Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Weatherly was born on 17 September 1792, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, her father, Job Weatherly, was 32 and her mother, Mary Watters, was 25. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870.
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State
On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
1825 · The Crimes Act
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.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps a habitational name from Wetherley in Barrington (Cambridgeshire); or perhaps in some cases from Witherley (Leicestershire). The Cambridgeshire placename derives from Old English wether ‘wether, castrated ram’ + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’; the Leicestershire placename derives from the Old English personal name Wīgthryth + Old English lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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