Elisha Clark

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Elisha Clark (born September 12, 1752 in Norwich , † December 12, 1838 in Tinmouth , Vermont ) was a Vermont veteran of the American Revolution and politician who was the first State Auditor of Vermont from 1790 to 1797 .

Life

Clark was born in Norwich, Connecticut to Nathan Clark and Abigail Satterlee.

During the Revolution, he served as a sergeant under Seth Warner in the Green Mountain Boys and as an adjutant to Colonel Samuel Herrick in the Vermont militia . He also served as Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner.

He settled in Tinmouth, Vermont and held various offices in the local government, including a justice of the peace . He served as a probate judge for Rutland County from 1784 to 1803. He was the first State Auditor also called the Auditor of Accounts of Vermont. He held this office from 1790 to 1797.

Elisha Clark was married to Mary Stuart in her first marriage, the couple had four children, in a second marriage with Betsey Jewell, from this marriage came a son and in a third marriage with Edna Mattocks. There were six children from this marriage.

Clark died in Tinmouth on December 12, 1838. His grave is in Tinmouth's Noble Family Cemetery.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lineage Book , edited by the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1901, Issue 13, p. 125
  2. ↑ Lineage book - National Society of the Daughters of the American , from Daughters of the American Revolution, 1919, 208
  3. ^ Ancestral Register of the General Society , edited by the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1896, 172
  4. ^ Biographical sketches of representative citizens of the commonwealth of Massachusetts , edited by Graves and Steinbarger, Boston, 1901, p. 308
  5. ↑ Journals of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, edited by the Vermont General Assembly, 1815, 65
  6. Jump up ↑ Rutland County, Vermont Probate Extracts, Rutland District, Part 5, by Margaret R. Jenks and Danielle L. Roberts (2007, 451)
  7. ↑ Ethan Allen and His Kin: Correspondence, 1772-1819, by Ethan Allen, edited by John J. Duffy, 1998, Issue 1, p. 370
  8. ↑ Tinmouth Cemetery Records, 1769-1875, maintained by Tinmouth Town Clerk

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SURNAME Clark, Elisha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Revolution veteran, American politician, and judge
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Norwich
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1838
Place of death Tinmouth , Vermont