Husband: George W. CLARKE
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Marriage date: 19 Dec 1834
Marriage place: Wilkes Co., Ga.

Wife: ? DENNIS
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Father: unknown DENNIS
Mother: Sarah SMITH (1790-????)
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CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Warren H. CLARKE CSA
Sex: M
Birthdate: abt 1836
Death date: Hancock Co., Ga.
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Child No. 2: John D. CLARKE CSA
Sex: M
Birthdate: 4 Mar 1836
Death date: aft 1900 Hancock Co., Ga.
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Child No. 3: Bedford C. CLARKE CSA
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1842
Death date: 7 Feb 1863 Yorktown, Va., Civil War
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Child No. 4: Benjamin Joseph CLARKE CSA
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1843 OglethorpeCo., Ga.
Death date: 7 May 1921 Hancock Co., Ga.
Burial: Culverton Baptist Church Cemetery, Hancock Co., Ga.
Spouses' names: Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) DICKSON (m 28 Oct 1868)

Child No. 5: Robert W. CLARKE CSA
Sex: M
Birthdate: 21 Feb 1845 Hancock Co., Ga.
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Child No. 6: Sarah CLARKE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1847
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Child No. 7: Georgiana CLARKE
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1849
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Spouses' names: George YATES
 
 
Documentation:
1. Georgia Marriages to 1850, Ancestry Library, Internet address: http://www.ancestry.com.
2. Marriage Licence, Wilkes Co. Ga.
3. Death Certificate of his son, Benjamin J. Clarke. Certified copy of death certificate of Benjamin J. Clarke shows father as George Clarke.
4. 1850 Hancock Co., Ga. Census.
5. Census 1860 Hancock Co., Ga
6. Census 1870 Hancock Co., Ga.
7. Louise Dunn Worsham, interview. (great granddaughter, George W. Clarke & Patience Dennis).
8. Louise Dunn Worsham, interviews.
9. Grace Clarke Fanning. (great granddaughter, George W. Clarke & Patience Dennis).
10. Henderson, Lillian, compiler. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865. State of Georgia, 1964.
11. Rozier, John, editor. The Granite Farm Letters: The Civil War Correspondence of Edgeworth and Sallie Bird. Athens, London: The University of Georgia Press, c1988.
12. Smith, Elizabeth Wiley. The History of Hancock County, Georgia. 2 volumes. Wilkes Publishing Co., Inc. Washington, Ga. c1974.
13. Henderson. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865.
14. Ibid.
15. Smith. The History of Hancock County, Georgia.
16. Henderson. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865.
17. Smith. The History of Hancock County, Georgia.
18. Henderson. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865.
19. Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998.
20. Henderson. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865.
21. U. S. Census Office.. Non-Population Census of Georgia. Agricultural Schedule. Fulton-Harralson. 1880 .LDS Film #1602490.
22. Smith. The History of Hancock County, Georgia
23. Census, Hancock Co., Ga. 1920. GMD 114.
24. Henderson. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865.
25. Smith. The History of Hancock County, Georgia.

Notes:
Family
Marriage (1,2)

George W. CLARKE
General (3)
* May be George Washington Clarke, born between 1807 & 1812) son of Christopher Clark of Elbert Co., Ga. No confirmation.

Patience M. DENNIS
General (4,5,6,7):
* The 1850 Hancock Co. Census shows Patience as a single parent, with seven children and her mother living in one household. Her husband has died or otherwise left the family.
* The 1860 Hancock Co., Census shows Patience as being 45 years old and with $250.00 worth of Real Estate. All children still at home.
* 1870 Census shows Patience in household of son, John D., with Sarah, age 23, and Georgia, age 21.
* 1880 Census shows Patience in household of son, John D., age 68 yrs.
* All 5 of Patience's sons served in the Confederate Army. Bedford died at Yorktown, Va. The other 4 survived but Warren died after the War from wounds received.
* Patience Dennis Clarke was a seamstress during the Civil War.
* According to his Military record in the Civil War, Benjamin J. was born in Oglethorpe Co., and possibly the other children were also but there is no record of their birthplace.

Warren H. CLARKE CSA
Death (8,9)
General (10,11,12)
* He died of wounds soon after returning home.
* Served in Co. E, 15th Regiment Georgia Volunteers Infantry. (Hancock Volunteers). Private Feb. 28, 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Appointed 4th Sergeant Dec. 30, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1965.
* "Your long, sweet letter came by Warren Clarke and was deliciously delightful.......)" from letter of Edgeworth Bird to Sallie Bird, Near Richmond, 1 June 1864.
* Hancock County Conservative Club: The following gentlemen were appointed a committee of three from each district of the county, to carry out the aims of the Club: W. H. Bonner, H. T. Mitchell, WARREN CLARKE, 109th District. (Feb 6, 1868,
Herald Journal, Greensboro

John D. CLARKE CSA
Birth (13)
General (14,15)
* Served in Company I, 59th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Hancock Co., Ga. Private May 7, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant. Surrendered Appomattox.
* 1880 Hancock Co., Ga. census shows John, age 40, single, farmer, with mother, Patience, 68, living in his household. no other dependents.
* 1880 Hancock Co., Ga. 1880 Non-population census Agricultural Schedules shows that John Clark owns 40 acres.
* 1900 census shows John D. Clarke born March 1836, age 64, and single. Did he ever marry?

Bedford C. CLARKE CSA
Death (16)
General (17)
* Company A, 6th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, CSA A. Hancock Co., Ga. (Sidney Brown Infantry) Private April 22, 1861. Died at Yorktown, Va. Feb. 7, 1862

Benjamin Joseph CLARKE CSA
Birth (18)
Death (19)
* Death certificate
* Served in the Company commanded by Linton Stephens - for term of six months unless sooner discharged - to serve anywhere in Georgia, August 15, 1863 Served in Company E, 15th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry "Hancock Volunteers". Private April 12, 1864. Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865
* Benjamin "Benjoe" was 16 when he ran away from school to join the Confederate Army.
* In 1880 was renting 17 acres of land in the 118th district (Non-Populatin Census)
* Benjamin J. Clarke had auburn hair. Three of his children had auburn hair, Anna Maude, James (curly) and Benny. (Louise D. Worsham)

Robert W. CLARKE CSA
General (24,25)
* Company A, 6th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, C. S. A. Hancock County, Ga. (Sydney Brown Infantry). Private April 22, 1861. Wounded at cold Harbor, Va., June 27, 1862. Appt. Sergeant. Captured at Fort Fisher, NC, Feb. 11, 1865. Released Point Lookout, MD, June 26, 1865.

Sarah CLARKE
* Sarah died as a young women. She was 23 in the 1870 census and living with her mother and sister with Uncle John Clarke. She was not present in the 1880 census.

Researching: Clark(e), Dennis, Dickson, Dudley, Dunn, all of whom were in Hancock County, Georgia by 1800.
Prepared 22 Feb 2002