When Rachel Hamberlin was born in 1801, in Jefferson, Mississippi, United States, her father, William Anthony Antonio Hamberlin or Hamelain, was 34 and her mother, Esther Clare, was 23. She married Phillip Hilderbrand on 3 January 1824, in Jefferson, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Yazoo, Mississippi, United States in 1860. She died on 11 February 1881, in Phoenix, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Hilderbrand Cemetery, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
In 1803, the Louisiana Purchase it made it so that the Mississippi River would be opened to commerce. The stretch of land includes present day Mississippi, Louisiana, and continues Northward.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Probably from German Hampe, in this case a southern pet form of the old personal name Hamprecht from hagan ‘enclosure, hedge’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. Compare Hamper .
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