Brief Life History of Martha Ann
When Martha Ann Graves was born on 21 June 1768, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States, her father, Solomon Graves, was 45 and her mother, Sarah Winfield, was 42. She married Thomas Williamson on 17 September 1785, in Sussex, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 30 May 1828, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Brentwood, Williamson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Patty Graves, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"
- Martha Graves, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Martha Ann Graves Williamson, "Find A Grave Index"
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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 (northern and eastern England): variant of Grave , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: alternatively, a variant of Greaves or Grieves .
Altered form of German Greff , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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