Brief Life History of Miley
When Miley Howell was born in 1776, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Ball Howell, was 22 and her mother, Anne Eyre Hampton, was 20. She married George Thomasson on 2 October 1790, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1850, in Ash Flat, Sharp, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 74.
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- Miley Hawd, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- George Thomasson, "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979"
- Meley Hawd, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
North Carolina is the 12th state.
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow ""rock"" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the ""rock"" was a gold nugget.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: in the Welsh border counties, from the Welsh male personal name Hywel ‘eminent’, popular since the Middle Ages particularly in honor of the great 10th-century law-giving Welsh king. The name may also arise from the Breton personal name Houuel, Huwel, Huwal, Howael, cognate with the Welsh name. Bretons were especially numerous in the eastern counties of England. See Powell .
English: perhaps from a Middle English personal name Huwel (spelled Howel), a shortening of Huwelot or Huelin (see Hewlett and Huling ), both pet forms of Middle English Huw (see Hugh ).
English: habitational name from Howell (Lincolnshire), from an uncertain initial element + Old English wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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