Brief Life History of William Lawson
William Lawson Wallace was born on 25 February 1805, in North Carolina, United States. He married Lucinda Ashcraft about 1830, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Tishomingo, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Beat 1, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1880. He died on 19 December 1862, in Mississippi, United States, at the age of 57.
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- W L Wallace, "United States Census, 1850"
- William L Walace, "United States Census, 1870"
- W L Wallace, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1817
Mississippi is the 20th state.
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: variant of Wallis , especially in Scotland, where the name was introduced from the Welsh Marches by a family of tenants of the Stewarts in the 12th century.
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, e.g. Wallach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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