Category Archives: John Clark

The Yazoo Land Fraud and the Politics of Upcountry Georgia, Part 2

Posted on November 1, 2021 by georgelamplugh

[Note: This is the conclusion of a two-part post about the impact of Georgia’s notorious Yazoo Land Fraud (1795-1796) on a region of the state that was rife with land hunger. For Part 1, go here.] * * * * … Continue reading →

Posted in ""state rights", American History, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, James Gunn, James Jackson, John Clark, Research, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, William Harris Crawford, Yazoo Land Fraud | Tagged American History, American History and Culture, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, history, James Gunn, James Jackson (Georgia political leader), John Clark, Southern History, Teaching History, William Harris Crawford, Yazoo Land Fraud | 2 Comments

The Yazoo Land Fraud and the Politics of Upcountry Georgia, Part 1 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 35)

Posted on October 1, 2021 by georgelamplugh

[Note: Tignall, Georgia, is about 125 miles east of Atlanta, in Wilkes County, only a few miles from the Savannah River. In 2002, when I arrived there to deliver a lecture, “downtown” Tignall consisted of a couple of gas stations; … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Education, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, James Gunn, John Clark, Research, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Yazoo Land Fraud | Tagged American History, American History and Culture, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, history, Southern History, Teaching History, Yazoo Land Fraud | 10 Comments

Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1807-1845, Part 2 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 34)

Posted on May 1, 2021 by georgelamplugh

[Note: This is the second of two posts on the evolution of political parties in Georgia from 1807 to 1845 (for the first, go here). Between 1831 and 1837, the tariff issue became increasingly divisive in Georgia. Some members of … Continue reading →

Posted in "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), American "republicanism", American History, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Creek Indians, Elias Boudinot, George M. Troup, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, John Clark, John Cuthbert, Nullification, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, William Harris Crawford, Wilson Lumpkin, WP Long Read | Tagged "Cherokee Phoenix, Andrew Jackson, antebellum Georgia newspapers and editors, Clark Party, Constitutional-Union Party, Daniel Webster, Democratic Party, Edward Black, Elias Boudinot, Elijah Burritt, Elijah Hicks, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, John Cuthbert, John Quincy Adams, John Ross, Mark Cooper, Martin Van Buren, Nullification, Southern Rights Party, State Rights Party, Tomlinson Fort, Troup Party, Union Party, Walter Colquitt, Whig Party | 2 Comments

Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1807-1845, Part 1 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 34)

Posted on April 1, 2021 by georgelamplugh

[Note: Between 1807 and 1845, the political system in Georgia underwent a reluctant, clumsy, and—to outsiders—baffling evolution. Georgia politics seemed so bizarre that Baltimore editor Hezekiah Niles was wont to look down his increasingly Whiggish nose and mutter something along … Continue reading →

Posted in American "republicanism", American History, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Creek Indians, George M. Troup, Historical Reflection, History, James Gunn, John Clark, Nullification, Research, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, William Harris Crawford | Tagged Cherokee Indians, Clark Party, Compensation Act (1816), Crawford Party, Creek Indians, George M. Troup, James Gunn, James Jackson, John C. Calhoun, John Milledge, Nullifcation, Troup Party, William Harris Crawford, Yazoo Land Fraud, Yazoo Settlement (1814) | Leave a comment

State Rights, Nullification, and Indian Removal in Georgia, Part 2 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 31)

Posted on August 1, 2019 by georgelamplugh

[Note: In Part 1 of this post, we looked at the development of the political philosophy of “state rights” in Georgia. Originally a product of–what else?–the Yazoo Land Fraud, the concept of “state rights” subsequently was developed by Georgia Congressman–and, … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Creek Indians, Education, Elias Boudinot, George M. Troup, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Teaching, John Clark, Nullification, Research, Southern History, Uncategorized, Wilson Lumpkin | Tagged American History, American History and Culture, education, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, history, History Teaching, Prep school teaching, Southern History, Teaching, Teaching History | Leave a comment

Georgia’s Notorious Yazoo Land Fraud and Its Consequences, Part 2 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 27)

Posted on January 1, 2018 by georgelamplugh

[Note: The first post in this series discussed the Yazoo land fraud and its consequences between 1795 and 1815 or so. This part carries the story through the late 1830s, when Georgia, strongly supported by President Andrew Jackson, finally realized … Continue reading →

Posted in "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), American History, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Removal, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Creek Indians, George M. Troup, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, John Clark, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, William Harris Crawford, Wilson Lumpkin, WP Long Read | Tagged ""state rights", "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), "Trail of Tears, "Treaty of Ft. Jackson (1814), Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), Cherokee Removal Crisis (Georgia), Chief William McIntosh (Creeks), Compact of 1802, Elias Boudinot, Governor David B. Mitchell (Georgia), Governor John Forsyth (Georgia), President Andrew Jackson, President John Quincy Adams, Treaty of Ft. Mitchell (1827), Treaty of New Echota (1835), Treaty of Washington (1826), Worcester v. Georgia (1832) | 6 Comments

Tales from the George Troup vs. John Clark Era in Georgia Politics (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 24)

Posted on February 1, 2016 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: A while ago, I offered a post about a frequently overlooked family memoir from antebellum Georgia that offered keen insights into the links between politics and religion during the bitterest era of factional politics in the state’s history. Even … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Books, Education, George M. Troup, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, John Clark, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, Wilson Lumpkin | Tagged antebellum Georgia politics, Crawford/Troup v. John Clark, E. Merton Coulter, Garnett Andrews, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Joseph B. Cobb, Lucian Lamar Knight, W.H. Sparks | Leave a comment

Religion and Politics in a Memoir About Life in Antebellum Georgia (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 22)

Posted on October 1, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: Among the delights of historical research are the obscure sources unearthed that prove interesting to the historian, if not immediately useful to the topic being investigated. I’d like to offer an example: George Washington Paschal’s memoir of his parents, Agnes and George, and … Continue reading →

Posted in "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), American History, Books, Cherokee Indians, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Elias Boudinot, George M. Troup, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, John Clark, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, Wilson Lumpkin | Tagged antebellum Georgia politics, Cherokee Removal, famil memoir as historical source, George Washington Paschal, Jacksonian Democrats | 1 Comment

A Scrappy Fourth of July! (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 18)

Posted on July 1, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: John Adams predicted that the colonial declaration of independence in the summer of 1776 “would be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. . . . It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parades, with Shews … Continue reading →

Posted in 4th of July, American History, Education, George M. Troup, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, James Gunn, John Clark, John Cuthbert, Nullification, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read | Tagged " Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, Fourth of July, George M. Troup, Georgia History, James Jackson, John Clark, Party Politics | 7 Comments

Factions and Parties in Georgia, 1783-1806 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 17)

Posted on February 2, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: This post carries the story of political factions and parties in Georgia from the end of the American Revolution through the death of the state’s first “party boss,” James Jackson, in 1806 [for earlier posts in the series, see … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, James Gunn, John Clark, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read | Tagged 1783-1806, George M. Troup, Georgia History, James Gunn, James Jackskon, John Clark, Political Party Development in Georgia, Southern History, Treaty of New York (1790), William H. Crawford, Yazoo Land Fraud | Leave a comment