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{{for|the fictional character|Elijah Clarke (One Life to Live)}} |
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[[Image:ElijahClarkeByRembrandtPeale.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Portrait by [[Rembrandt Peale]]]] |
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'''Elijah Clarke''' (1742 – December 15, 1799), born in 1742 at [[Anson County, North Carolina]], was a [[Continental Army]] officer and hero in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. He fought in the [[Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War|southern theater]] and in the [[Battle of Kettle Creek]]. |
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After the war, Clarke was elected to the Georgia legislature. In 1794 he organized the [[Trans-Oconee Republic]], several settlements in counties of Georgia in traditional Creek territory. From there he attacked [[Muscogee people|Creek villages]], but was restrained by Georgia Governor [[George Mathews (Georgia)|George Mathews]]. <ref name=Lamplugh>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Pbbiqe9o0lEC&dq=The+Georgia-Florida+Frontier,+1793-1796:+Spanish+Reaction+to+French+Intrigue+and+American+Designs&source=gbs_navlinks_s George R. Lamplugh, ''Politics on the Periphery: Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1783-1806''], Newark, University of Delaware Press, 1986, pp. 64-68, accessed 19 Nov 2010</ref> |
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==Representation in other media== |
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Clarke and his actions served as one of the sources for the fictional character of Benjamin Martin in ''[[The Patriot (2000 film)|The Patriot]]'', a film released in 2000. He is also a major character in the historical novel "The Hornet's Nest" by Jimmy Carter. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-668 Elijah Clarke], ''[[New Georgia Encyclopedia]]''. |
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|NAME = Clarke, Elijah |
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|SHORT DESCRIPTION = Continental Army officer from Georgia |
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|DATE OF BIRTH = 1742 |
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|PLACE OF BIRTH = Anson County, North Carolina |
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|DATE OF DEATH = December 15, 1799 |
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|PLACE OF DEATH = Augusta, Georgia |
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}} |
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[[Category:1742 births]] |
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[[Category:1799 deaths]] |
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[[Category:People from Anson County, North Carolina]] |
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[[Category:People from Wilkes County, Georgia]] |
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[[Category:Burials in Georgia (U.S. state)]] |
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[[Category:Georgia (U.S. state) militiamen in the American Revolution]] |
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[[Category:Heads of state of former countries]] |
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[[Category:Heads of state of unrecognized or largely unrecognized states]] |
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[[Category:People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Revolution]] |
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Revision as of 13:31, 25 October 2013
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