When Eli Rouse was born about 1826, in North Carolina, United States, his father, John Rouse, was 38 and his mother, Sabra Rouse, was 34. He married Mary Ann Dunson on 16 March 1845, in Hall, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Election Precinct 2 Shoalford, Limestone, Alabama, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1861. He died after 1880, in Limestone, Alabama, United States.
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In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
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.
English: nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Middle English, Anglo-Norman French rous(e) ‘red(-haired)’ (from Latin russ(e)us).
Americanized form of German Raus .
Walloon and northern French (Rousé): variant of Rosé (see Rose ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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