Joseph Colville

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Colville was born on 15 June 1797, in Blount, Tennessee, United States, his father, Maj Joseph Colville III, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Lusk, was 32. He married Sally Cheek about 1815, in Tennessee, United States. He lived in Warren, Fayette, Tennessee, United States in 1830. He died on 9 December 1849, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 52.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Colville
1797–1849
Ann Gamble
1802–1874
Marriage: about 1819
Sarah Lund Colville
1820–1902
Elizabeth Colville
1822–1899
Andrew G. Colville
1824–1849
Samuel R. Colville
1826–1868
John Gamble Colville
1828–1906
Marvel Duncan Colville
1830–1912
Margaret Jane Colville
1832–
Olivia A Colville
1834–1869
Laura Clementine Colville
1838–1924
Robert Colville
1841–1841
Adaline Colville
1842–1918
Mary Louisa Colville
1844–1922
Martha T Colville
1847–
M. T. Colville
1847–

Sources (1)

  • Joseph Colville, "United States, Census, 1830"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

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.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Colleville in Seine-Maritime, France, named with the Scandinavian personal name Koli (see Cole 2) + Old French ville ‘settlement, village’. The Scottish branch of the family were descended from Philip de Colville, who came to Scotland as a household knight of kings Malcolm IV (1153–65) and William ‘the Lion’ (1165–1214).

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

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Joseph Colville Jr.my 2xGrandfather

Story goes he left Benton Arkansas around 1849 headed for The California gold rush, with one of the older sons. They were ambushed at their mine by Indians and both were scalped and died there. This w …

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