Brief Life History of Samantha Caroline
When Samantha Caroline Rowzee was born in April 1834, in Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, United States, her father, John Rowzee, was 30 and her mother, Martha S. Warren, was 54. She married Leroy Cleveland on 2 July 1856, in Elbert, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Elbert, Georgia, United States in 1860 and Ruckersville, Elbert, Georgia, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1900, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Elbert, Georgia, United States.
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- Samantha C Rowzee, "United States Census, 1850"
- Samantha Rowzee, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Samantha Rowzee, "Georgia, Elbert County Records, 1790-2002"
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World Events (8)
1835 · Treaty of New Echota
A minority group of Cherokees including John Ridge, Major Ridge, Elias Boudinot, and Stand Waite, signed the Treaty of New Echota which ceded all Cherokee territory east of the Mississippi in exchange for five million dollars. The majority of Cherokees did not agree and 16,000 Cherokee signatures were gathered to protest the treaty. Boudinot and both Ridges were killed several years later by angry Cherokees for signing the treaty.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
Name Meaning
Variant of Rowsey , a surname of Walloon or perhaps French origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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