When Davis Arnold was born in 1783, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Solomon Arnold, was 25 and his mother, Mary Esther Gurley, was 20. He married Elizabeth McClain Wilhite in 1815, in Elbert, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1858, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Doves Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, United States.
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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.
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English, Scottish, German, Dutch, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the ancient Germanic personal name Arnwald (Middle English Arnold, Old French Arnaut), composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule, power’. This name was introduced to Britain by the Normans.
English: habitational name from either of two places called Arnold in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + halh ‘nook’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name (see 1 above), at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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