When Rebecca Covington was born on 24 October 1781, in Cumberland, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Covington Jr, was 46 and her mother, Nancy Wall, was 33. She married James McNair Smith on 4 March 1800, in Richmond, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She died on 5 June 1865, in Richmond, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 83.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
English: habitational name from a place in Huntingdonshire named Covington, from an Old English personal name Cofa + Old English -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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