When Sarah Fugitt was born in 1809, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Moses Fugate, was 29 and her mother, Nancy, was 23. She married Moses Cheeves in 1829, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died before 1909, in Tennessee, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
English: variant of Fugett .
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