Sally Miller Ligon

Brief Life History of Sally Miller

When Sally Miller Ligon was born in 1790, in Virginia, United States, her father, William Ligon IV, was 46 and her mother, Susanna Woodson, was 40. She married John Philips in 1811, in Cross Hill, Laurens, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 31 August 1818, in Cross Hill, Laurens, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Cross Hill, Laurens, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Philips
1779–1838
Sally Miller Ligon
1790–1818
Marriage: 1811
Dr. William Warner Phillips
1811–1893
Virginia Philips
1813–1813

Sources (3)

  • Sally M. Phillips, "Find A Grave Index"
  • South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JXQZ-8?cc=1919417&wc=M6NW-VTL%3A210904901%2C211010401
  • South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-JX3R-N?cc=1919417&wc=M6NW-VTL%3A210904901%2C211010401

World Events (7)

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

1792 · Head Tax Law

"In 1792, South Carolina passes a law called the ""head tax"" for all free African Americans from age 16-50. This tax was $2.00."

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

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.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Lygon, the name of an aristocratic English family said to be of Norman origin. It is of unexplained etymology (but compare French name below).

French: from the personal name Higon, a southern French variant of Hugo, with fused definite article l'.

Polish (also Ligoń): nickname from a derivative of Old Polish ligać ‘to lie’ or ‘to kick up a fuss’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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