When Ryderus Clark Gillham was born on 13 January 1783, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Gillham, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Clark, was 28. He married Susannah G. Brown on 1 February 1807, in Madison, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in 1812. He died on 29 November 1846, in Wanda, Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in South Roxana, Madison, Illinois, United States.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States making it the 8th State of the Union.
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.
English (southeastern): variant of Gillam .
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