CLARKE COUNTY. 187 



In the battle of Long Cane Creek, Col. Clarke was severe- 

 ly wounded, and was carried off the field. After his recovery 

 he joined the command of General Pickens, and was sent by 

 him against Major Dunlap whom he compelled to surrender. 

 For a short time after this affair he was confined with the small- 

 pox, but on the 15th of May he was so far recovered as to re- 

 sume his command, and was present when Augusta surren- 

 dered to the Americans. Indeed, he had gallantly confined the 

 British garrison to their works, for weeks before Col. Lee ar- 

 rived. His last opposition to the British arms was under Gen. 

 Wayne before Savannah, which city he had the satisfaction to 

 see evacuated, and his country altogether relieved from the 

 British yoke. With the Indians, Col. Clarke was engaged in 

 several battles, the principal of which was the battle of Jack's 

 Creek, fought in 1787, in which he defeated the Creeks. 



In 17 — , Clarke made an attempt to settle on the Indian 

 side of the Oconee river, and also crossed the St. Mary's to 

 the Florida side and drove in the Spanish posts. For these acts 

 he incurred the displeasure of the United States Government. 

 His merits as a soldier maybe easily known, when it is remem- 

 bered that he was solicited by two great European nations to 

 engage in their service. That he had a commission of Major 

 General, with a salary of $10,000 a year in the service of 

 France, can be seen by reference to the documents of Blount's 

 conspiracy and impeachment in the report of the committee 

 of the House of Representatives of the United States ; page 

 143. He signed the treaty with the Cherokees made at Augus- 

 ta in 1783, the treaty of the Creeks in the same year, and that 

 with the Creeks at Galphinton in 1785. He died in Wilkes 

 county, December 15, 1799.* 



COBB. 



Boundaries. — This county is bounded north by Chero- 

 kee and Cass, east by Forsyth and De Kalb, south by 



* Items furnished by Col. J. W. Jackson. 



