Duncan McInnish was born in 1785, in Jura, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom as the son of Daniel McInnish and Margaret McAlester. He married Celia Ann Sewell in 1805, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Wilmington Township, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States in 1792. He died on 1 November 1822, in Bladen, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Fulton, Georgia, United States.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
As Georgia had been weakened during the Revolutionary War, it was unable to defend its Yazoo lands, or land west of the Yazoo River. Thirty-five million acres were sold to four companies for $500,000 as Governor George Mathews signed the Yazoo Act on January 7, 1795. Angry Georgians protested in the streets as they felt bribery and corruption were involved and the sale was far below market value. The legislation tried to rescind the Yazoo Act, but much of the land had been sold to third parties. The issue made its way to the United States Supreme Court and it was determined that rescinding the law was an unconstitutional infringement on a legal contract. The government took full possession of the territory by 1814 and awarded its claimants over $4,000,000.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aonghuis, a patronymic from the personal name Aonghus (see Angus ). See also McInnes , compare Irish McGinnis .
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Possible Related NamesDuncan McInnis in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: Duncan McInnis Age: 27 Birth place: North Carolina Primary Immigrant: McInnis, Duncan Source Public …
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