John Littleton Ingram

Brief Life History of John Littleton

When John Littleton Ingram was born on 9 September 1757, in Fairfield, South Carolina, United States, his father, Benjamin John Ingram, was 23 and his mother, Polly Tillman, was 12. He married Sarah Collier on 7 June 1773, in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States. He lived in Lula, Hall, Georgia, United States in 1799 and Wahoo Church, Lumpkin, Georgia, United States in 1827. He died on 16 September 1829, in Hall, Georgia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Littleton Ingram
1757–1829
Ruth White
1758–1854
Marriage: 9 July 1778
John Ingram Jr.
1779–1794
Hezekiah Ingram
1783–1855
Nancy Ingram
1790–1854
Elizabeth Ingram
1784–1854
Mary Ingram
1786–1854
John Little Ingram
1788–1866
Harmon Ingram
1792–1854
Tilman Ingram
1794–1870
Edward Martin Ingram
1796–1854
Mary Ann Ingram
1808–1879

Sources (10)

  • Legacy NFS Source: John Ingram - birth-name: John Ingram
  • John Ingram, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
  • John Ingram, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

Georgia is the 4th state.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from the Anglo-Norman personal name Ingeram (Old French Enguerran, Engerran; ancient Germanic Engelramnus, Ingelramnus, Engelrammus, Ingelrammus), from the heroic name-element seen in such names as Ingle + hrafn- ‘raven’.

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

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Private Soldier in American Revolution

According to membership application by James Robert Ingram into Texas Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: John Ingram was a private soldier in Captain John Putman's Company, Col. Thomas B …

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