Brief Life History of Tomlinson
When Tomlinson was born before 1820, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, her father, James Tomlinson, was 25 and her mother, Anna or Hannah Jones, was 19.
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Family Time Line
James Tomlinson
1794–1874
Anna or Hannah Jones
1800–1872
Tomlinson
before 1820–
Tomlinson
before 1820–
Smith Tomlinson
1822–1871
Elizabeth Tomlinson
1833–1850
William Tomlinson
1839–1850
James H. Tomlinson
1842–
Zadock Griffin Tomlinson
1823–1883
Tomlinson
1826–1830
Mary Tomlinson
1837–
Sources (1)
- Legacy NFS Source: unknown Tomlinson - Government record: birth-name: unknown Tomlinson
Parents and Siblings
1794–1874 Male
1800–1872 Female
Siblings (9)
before 1820– Male
before 1820– Female
1822–1871 Male
1823–1883 Male
1826–1830 Female
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World Events (3)
before 1820 · Making States Equal
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
before 1820 · Making Land more affordable
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"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
1830 · Trail of Tears
Age 10
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)omelin (see Tomlin ) + -son ‘son of Tomlin’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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