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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"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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.
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).
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