Brief Life History of Malinda
When Malinda Head was born on 25 December 1842, in Scott, Virginia, United States, her father, George F Head Jr, was 27 and her mother, Malenis Gillam, was 27. She married General R. Johnson about 1863, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Estillville, Scott, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Powell District, Scott, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 26 July 1927, at the age of 84.
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- Malinda Peters in household of Isaac Peters, "United States Census, 1870"
- Malinda Head, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Malinda Head, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English heved, hed ‘head’ (Old English hēafod), applied as a nickname for someone with a peculiarity or disproportion of the head, or else used as a topographic name for someone who lived at the top (‘head’) of a promontory or hill, or near the source of a stream or river or the head of a valley. This surname has long been established in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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