When Samuel Jenifer Smoot was born on 1 November 1797, in Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States, his father, William Smoot, was 43 and his mother, Margaret Jenifer, was 45. He married Nancy Elmire Cartner on 27 August 1838, in Davie, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Calahaln, Davie, North Carolina, United States in 1870. He died on 19 December 1882, in Davie, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery, Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina, United States.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Madison was established in 1800 by act of the legislature.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Americanized form of Dutch Smout, a metonymic occupational name for someone who sold fat or lard, Dutch smout, or a nickname for someone who had a taste for, and could afford, rich foods.
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