Elisha Clark was a Vermont

Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

 veteran of the American Revolution

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 who was active in government, including serving as the state's first Auditor of Accounts.

Biography

Clark was born in Norwich, Connecticut

Norwich, Connecticut

Regular steamship service between New York and Boston helped Norwich to prosper as a shipping center through the early part of the 20th century. During the Civil War, Norwich once again rallied and saw the growth of its textile, armaments, and specialty item manufacturing...

 on September 22, 1752.

He served in the Revolution, receiving a pension for service as a Sergeant under Seth Warner

Seth Warner

Seth Warner was born in Roxbury, Connecticut. In 1763, he removed with his father to Bennington in what was then known as the New Hampshire Grants. He established there as a huntsman....

 with the Green Mountain Boys

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 and as Adjutant

Adjutant

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 under Colonel

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 Herrick in the Vermont Militia. He also served as a commissary

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 and deputy commissary of issues.

He settled in Tinmouth, Vermont

Tinmouth, Vermont

Tinmouth is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 613 at the 2010 census.-History:Tinmouth was established in 1761 in a region that came to be known as the New Hampshire Grants. At the first U.S. census, the town had a population of 935...

 and served in several local offices, including Justice of the Peace.

Clark served as Rutland County Probate Judge from 1784 to 1803.

He was Vermont's first Auditor of Accounts, serving from 1790 to 1797.

Clark died in Tinmouth on December 12, 1838. He was buried in Tinmouth's Noble Family Cemetery.