John Ingram

Brief Life History of John

When John Ingram was born about 1755, in South Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin John Ingram, was 23 and his mother, Polly Tillman, was 13. He married Ruth White on 9 July 1778, in Union, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lula, Hall, Georgia, United States in 1799 and Wahoo Church, Lumpkin, Georgia, United States in 1827. He died on 16 September 1828, in Hall, Georgia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Hall, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Ingram
1755–1828
Ruth White
1758–1854
Marriage: 9 July 1778
Hezekiah Ingram
1783–1855
Elizabeth Ingram
1784–1854
Nancy Ingram
1790–1854
Mary Ingram
1786–1854
John Littleton Ingram Jr.
1788–1866
Harmon Lemuel Ingram
1792–1854
Tilman Ingram
1794–1870
Edward Martin Ingram
1796–1850
Mary Ann Ingram
1808–1879

Sources (10)

  • John Ingram, "United States, Census, 1790"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Ingram - birth-name: John Ingram
  • Revolutionary war pension and bounty-land-warrant application files: United States. Military Pension Records February 1821–March 1841

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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