Emily Virginia Lovejoy

about 1825–29 December 1851 (Age 26)
Jasper, Georgia, United States

The Life of Emily Virginia

When Emily Virginia Lovejoy was born about 1825, in Jasper, Georgia, United States, her father, Samuel Dare Lovejoy, was 45 and her mother, Sophia Mabry, was 30. She married John Clark Huckabee on 13 December 1849, in Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States. She died on 29 December 1851, at the age of 26.

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Family Time Line

John Clark Huckabee
1822–1886
Emily Virginia Lovejoy
1825–1851
Marriage: 13 December 1849

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
13 December 1849
Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States

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World Events (5)

1825 · The Crimes Act

Age 0

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1832 · Worcester v. Georgia

Age 7

In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
1835 · Treaty of New Echota

Age 10

A minority group of Cherokees including John Ridge, Major Ridge, Elias Boudinot, and Stand Waite, signed the Treaty of New Echota which ceded all Cherokee territory east of the Mississippi in exchange for five million dollars. The majority of Cherokees did not agree and 16,000 Cherokee signatures were gathered to protest the treaty. Boudinot and both Ridges were killed several years later by angry Cherokees for signing the treaty.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English love(n), luve(n) ‘to love’ (Old English lufian) + Middle English joie ‘joy’ (Old French joie).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Emily V Lovejoy, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Emily V Lovejoy, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Emily V Lovejoy, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

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