Clarke Family History
By Dale Royal
January 2, 1998



Credits-Approximately 75% of this work comes form Willard Godbee of Sardis GA. About 5% comes from the family history information and first hand knowledge of Norman Thomas (Tom) Clarke of Millen GA. About 15% comes from the family history work of Saralena Clarke Hatcher (deceased) of Millen GA. The remaining 5% comes from direct research by Dale Royal of Barnesville GA.

1-Henry Clarke b ? d 15 Jan 1846 m ?. According to Norman Thomas Clarke, a well-known dairy farmer currently living in Millen GA, Louise Cullen Wall told him that family stories said that this Henry Clarke came from England with his three brothers. This Henry Clarke was supposed to have had a grandson named Henry also(see below). He was a revolutionary soldier. This Henry Clarke is buried in a family cemetary on the farm Northeast of Alexander GA near Brier Creek on a little stream called Spring Creek which runs through the property. This farm and cemetary have no visible signs at this time and the general area of the cemetary and farm is all that is known. It is located off of Brown-Mobley Road NE of Alexander GA and the location has been passed down to Norman Thomas Clarke from his father.
Note that there is a John Clarke given a English Crown Land Grant on April 2, 1758 of 200 acres bounded on the southwest by Bryer Creek. The original warrant states "200 acres upon the north side of Briar Creek about six miles from the Savannah River bounded on all sides by vacant land." This is very close to the location of the farm mentioned above, if not the exact location.There is a Henry Clarke and John Clarke who take an oath of allegiance to the state of GA in 1784. There is a Henry, John, and William Clarke all listed together in 1793 and 1798 in the GA Tax digest. It is estimated that these were brothers and I will do further research here.
Note-The following list of the family and their birthdates is on a family history page in an old family Bible which belonged to Amelia Allday Cullen. This Bible is currently in the possesion of Norman Thomas Clarke. It has a quote which reads "The names above are the children of Henry Clarke and the dates that they were born, October The 5th - 1845." This Clarke family page does not match the Bible in which it is located and it is loose. Apparently it was from yet another Bible and was handed down and placed in this Bible.
Henry and this unknown wife had issue 11 thru 17:
11-Drewy Clarke b 27 Sept 1793 d 1827 a pauper with a $5 fee charged to the poor funds which was paid October 21 1828. The fee was for making a coffin for Drewy Clarke in 1827.
12-Christopher Clarke b 16 March 1795 d ? m Easter Joiner ? b 1809 d ? Christopher Clarke lived in Burke Co GA and was a farmer. He later bought land (The McGlohorn Place) in NE Jenkins CO GA in Green Fork community 5 miles east of Perkins GA. It is believed that he never lived there. He lived , died, and was buried on the family farm mentioned above near Alexander in the family cemetary. After his death, his wife lived with their daughter Sarah Clarke Allday in the Greenfork Community. His son George Washington Clarke lived nearby too on the farm that Christopher Clarke bought. Easter Joiner was the daughter of Sallie Burke and Tom Joiner. She had three brothers named Tom Joiner, Math Joiner, and Jurden Joiner. This Christopher and Easter Clark family is listed in detail in the Census of 1850 which says that there is a Christopher Clarke, illiterate, male, age 55 farmer with real estate valued at $970, Easter, illiterate, age 41 , female, Sarah 17 f, Eliza 15 f, Louisa 13 f, Nancy 10 f, Jasper 7 m, George 5 m, and Christopher 2 male.
Note-Norman Thomas Clarke has receipts where Christopher (Tom's Great Grandfather) paid taxes for his sister Sarah in 1831, 1839, and 1845. He also paid the taxes for sister Cynthia in 1831. On March 6, 1847, a land grant of June 5, 1770, which belonged to Sarah Clarke's grandfather Christopher Clarke was resurveyed for Sarah and Christopher Clarke(which is likely to be this Sarah and Christopher). This land is that which was bounded on the northeast by John Fitch and contained 265 acres. This implies a Christopher Clarke father of our first Henry Clarke and I plan to do more research here!
Christopher Clarke and Easter Joiner had issue 121 thru 129:
121-Henry Clarke b 18 or 15 Aug 1829 d ?
122-Sarah Clarke b 11 Feb 1833 d 8 Sept 1899 m 18 March 1858 Charles Allday who enlisted in the CSA 10 May 1862 and he died April 1871. They had only one issue:
1221-Mary Permilia Allday b 23 March 1858 d 12 Jan 1936 m 9 Aug 1877 William Brookins Cullen b 14 Aug 1855 d 2 Jan 1943. Both were buried on the old homeplace and were later moved to Burke Memorial Gardens, Waynesboro GA by their granddaughter Louise Cullen Wall.William and Mary Cullen issue:
12211-Charles Wilson Cullen b 22 Dec 1879 in Burke Co. d 8 jul 1951 in Colorado Springs CO m 1st Jun 1905 Hattie Flakes b ? d ? Feb 1906 as a result of heart dropsy and childbirth. They had twins. All three are buried in Bethany UMC Girard, GA and the graves are not marked. Charles m 2nd Madelle Elizabeth Smith b 29 July 1894 McBean GA d 8 Oct 1980 bu Dunnellon FL d/o William Henry and Catherine Bateman Smith. Charles W. Cullen died a result of an auto accident Sunday afternoon 8 Jul 1951 about 3:30 PM. He died in St. Frances Hospital about 5 PM age 72. Accident occurred on way down from Pikes Peak 1 1/2 miles from toll gate. He was buried 14 July 1951. Charles W. Cullen and Madelle Elizabeth had issue:
122111-Myrtle Madelle Cullen b 17 Feb McBean GA d 21 Dec 1983 in Oklahoma City OK m 20 Dec 1934 George Crickellas and had issue:
1221111-Thomas Crickellas b 4 Nov 1936
122112-Louise Cullen b 11 Jun 1916 Burke Co GA m 1st George V. Rothert b ? m 2nd William (Bill) Thomas Wall b ? d 22 Dec 1993 bu 27 Dec 1993 Burke Memorial Gardens Waynesboro GA and had no issue.
122113-Sarah Kathryn Cullen b 13 July 1921 Bullock Co GA m 9 July 1940 Lawton H. Greene and had issue:
1221131-Dorothy Elizabeth Greene b 31 March 1941 in Miami FL m 5 Dec 1959 Leon Frances Gibson b 3 Oct 1935 s/o William and Eva Gibson and they had issue:
12211311-Barbara Joanne Gibson b 15 Sept 1960 m Joseph Inger
12211312-David Leon Gibson b 26 Sept 1961 m 28 March 1982 Shella Marie Lee
12211313-Sandra D'Aun Gibson b 10 Oct 1962 m Ron Henderson
12211314-Darrell Frances Gibson b 5 March 1971
12211315-Mark Elliott Gibson b 11 May 1973
1221132-Charles Elliott Greene b 10 aug 1942 m 17 jun 1961 Annamarie Pedronelli b23 May 1962 d/o Frank and Ursula Sanchez Pedronelli and had issue:
12211321-Matthew Wayne Greene b 4 Apr 1962
12211322-Lisa Rosanne Greene b 1 Aug 1963 d 1 July 1985
12212-Nina Lucina Cullen b 30 June 1881 d 29 Jan 1986 m 9 Aug 1896 Edward Lee Heath b 7 Jan 1877 d 31 May 1929 both bu Habersham UMC Jenkins Co. GA s/o Crawford B. and Margaret Virginia (Chester) Heath who are bu at Friendship Baptist Church Statesboro GA. Edward and Nina Heath had issue:
122121-Alvin Lee Heath b 23 Oct 1897 d 11 Aug 1984 m 1st Hattie Dickerson b ? d/o Ira and "Scrappy" Womack Dickerson and m 2nd 30 Oct 1925 in Bulloch Co GA Florrie Lee Bessinger b 9 Aug 1904 in SC d 3 Feb 1940 d/o James Edward and Mary Eugina Reid Bessinger both bu Habersham UMC Jenkins Co GA. Alvin and Hattie Heath had issue:
1221211-Gertrude (Gertie)Estelle Heath b 17 Feb 1917 m H. L. Lowe of Bulloch Co. GA. Alvin and Florrie Heath had issue:
1221212-Lila Mae Heath b 10 Oct 1927 d 15 Jan 1990 bu Corinth Christian Church Girard GA m 5 March 1944 James Belton (Slick) Tobias in Allendale SC b 29 Jan 1922 s/0 William Calhoun and Mannie (Perry) Tobias and had issue:
12212121-James William Tobias b 15 Jan 1946 m 1 July 1966 Martha sue Prickett b 14 Nov 1947 in Jefferson Co GA d/o Andrew Thomas and Agnes Lucille (Stewart) Prickett and they had issue:
122121211-Hank William Tobias b 27 May 1967 m 14 July 1990 Janet Lee Key (double wedding) and they had issue:
1221212111-Brandon Allen Tobias b 17 Jan 1986
1221212112-Shane William Tobias b 12 July 1991
122121212-Loretta Sue Tobias b 9 March 1970 m 14 July 1990 Walter Randall Lieby (double wedding) at Corinth Christian Church Girard GA and they had only one issue:
1221212121-Tifany Lynn Leiby b 17 Feb 1991
122121213-James Thomas Tobias-b 20 Sept 1972 in Millen GA m Kimberly Dawn Hamilton b 9 Oct 1970 in Millen GA d/o William Louis and Carolyn Gertrude Jenkins Hamilton and they had on one issue:
1221212131-Stephanie Caroline Tobias b 9 Aug 1994
12212122-Shirley Ann Tobias b 10 Jan 1948 m 1st 15 March 1965 Bennie Frank Morris b 22 March 1943 d 9 Jan 1986 bu Burke Memorial Waynesboro GA s/o Ralph Hill and Lula Belle (Watson) Morris. Bennie Frank and Shirley Morris had issue:
122121221-Deborah Ann Morris b 21 July 1965 m William Chris Long s/o James (Jimmy) William and Nancy Elaine (DeLaigle) Long and had only one issue:
1221212211-William Chris Long, Jr. b 18 Aug 1985
122121222-Bennie Frank Morris Jr. b 27 July 1966
122121223-Donna Alane Morris b 1 Aug 1967 m 1st Myron DeLaigle m 2nd Buddy Ammerson
122121224-James Ralph Morris b 23 April 1969
12212123-Lilia Christine Tobias b 27 Dec 1949 m 11 April 1969 Joseph Frazier b 20 Feb 1949 s/o Joseph and Bernice (Thames) Frazier and had issue:
122121231-Infant daughter b and d 10 Jan 1979
122121232-Pamaela Denice Frazier b 16 May 1972 m 10 Nov 1990 Thomas Monroe Click, divorced
122121233-Joseph David Frazier b 31 Dec 1974

123-Eliza Clarke b 28 Aug 1835 d 14 March 1912 m William Landing b 26 Dec 1835 d 30 Oct 1907 both buried at Habersham Church Burke Co GA and had issue:
1231-Willie Landing b ? d ?
124-Luzear Clarke (Louisa ? listed in family Bible as Luzear) b 27 Oct 1837 d ?
125-Nancy Clarke b 28 June 1840 d 1882 Wife of Amos Bell b 3 Dec 1834 d 29 Sept 1899 and had issue:
1251-Martha Bell b ? d ?
1252-Baby Bell b ? d ?
1253-Caroline Bell b ? d ?
1254-Tom Bell b ? d?
1255-Drew Bell b ? d?
1256-George Bell b ? d ?
126-Jasper Newton Clarke b 31 March 1843 died as a Confederate soldier in the war 1860-64.
127-Elizabeth (Betsy ) Clarke - 1 April 1845 d ?
128-George Washington Clarke b 20 Feb 1846 d 21 June 1920 m Susan Eviline Burke (Granny Sue in later years) b 9 Feb 1846 d 13 Dec. 1925. George was a Confederate soldier in the Civil War and there are family stories that he walked home after the surrender. He settled in North Jenkins Co. GA on the property that his father owned near Greenfork Baptist Church(McGlohorn Place). He and Susan had issue:
1271-Sallie Clarke b ? d 26 April 1925 m Henry Hargroves
1272-Jennie L. Clarke b 23 March 1878 d 17 April 1886 as a result of burns from trying to put out a livestock pen fire. She is buried in the Clarke Family Cemetary 1 mile east of Greenfork Baptist Church.
1273-Norman Morehouse Clarke b 24 July 1880 d 25 May 1966 m 1st 2 June 1897 Leila Dickey b 23 Dec 1879 d 5 Oct 1907 and he married 2nd on 18 April 1915 Dessie L. Burke b 12 March 1894 d 16 dec 1964. Norman and Leila had issue:

Norman and Dessie had issue:

1274-Feddie L. Clarke b 15 May 1888 d 28 July 1915 m 8 Dec 1901 Seaborn O. Bell b ? d ? and had issue:
12741-Ida Bell
12742-Mary Bell
12743-Alcamus Bell
1275-Jasper Clarke b ? d of pnueumonia.
1276-?-Many Infants who died, Number unknown. Most of the individuals of this family are buried in the Clarke Family Cemetary 1 mile east of Greenfork Baptist Church. There are 11 unmarked infant graves.
129-Christopher (Kit) Clarke b 7 Dec 1848 died a Confederate Soldier in the Civil War 1860-64

13-Cynthia Clarke b 12 March 1797 d 14 March 1846
14-Mary Clarke b 11 March 1798 d ?
15-Elizabeth Clarke b 29 Sept 1800 d ?
16-Sarah Clarke b 15 March 1802 d?
17-Nancy Clarke b March 26 1805 d ?