Brief Life History of Nancy A
When Nancy A Dillard was born in 1829, her father, James Franklin Dillard, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Bernard, was 34. She married James Barnett Archibald Sr on 9 August 1849, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Rabun, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States in 1850. She died in August 1859, in Fosters, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, at the age of 30.
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- Nancy A Archibald in household of Thomas Archibald, "United States Census, 1850"
- Nancy A. Dillard, "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957"
- N.a. Archibald in entry for Willuam P Archibald, "Louisiana, Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1832 · Worcester v. Georgia
In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
1838 · Orders No. 25 Removes Cherokees
A small group of Cherokees from Georgia voluntarily migrated to the Indian Territory. The remaining Cherokees in Georgia resisted the mounting pressure to leave. In 1838, U.S. President Martin Van Buren ordered U.S. troops to remove the Cherokee Nation. The troops gathered the Cherokees and marched them and other Native Americans from North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama along what is now known as “The Trail of Tears.” Approximately 5,000 Cherokees died on their way to Indian Territory.
Name Meaning
English (Worcestershire and Staffordshire): possibly a variant of Dollard , either by euphemism or by the fronting of a back vowel between two alveolar consonants, for which there are many parallels. Compare Dilliard and Dilyard .
History: This surname was in VA by 1698.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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