When Rhoda Pearson was born on 7 March 1779, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, her father, Ichabod Pearson Sr, was 29 and her mother, Miriam Lamb, was 20. She married John Collier on 13 December 1800, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died about 1850, in her hometown, at the age of 72.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
"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."
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Per(e) or Piers (see Pear and Pierce ) + son. The surname is also quite common in Ireland, where it has been established for many centuries. Compare Peerson .
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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