When Sarah G Gilstrap was born on 13 June 1797, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Richard Gilstrap, was 29 and her mother, Nancy Ann Wright, was 18. She married Benjamin Davis about 1819, in Washington, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 8 May 1847, in Washington, Indiana, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Blue River, Polk Township, Washington, Indiana, United States.
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"In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: variant of Gelsthorpe, a habitational name from a place of this name in Whixley (Yorkshire). The first element of the placename is an Old English or Old Norse personal name, the second is Old Norse thorp ‘hamlet, settlement’.
Alternatively, perhaps an Anglicized form of a Danish habitational name from Gelstrup or Gølstrup in Jutland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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