When Alexander Culbertson was born in 1792, in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States, his father, Robert Culbertson, was 42 and his mother, Dolly Pleasant, was 41. He married Mahala Spewel about 1814, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died about 1875, in Shelby, Alabama, United States, at the age of 84.
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"In 1792, South Carolina passes a law called the ""head tax"" for all free African Americans from age 16-50. This tax was $2.00."
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Historical Boundaries: 1818: Shelby, Alabama Territory, United States 1819: Shelby, Alabama, United States
Scottish (Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire) and Irish (Tyrone): from the personal name Colbert + -son. There has been some confusion with Cuthbertson . See also Culbert .
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