When Mary "Polly" Landers was born on 4 October 1794, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, her father, Daniel Landes, was 26 and her mother, Catherine Coffman, was 23. She married John Vickers on 4 January 1816, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 4 August 1847, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Station Church, McLean, Kentucky, United States.
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In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
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.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English (of Norman origin) and Irish: habitational name from Norman French de Londres ‘of London’, Gaelicized in Ireland as de Londras.
English: variant of Lander , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
German and Dutch: patronymic from Lander . Compare Landress .
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