Brief Life History of Moses
When Moses Short was born on 3 March 1770, in Virginia, United States, his father, John C. Short, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Echols, was 27. He married Sarah Bright on 2 August 1793, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1816. He died on 28 March 1825, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 55.
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- Moses Short, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Illinois Slaveowner
- Illinois Slaveowner
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a short person, from Middle English short ‘short’ (Old English sceort).
English: topographic name for someone who lived at a detached or cut-off piece of land (Middle English shorte, shirte, from Old English scierte, scerte, scyrte) or else a habitational name from a place so named, such as Shoart in Harbeldown (Kent) and Shuart in Saint Nicholas at Wade (Kent). Compare Shorter .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac an Gheairr, Mac an Ghirr ‘son of the short man’ (see McGirr ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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