When Margaret Anne Pinson was born in 1774, in Jeffersonville, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Pinson Sr, was 29 and her mother, Mary Denny, was 21. She married Col Harry Stratton about 1790, in Tazewell, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1818, in Stanville, Floyd, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 44.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
English: variant of Pinchin, from the Old French personal name Pinçun, Normano-Picard Pinchon, apparently derived from Old French pinçon ‘finch’.
French: from Old French pinson ‘finch’, a nickname applied to someone who whistles or sings like a finch or to a bright and cheerful person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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