Sarah Lipscomb

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Lipscomb was born on 31 July 1785, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, her father, John Lipscomb, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Smith, was 16. She married John Yokeley Hallum about 1813, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 14 July 1829, in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Moses Wilkins
1785–1845
Sarah Lipscomb
1785–1829
J E Wilkins
1810–
Aaron Davis "Parm" Wilkins
1812–1879
Terisa Elizabeth Wilkins
1814–1892
Dr John Lipscomb Wilkins
1817–1860
Harriet Agnes Wilkins
1818–1895
Elizabeth Terrell Wilkins
1821–1894
Sarah Smith Wilkins
1823–1878
Malissa Caroline Wilkins
1825–1891
Narcissa Adeline Wilkins
1825–1897
Pvt. Robert Smith Wilkins
1829–1873

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  • Sarah Lipscomb Wilkins, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

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.

1788 · South Carolina becomes the 8th state in the Union

On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States making it the 8th State of the Union.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

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.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from an unidentified place, probably in southeastern England, apparently named with an unidentified first element + Old English cumb ‘valley’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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