Brief Life History of John
When John Reavley was born in 1799, in Knox, Tennessee, United States, his father, Joseph Reavley, was 17 and his mother, Jane Goodson, was 25. He died in 1800, in his hometown, at the age of 1.
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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.
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English: see Reveley .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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