When Samuel Vaughn Westbrook was born on 14 December 1830, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Wiley Francis Westbrook, was 16 and his mother, Rebecca Mooney, was 18. He married Annica Anis Payne on 18 April 1866, in Cherokee, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Coal Mountain, Forsyth, Georgia, United States for about 10 years and District 879, Forsyth, Georgia, United States in 1900. He died on 1 September 1901, in Forsyth, Georgia, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Cumming City Cemetery, Cumming, Forsyth, Georgia, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1832: Forsyth, Georgia, United States
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
English (southeastern): habitational name from any of various places called Westbrook, for example in Berkshire, Kent, and the Isle of Wight, from Old English west ‘west, western’ + brōc ‘brook, stream’.
Americanized form of Dutch Westbroek: habitational name from a place so named near Utrecht.
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