When Jane Jennie Gatliff was born in 1813, in Whitley, Kentucky, United States, her father, Moses Gatliff, was 30 and her mother, Mary Polly Walker, was 32. She had at least 2 sons and 8 daughters with Finley Gibson. She lived in Campbell, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Scott, Tennessee, United States in 1860. She died in 1880, in Knox, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Scott, Tennessee, United States.
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The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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.
English (Lancashire): variant of Gatecliff, a habitational name for someone from Gatley in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire), from Old English gāt ‘goat’ + clif ‘cliff, bank’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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