Brief Life History of George Brinson
When George Brinson Koonce was born on 12 May 1815, in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Christopher Columbus Koonce, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ann "Polly" Brinson, was 29. He married Martha Anders in 1834, in Claiborne, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Bienville, Louisiana, United States for about 30 years. He died in 1906, in Nacogdoches, Province of Texas, Mexico, at the age of 91, and was buried in Swift Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States.
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- George B Koonce, "United States Census, 1850"
- George Brinson Koonce, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ancestry Family Trees
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
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.
1841
Conservative rebellion against Bustamante. Santa Anna's dictatorship.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Kuntz or Kuhns .
Americanized form of Dutch Koens, a patronymic from Koen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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