Benjamin Clark, Sr. - Clarksville Cemetery - Clarksville, TX
N 33° 36.533 W 095° 03.220
15S E 309467 N 3720681
Benjamin Clark, Sr., was a private in the North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution, serving as Quartermaster Sergeant. He is buried in the Clark family plot in Clarksville Cemetery, Clarksville, TX, a city named for his son, James Clark.
Waymark Code: WMN4QA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2014
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Mr. Clark was born in 1758 in North Carolina, where he fought as part of the local militia in the battle of Cape Fear River and rose to the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant. He later moved his family to Tennessee, Kentucky, and then to Arkansas, where he founded one of the first settlements in the territory. He later moved to Clarksville, which his son established. Father and son died within a few months of each other, and were buried side-by-side here in Clarksville Cemetery. ( visit link) Mr. Clark's headstone was replaced in the 1930s, as was that of his son, who was honored with a 1936 granite Texas Centennial Marker. He has a flat, modern gray granite headstone with his personal information. Complementing his headstone is a marble square that has the emblem of the Sons of the American Revolution, placed here in 2003.
Location type: Single Grave
Date of Birth: 1/1758
Date of Death: 2/1838
Cause of death: Died Later
Grave Marker Text: Benjamin Clark Senior
Born January 1758, Dobbs Co. N.C.
Died February 1838, Clarksville
Quartermaster Sergeant
North Carolina Militia
American Revolutionary War
Ranks: Private, Quartermaster Sergeant
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