Ephraim Mikell Clarke Records
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Mss-0185
The records consist of two account books and one journal: one account book which covers the period 1872-1885, pertains to Clarke's accounts with Fraser and Dill through July 1880 and from August 1881 to April 1885, with Joseph T. Dill and Co., cotton merchants in Charleston, SC; the second account book is with J.T. Dill from 1880 to 1884. The journal titled "Ocean View Plantation-James Island-Cotton Selections 1894," which describes the progress made by the different types of cotton planted at the plantation, covers the period 1894-1898, and was likely written by his son, W.A. Clark as Ephraim Mikell Clarke died in 1885.
Ephraim Mikell Clarke was born March 14, 1814, the son of James Clarke and Sarah Webb Mikell Clarke. He was born on Edisto Island, SC where his father was a grower of sea island cotton. He was educated in high school in Charleston and attended South Carolina College circa 1832, but left before graduation to manage land which he had inherited from his father. He became a successful planter of sea island cotton and developed a variety which was named for him. He married Susan Jane Bailey in 1834. The Clarkes moved to James Island, SC where he continued as a cotton planter. They were the parents of Washington Augustus Clark, a leading citizen of Columbia, SC. Ephraim M. Clarke served in the South Carolina Legislature from 1850-52. He was a delegate to the 1860 South Carolina Secession Convention and was a signer of the Ordinance of Secession. He died at Edisto Island, July 5, 1885.
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English
Formerly accessioned as 78-10.
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