Brief Life History of Lewis
Lewis Flint was born in 1786, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States as the son of Mary Hartwell. He married Mary Jackson on 12 March 1805, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. He lived in Harrison, Virginia, United States in 1810.
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- Lewis Flint, "United States Census, 1810"
- Lewis Flint, "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932"
- Lewis Flint, "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · Becomes the 10th state
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English and German: topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint (from Old and Middle English, Low German flint), or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual, metaphorically as hard as flint.
Welsh: habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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