Brief Life History of Margaret
Margaret Rayburn was born in 1736, in Augusta, Hampshire, Virginia, British Colonial America. She married William Fleming on 6 August 1763, in Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died in Virginia, United States.
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1775
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name either from the lands of Ryburn in Dunlop (Ayrshire), or from Raeburn in Eskdale (Dumfriesshire), or from Raeburn in Annandale near Gretna (Dumfriesshire), all of which arise from Scots rae ‘roe-deer’ + burn ‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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