Brief Life History of John Comer
When John Comer Hartley Sr was born in 1813, in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Frederick Hartley Jr., was 23 and his mother, Mary Agnes Rheinhart, was 20. He married Christiana Hair Hare Herr in 1833, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 7 Oldtown, Perry, Alabama, United States in 1880. He died on 22 March 1882, in Perry, Alabama, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salem Cemetery, Monroe, Alabama, United States.
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- John Hartly, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Harlby, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- James Harley, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1815
Historical Boundaries: 1815: Monroe, Mississippi Territory, United States 1817: Monroe, Alabama Territory, United States 1819: Monroe, Alabama, United States
1819 · Panic! of 1819
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.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
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.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name, in northern England mainly from Hartley in Rochdale parish (Lancashire) but also from any of the places called Hartley in Westmorland and the West Yorkshire. In southern England it derives Hartley in Devon, Hampshire, and Kent, and from Hartleigh in Devon. Similar placenames occur in Berkshire, Dorset, and Northumberland, but it is not known if they gave rise to surnames. Most of the placenames derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, though the Westmorland placename comes from Old English heard ‘hard’ + clā ‘claw, tongue of land’, and the Northumberland placename derives from Old English heorot + hlāw ‘mound, hill’.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArtghaile ‘descendant of Artghal’, a personal name composed of the elements Art ‘bear’ or ‘hero’ + gal ‘valor’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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