Brief Life History of Catherine Matilda
When Catherine Matilda Pendergrass was born on 2 November 1820, in McDowell, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jesse Reel Pendergrass, was 30 and her mother, Eulalia Ann Finger, was 25. She married Thomas W Carter on 29 December 1840, in Macon, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Rabun, Georgia, United States for about 30 years. She died on 12 August 1890, in Rabun Gap, Rabun, Georgia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Dillard, Rabun, Georgia, United States.
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- Catharine Carter in household of Thomas Carter, "United States Census, 1870"
- Matilda Pendergrass, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Catherine Matilda Pendergrass Carter, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Irish Prendergast .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Thomas Carter and Catherine Matilda Pendergrass (Thumbnail Sketch by Dionne A. Smith, Date 2012)
Thomas Born: Aug. 7, 1820 Atkins Branch, Buncombe, North Carolina to Jesse Carter and Lavina Sams Catherine Born: Nov. 2, 1820 McDowell County, North Carolina to …
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