Elijah Clark
Elijah Clark received a land grant on Soap Creek in Lincoln County, Georgia for his service in 1786.
""Died on the 15th ult., at a mature age, Elijah Clark, Esquire, late a Major-General in the service of this State; a soldier from nature and a patriot from principle, early in late Revolutionary War, he decided on the part he should take and it was due to his exertions that the western frontiers of two States were kept secure and the Indians kept in awe. His memory cannot be forgotten."
Source: The Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State, 12/21/1799
" Died on the night of the 8th inst., Caroline Margaret Clark, only daughter of Major Elijah Clark, age 11 months, 2 days."The Milledgeville Jouran, 9/30/1812
Quoted from Hero Implants by Jeannette Holland Austin:
Colonel Elijah Clarke (later Elijah) lived on a farm in Wilkes County. He joined the Revolution at its beginning and made a Colonel. During the first battle of his service he was shot in the leg and had to return home to get well again. The British and Tories and killing and robbing the people of Georgia. As soon as Clarke heard this news, he buckled on his sword and took his rifle down from over the door, mounting his horse. He rode day and night, getting patriots together to fight the British. Soon he had one hundred horsemen carried long rifles; they lived most of their time in the woods and swamps. Clarke's army rarely slept in a house; they suffered from hunger, thirst and cold weather. They fought the enemy whenever they could, and whipped the British in a bloody battle at Kettle Creek. Life was so hard that many of Colonel Clarke's men left him. Once there were only twenty men, but Clarke went to work and raised three hundred more.
Clarke was wounded four times; he was sick with smallpox for six weeks,but as soon as he was able, he mounted his horse and fought again. Once, when he was taken prisoner two idlers were set to guard him. He knocked one of them down with his fist; the other one ran."