John CLARK

                   REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN
FOUGHT AT BRANDYWINE AND GERMANTOWN
MAJOR GENERAL OF THE VIRGINIA MILITIA
Jonathan Clark served with Gen. Washington in 1777 and fought at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778. He was captured in 1780 and held prisoner until he was paroled in 1781. In later years, he went to live with his brother George Rogers Clark.
                  

                   REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN
FOUNDER OF LOUISVILLE, KY
George Rogers Clark was an excellent frontiersman, a skilled Indian negotiator and a superb military commander. Concerned with the safety of settlers exposed to attack from both the British and their Indian allies in the American Revolution, he led an expedition north of the Ohio River to capture British outposts. His military exploits in Illlinois, Kentucky and Ohio helped to secure those regions for the United States.

Tragically, after serving his country faithfully, George in his old age was left to a life of poverty and obscurity. The state of Virginia gave him a sword as a token of thanks, to which he replied, "When Virginia needed a sword, I gave her one. She sends me now a toy. I want bread"

The first person of the name in the parish register is Henry Field , Sr., a member of the first vestry chosen by the freeholders and housekeepers of St. Mark's Parish , at Germanna , in January 1731 . The next is Abraham Field , elected vestryman at the Great Fork Church in 1744 , and served till his death in 1774 , a term of thirty years. He had a son John , who represented Culpeper in the House of Burgesses in 1765 . He was probably the Col. John Field who had served in Braddock's War, and who fell, fighting gallantly at the head of his regiment, at the battle of Point Pleasant . One of his daughters married Lawrence Slaughter , an officer of the Revolution, and who was the father of John Field Slaughter , who married Miss Alexander , of Prince William . Another of Col. John Field 's daughters married Col. George Slaughter , who raised one of the first companies of minute-men in Culpeper ; and after the war moved to Kentucky with George Rogers Clarke , commanded a fort at the Falls of the Ohio , and was one of the founders of the city of Louisville , which was then in the State of Virginia .
                  

                   His estate was known as “Franklin Place”, “Wilton” and “River Bend”.
                  

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                   Appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the territory of Upper Louisiana.
1813, Appointed Governor of the Missouri Territory which he held until 1820.
Anna Rogers Clark, wife of Col. John Field, was the sister of General George Rogers Clark and also the sister of William Clark of the William and Clark Expedition.
Died in the home of his firstborn son, Meriweather Lewis Clark.

BROTHER OF GEORGE ROGERS CLARK

CO-LEADER OF THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION, MAY 1804 - SEP 1806

BRIG. GEN. OF THE LOUISIANA MILITIA

SUPERINTENDANT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

INDIAN FIGHTER, WAR OF 1812 VETERAN

GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI TERRITORY, 1813-21

William Clark learned many of his wilderness skills from his famous older brother George Rogers Clark. William was an army officer engaged in various battles with the Native Americans. Among his soldiers was Ensign Meriwether Lewis whom he befriended. Meriwether later became the personal secretary to Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson selected Lewis to lead the "Corps of Discovery," an exploratory expedition into the newly-purchased Louisiana Territory, and Lewis in turn selected his friend William Clark to accompany him. Clark was the military leader and cartographer of the expedition. He made numerous maps and drawings, and kept journals of their experiences.