When Absalom Shingleton was born on 2 January 1830, in Harrison, Virginia, United States, his father, John Shingleton, was 34 and his mother, Mary Polly Humphrey, was 29. He married Elizabeth F. Gabbert from January 1855 to December 1855, in Hampshire, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Walker, Wood, West Virginia, United States for about 40 years. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 10 October 1914, in Wood, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 84.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: late medieval variant of Singleton .
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