When Zachariah Curtis was born on 23 February 1770, in Chatham, Ghent, Columbia, New York, United States, his father, Joshua Curtis, was 27 and his mother, Jemima Wilber, was 27. He married Sarah Moore on 28 August 1793, in Bemis Heights, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 31 December 1859, in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1786: Columbia, New York, United States
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
English: nickname for a refined person, sometimes perhaps given ironically, from Middle English, Old French courteis, courtois, curtis ‘courtly, refined, urbane’ (derivative of Old French court; see Court 1).
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