When Ewil Pentecost Gardner was born about 1799, in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, his father, John William Shadrach Gardner, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Mountfort, was 14. He married Eustachia Hughes about 1829, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Bakersville, Mitchell, North Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 30 July 1887, in Van Hill, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 89.
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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.
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
English and Scottish: occupational name from Middle English gardener ‘gardener’, Old French gardinier, jardinier.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Gärtner or Gartner and French Desjardins .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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