When Levicy Altman was born on 1 March 1824, in Ware, Georgia, United States, her father, Thomas James Altman Jr, was 38 and her mother, Lucy Levicy Leigh, was 35. She married Burrell Thomas Stokes on 25 October 1838, in Ware, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Florida, United States in 1870 and Manatee, Florida, United States for about 5 years. She died on 29 October 1898, in Bowling Green, Hardee, Florida, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Bowling Green City Cemetery, Bowling Green, Hardee, Florida, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Americanized form of German Altmann , and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. This form of the surname is also found in Britain, Czechia, and some other European countries.
History: Philip Altman, a Jew from Bavaria, arrived in New York c. 1835. He had numerous prominent descendants.
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