Elijah Clarke (1742 – December 15, 1799) was an American military officer and Georgia legislator. Elijah Clarke was born near Tarboro in Edgecombe County, Province of North Carolina, the son of John Clarke of Anson County, North Carolina. [1][2] served in the Georgia Militia during the American Revolutionary War.

2014年9月15日 · In October 1780 things looked bleak for Elijah Clarke and the Georgia Refugees. After their failed attack on Augusta, the regiment made its way into Watauga to be sheltered by their friends, the Overmountain Men of Watauga who were, at that very moment, organized and moving toward a date at King’s Mountain.

2002年9月12日 · Elijah Clarke was among the few heroes of the Revolutionary War from Georgia. Even though he was wounded several times, Clarke led several successful frontier guerrilla campaigns against British soldiers and American Loyalists during the war.

In February 1794, General Elijah Clarke, a popular veteran of the American Revolutionary War, resigned his current commission in the Georgia state militia in order to lead an expedition against the East Florida colony. Clarke had become involved in a French-supported scheme to invade East Florida, which was then controlled by the Kingdom of Spain.

On February 14, 1779, Clarke led a part of the American force that surprised and defeated a loyalist militia at the Battle of Kettle Creek. After the British capture of Charleston in 1780, Clarke and his Georgians participated in the guerilla campaign against the British and their supporters in the South Carolina backcountry.

2023年12月13日 · On or around this day in 1799, Elijah Clarke passes away. He’s been called an “an effective successful guerilla commander” whose contributions “merit high recognition.” He was a “steady, reliable, and, when necessary, deadly fighting leader,” historian Henry Lumpkin notes.

Patriot militia commander, adventurer. North Carolina and Georgia. Born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, probably of Scottish-Irish stock, Elijah Clarke moved with his family to Wilkes County (to the so-called "ceded lands"), Georgia, by 1773.

2023年12月13日 · On or around this day in 1799, Elijah Clarke passes away. He’s been called “an effective and successful guerrilla commander” whose contributions “merit high recognition.” He was a “steady, reliable, and, when necessary, …

From September 14-18, 1780, Colonel Clarke and Lt. Colonel James McCall led over 400 men in an attempt to retake Augusta, Georgia. They began the siege by approaching undetected and rebuffed two Indian attacks.

Elijah Clarke (1742-15 December 1799) was a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Elijah Clarke was born in 1742 in Anson County, North Carolina, and he...