Clement Crooke was a resident of Tyrrell County who served as the Clerk of the Washington County Court in 1777. In 1777 he served as security on a bond for James Harrison, who had to appear before the Court of Oyer & Terminer at Edenton to testify about his involvement in the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. He also served as a Colonel in the Tyrrell County Regiment of the North Carolina Militia.