Brief Life History of Ruth Lucy
When Ruth Lucy Sneed was born on 1 October 1752, in Caroline, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, John S Sneed, was 30 and her mother, Mary Coleman, was 28. She married Edmund Munday in 1774, in Caroline, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She died in November 1835, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Mercer, Kentucky, United States.
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- Ruth Slaughter, "United States Census, 1830"
- Ruthry Monday, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Ruth Sneed Munday, "Find A Grave Index"
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1775
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1796 · Wilderness Road Opens to Wagons
In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Sneyd in Burslem, The Sneyd near Bloxwich (both Staffordshire), or Snead Farm and Snead Common in Rock (Worcestershire), all derived from Middle English snede ‘detached piece of land or woodland’ (Old English snǣd).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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