Brief Life History of Tapley B
When Tapley B Spivey was born in 1790, in Richmond, North Carolina, United States, his father, Moses Spivey Jr, was 35 and his mother, Rebekah Gladdish, was 28. He married Sarah Ann Howle on 11 September 1825, in South Carolina, United States. He lived in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States in 1850. He died after 20 October 1852, in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States.
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- Tapley B Spivy in household of Unknown, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "
- List of Moses Spivey's children from his pension file
- Taply B Spivey, "United States Census, 1840"
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World Events (7)
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1792 · Capital City Moved
New Bern had been the capital of North Carolina in its early days. In 1792, the capital was moved to Raleigh because it was more the center of the state.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Spivi, of unexplained etymology. There is a slight possibility that it could be a pet form of ancient Germanic Spirwig, attested in the patronymic of a Norman tenant, Eudo filius Spireuuic, 1086 in Domesday Book (Lincolnshire). The alteration of Spivey to Spib(e)y, as if it were from a placename, seems to occurs from the 15th century, but the letters -v- and -b- are often difficult to distinguish at this time and during the following century, so the phonetic change may have occurred later.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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