Bennington

CLARK, Jeremiah

Vermont Historical Magazine, No XI, October 1867, p 234

Jeremiah CLARK was Chief Judge of the Special Court for the Shire of 
Bennington in 1778, and a member of the State Council from 1778 to 1780. Mr. 
CLARK pronounced sentence of death on David REDDING, the first man executed 
under sentence of law in this State. Mr. CLARK was a man of iron will, 
strong resolution, always pursuing a fixed purpose to its accomplished end; 
possessing just the right points of character for the times in which he 
lived, times that tried men's souls. [Excerpt from a section on the history 
of Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont.]

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