Jonathan Clark, elder brother (1750-1811) of George Rogers Clark, was commissioned as an officer of the Continental Army at the outbreak of the Revolution. He served as captain, major, and colonel in the Eighth Virginia Regiment. After participation in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Paulus Hook, he was captured at Charleston in May 1780, and held prisoner until the following spring. In 1793 he was commissioned major general of Virginia militia. Married to Sarah Hite in 1782, he moved his family to the vicinity of Louisville, Kentucky in 1802, and at his death had a substantial fortune in real estate, slaves, and other property.
