McCall
Gov. Gilmer
R. L. Moss
Wilkes Co
Kettle Creek
Musgrove Mill
Wafford
King’s Mountain
Georgis
Gen. C
Hellman
Hist. Reg. National
Julliette
Waldemar Chains
West
Sterling
Fulper Pottery
Sheffield
Pickard
China
Stewart-Paddock Jewelry Company
Clayton St
Athens, Georgia
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