Clarks River Chapter

BENTON

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ORIGIN OF CHAPTER NAME

The Clarks River Chapter was organized on April 21, 2012. According to The Kentucky Encyclopedia: "Clarks River, a sixty-two-mile-long tributary of the Tennessee River, flows through the Jackson Purchase area in far western Kentucky. The East Fork of Clarks River, with its drainage area in Calloway County, flows north through Marshall County. The West Fork of Clarks River flows north through the western portion of Calloway County and the northeastern corner of Graves County. The East and West forks of the Clarks River merge in McCracken County and flow into the Tennessee River, approximately three miles east of that river's convergence with the Ohio." The river is named for General George Rogers Clark, who camped with his army near its mouth while en-route to Kaskakia during the American Revolution.

Office Title	Officer Name

Regent	Mildred Hiter
Vice Regent	Lelia Reising
Chaplain	Mary Mathis
Corresponding Secretary	Angela McDowell
Recording Secretary	Peggy Smith
Treasurer	Judith James
Registrar	Karen Howard
Historian	Betty Spurrier
Librarian	Victoria Kirk

CHAPTER PATRIOTS

JOHN AYER of Virginia	THOMAS HENTON of Virginia
ROBERT BARNHILL of North Carolina	JACOB HOLTZCLAW of Virginia
WILLIAM BARNHILL of North Carolina	GEORGE OAKLEY of Virginia
JOSIAH BOONE of Virginia	WILLIAM SAXTON of South Carolina
JOHN BURTON of Virginia	JONAH ROBINSON of New Jersey
JOHN CHAPMAN of Virginia	NATHAN SEARS of Massachusetts
JONATHAN CHERRY of North Carolina	JAMES STIFF of Virginia
ARMISTEAD CHURCHILL of Virginia	LEONARD STRINGER of Virginia
JOHN CRAIG of Virginia	BENEDICT SPALDING of Maryland
VALENTINE CORLEY of Virginia	GEORGE SPALDING of Maryland