George Rogers Clark George Rogers Clark was born in the Charlottesville, Virginia. He was born on November 9th, 1752. He was the second son of John and Ann Rogers Clark. They were Virginia landholders. They moved to a 400 acre farm after their marriage. They then moved to a small plantation in the southwest corner of Caroline County, VA. They moved their after they sold their land in 1757. Ann and Johns first son was Jonathan. They had …
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…influential Indian tribes in the western for the War. He also captured the fort at Vincennes from Henry Hamilton, which was known as the "Hair Buyer". Bibliography: Biographies by J. A. James (1928, repr. 1970) and J. Bakeless (1957) A. Derleth, Vincennes: Portal to the West (1968). http://infoplease.lycos.com/bio/11-19gclark.html The New Columbia Encyclopedia: Edited by William H. Harris and Judith S. Levey. http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/resources/grcbio.html