Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Branson was born on 3 June 1843, in Harlan, Kentucky, United States, her father, Hezekiah Branson, was 50 and her mother, Elizabeth Ely, was 46. She married Rev James Stewart Parsons in 1861. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 9 daughters. She lived in Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Lee, Virginia, United States for about 30 years. She died on 4 January 1929, at the age of 85, and was buried in Parsons Cemetery, Lee, Virginia, United States.
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- Sarah Parson in household of James Parson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sarah Parson, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Sarrah Parsons, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places: Branston in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and Staffordshire, Brandeston in Suffolk, Brandiston in Norfolk, or Braunston in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. All are named with the Old English personal name Brant + tūn ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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