Brief Life History of William Rufus
When William Rufus Pattillo was born on 29 March 1840, in Terry, Orange, Texas, United States, his father, George Alexander Pattillo, was 44 and his mother, Sarah Ann Allen, was 39. He lived in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Orange, Texas, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 30 September 1863, in Louisiana, United States, at the age of 23.
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- William R Pattillo in household of George A Pattillo, "United States Census, 1850"
- William R. Pattillo, "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865"
- William R Pattillo in household of George A Pattillo, "United States Census, 1860"
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1844 · German Immigration to Texas
Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1850 · Compromise of 1850
The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from either of two places, in the former counties of Fife and Perthshire, called Pittilloch, from Pictish peit ‘portion (of land)’ + Gaelic tulach ‘hill’ and with loss of final -ch in the modern forms of the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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