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About Benjamin William Clark, Sr.
A Patriot of the American Revolution for North Carolina with the rank of Private. He also served as a Quartermaster. DAR Ancestor # A022184
Inscription: Born 1-1758 in Dobbs Co. North Carolina Dobbs County, NC, was discontinued in 1791.
Died 2-1838 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas
Note: Father of James Clark, Founder of Clarksville
Note: Close to Benjamin's grave is a marker that states: "Uncle" George Beloved & Faithful Servant of Benjamin Clark
Benjamin Clark, Sr. was a Quartermaster Sergeant, NC Militia, Dobbs Co. Benjamin was in Hempstead County, AR. by 1814 where he was considerd to be a wealthy planter.
He was the first coroner of Hempstead Co., AR, and donated the land on which the first courthouse was erected. During the Civil War the capitol of AR was moved to this building.
The widowed Benjamin moved to TX in the early 1830's-just after he requested a Revolutionary War Pension.
From the Handbook of TX on Line: CLARK, BENJAMIN (1758–1838). Benjamin Clark, pioneer Red River County settler, was born in Dobbs County, North Carolina, in 1758. He fought in the American Revolution and by 1799 had settled in Tennessee. He moved to Arkansas Territory around 1814 and settled at Jonesborough on the Texas side of the Red River a few years later. In 1833 he founded Clarksville. Clark was a Methodist minister. He was married to Mary McLendon. He died in Clarksville in 1838 and was buried in Clarksville Cemetery.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Pat B. Clark, The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort, 1937). Claude V. Hall, "Early Days in Red River County," East Texas State Teachers College Bulletin 14 (June 1931). Red River Recollections (Clarksville, Texas: Red River County Historical Society, 1986). Rex W. Strickland, Anglo-American Activities in Northeastern Texas, 1803–1845 (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, 1937). George Travis Wright Family Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
Benjamin Clark came to Texas before it was part of the United States of America.
Alexander Clark decendants
CLARK, BENJAMIN (1758-1838). Benjamin Clark, pioneer Red River County settler, was born in Dobbs County, North Carolina, in 1758. He fought in the American Revolution and by 1799 had settled in Tennessee. He moved to Arkansas Territory around 1814 and settled at Jonesborough on the Texas side of the Red River a few years later. In 1833 he founded Clarksville. Clark was a Methodist minister. He was married to Mary McLendon. He died in Clarksville in 1838 and was buried in Clarksville Cemetery. When Benjamin William Clark was born on January 16, 1758, in Duplin County, North Carolina, his father, Benjamin, was 35 and his mother, Sarah, was 28. He was married twice. He died on February 1, 1838, in Clarksville, Texas, having lived a long life of 80 years, and was buried there.
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Benjamin William Clark, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1758 |
January 16, 1758
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Dobbs, North Carolina
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| 1783 |
January 3, 1783
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| 1791 |
January 12, 1791
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SC, United States
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1794
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Thor Mountain, North Carolina, United States
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| 1802 |
1802
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TN, United States
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1809
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| 1838 |
February 1, 1838
Age 80
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Clarksville, Red River County, TX, United States
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