Dade county was formed around 1837 in the extreme Northwest corner of Georgia. It was not on the Federal Road path and in fact had little access until around the 1930's. The Chicamauga Cheorkees lived in that area. The Thomas CLark listed in the book THE WHITES AMONG THE CHEROKEES is picked up on the North Georgia census in 1830 listed as a farmer... no family is listed with him, it does indicate that he is not married at this time. This Thomas Clark is again picked up on the 1831 census but there is no indication that he remained in Georgia... which if he went to Dade County he could well have been in the Tennessee area which was the only access into the area at that time. This census information was for those who were living in the North Georgia area and who filed for permission to live there among the Indians and continue with their business. I might add that there were 5 Uptons living in Georgia during that time frame also, later on in the 1835-1838 time frame. Many men became ministers of the word during these years. It wasn't unusual for a farmer or merchant to also be a minister. It doesn't carry must weight since many of them also married several times, may have had a white AND an Indian wife at the same time as well. It was a hard life in what was considered a thickly forested wild country, hard to tame. Anyway by studying the history of the area you first find your Thomas Clark listed - you may get some clues as to when he actually was first in Georgia... the age seems to fit, this listing could be him. Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [Clarke-Clark] North Georgia Clarks I have a Thomas Clark(e) who m. Elizabeth (Upton?) and settled in Dade County, GA. He was b. late 1700's. Is there any info in your book concerning him? He was a minister. Thanks for any info. Donna Brown [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Waka or Rod" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:38 AM Subject: [Clarke-Clark] North Georgia Clarks > I have several books that I had gathered over the 30 years of researching my > husband's family. One of the books is concerning the settlers of North > Georgia during Cherokee Indian occupation called Whites Among the Cherokees, > 1827-1838. This book lists many folks with the surname Clark... Ben, Caleb, > Henry, Jessee, Lewis, Thomas and William (Clarke and Clark). If you need me > to look further at this information please send a followup email. > Next I also have a book called Deaths, Murders, and Lynchings 1873-1900. This > book is a compiliation of newspaper reports of said events of North Georgia. > Also listed are Clark(e)... Ben, George, Henry, James, Joe, John, Levi, > Mitchel, and William. > > Still looking for the parents of our Joseph Pickett Clark who went my the > nickname of "Pick". Born about 1890-1900, married Alice Thomas. They were > possibly born in Lumpkin County Georgia, migrated to Cherokee County, Georgia > where they died. > Leslie Thomas > All emails from this address are certified Virus Free by Norton's Virus > Scanner... > > Old Cherokee Saying > > We, the great mass of the people think only of the > love we have for our land we do love the land > where we were brought up. We will never let our hold > to this land go, to let it go it will be like throwing > away (our) mother that gave (us) birth. > > Letter from Aitooweyah to John Ross, > principal chief of the Cherokees. > > Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi > May the Great Spirit's Blessings Always Be With You > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > CLARKE Archives & List search > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/clarke > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CLARKE > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== Search, Subscribe & Unsubscribe CLARKE-L http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/clarke.html List Manager's address [email protected]

I will go back and reread what info I have on him and maybe will get more clues. I know his brother, James Clark, was at one time in Warren Co., TN and then moved to Madison Co., AR. I know James was b. in NC, but I don't know about Thomas. I would have to look at info, because I haven't done genealogy in a while so have forgotten. Does the book say much about the Thomas Clark listed there? Thanks! Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Waka or Rod" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [Clarke-Clark]Thomas Clark/No. GA. Clarks > Dade county was formed around 1837 in the extreme Northwest corner of Georgia. > It was not on the Federal Road path and in fact had little access until around > the 1930's. The Chicamauga Cheorkees lived in that area. The Thomas CLark > listed in the book THE WHITES AMONG THE CHEROKEES is picked up on the North > Georgia census in 1830 listed as a farmer... no family is listed with him, it > does indicate that he is not married at this time. This Thomas Clark is again > picked up on the 1831 census but there is no indication that he remained in > Georgia... which if he went to Dade County he could well have been in the > Tennessee area which was the only access into the area at that time. This > census information was for those who were living in the North Georgia area and > who filed for permission to live there among the Indians and continue with > their business. I might add that there were 5 Uptons living in Georgia during > that time frame also, later on in the 1835-1838 time frame. Many men became > ministers of the word during these years. It wasn't unusual for a farmer or > merchant to also be a minister. It doesn't carry must weight since many of > them also married several times, may have had a white AND an Indian wife at > the same time as well. It was a hard life in what was considered a thickly > forested wild country, hard to tame. Anyway by studying the history of the > area you first find your Thomas Clark listed - you may get some clues as to > when he actually was first in Georgia... the age seems to fit, this listing > could be him. Leslie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donna > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:54 PM > Subject: Re: [Clarke-Clark] North Georgia Clarks > > > I have a Thomas Clark(e) who m. Elizabeth (Upton?) and settled in Dade > County, GA. He was b. late 1700's. Is there any info in your book > concerning him? He was a minister. > > Thanks for any info. > > Donna Brown > [email protected] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Waka or Rod" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:38 AM > Subject: [Clarke-Clark] North Georgia Clarks > > > > I have several books that I had gathered over the 30 years of researching > my > > husband's family. One of the books is concerning the settlers of North > > Georgia during Cherokee Indian occupation called Whites Among the > Cherokees, > > 1827-1838. This book lists many folks with the surname Clark... Ben, > Caleb, > > Henry, Jessee, Lewis, Thomas and William (Clarke and Clark). If you need > me > > to look further at this information please send a followup email. > > Next I also have a book called Deaths, Murders, and Lynchings 1873-1900. > This > > book is a compiliation of newspaper reports of said events of North > Georgia. > > Also listed are Clark(e)... Ben, George, Henry, James, Joe, John, Levi, > > Mitchel, and William. > > > > Still looking for the parents of our Joseph Pickett Clark who went my the > > nickname of "Pick". Born about 1890-1900, married Alice Thomas. They > were > > possibly born in Lumpkin County Georgia, migrated to Cherokee County, > Georgia > > where they died. > > Leslie Thomas > > All emails from this address are certified Virus Free by Norton's Virus > > Scanner... > > > > Old Cherokee Saying > > > > We, the great mass of the people think only of the > > love we have for our land we do love the land > > where we were brought up. We will never let our hold > > to this land go, to let it go it will be like throwing > > away (our) mother that gave (us) birth. > > > > Letter from Aitooweyah to John Ross, > > principal chief of the Cherokees. > > > > Yigaquu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi > > May the Great Spirit's Blessings Always Be With You > > > > > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > > CLARKE Archives & List search > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/clarke > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CLARKE > > > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > Search, Subscribe & Unsubscribe CLARKE-L > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/c/clarke.html > List Manager's address [email protected] > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > CLARKE Resources at RootsWeb - is your Clark-Clarke webpage linked here? > http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames/c/l/CLARKE/ > List Manager's address [email protected] >