Brief Life History of Leonard
Leonard Worley was born in 1799, in South Carolina, United States as the son of Barbara Worrell. He married Anna Harley on 2 March 1824, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tishomingo, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Welborn Township, Conway, Arkansas, United States in 1860. He died in 1860, in Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 61.
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- Leonard Worldly, "United States Census, 1860"
- Leonard Worley, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Gibson. County Court Minutes 1824–1832, Bonds 1833–1841, Vital Records 1824–1860, Will Records 1825–1833, Will Records 1833–1841, Bonds 1825–1833
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803 · Louisiana Purchase Opens Mississippi for Commerce
In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase it made it so that the Mississippi River would be opened to commerce. The stretch of land includes present day Mississippi, Louisiana, and continues Northward.
1817
Mississippi is the 20th state.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name with different origins. In the West Midlands this surname is most probably derived from Great or Little Wyrley in Norton Canes (Staffordshire). The placenames derive from Old English wīr ‘bog myrtle’ + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. In the East Midlands, the name is possibly from Worlick in Ramsey (Huntingdonshire), the etymology of the which is uncertain. In northern England, possibly from Whirley in Over Alderley (Cheshire), which has the same etymology as the Staffordshire names. There may also be a further unlocated source of this habitational name in southern England.
possibly an irregular variant of Wortley or Warley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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