Brief Life History of Matilda Morgan
When Matilda Morgan Heard was born in 1778, in Marshall, Fauquier, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Captain James Heard, was 16 and her mother, Elizabeth Morgan, was 16. She married Presley Neville O'Bannon Sr. in 1801, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1850, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Matilda Heard - death: before 1805; Virginia, United States
- 1818 Deed. Presly N OBannon & wife Matilda of Kentucky to Thomas OBannon of Fauquier Co. Virginia. Deed Book 23, 1818-1819, Fauquier County, Virginia: Fauquier. Deed Books 1818–1819
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1782
The town of Lexington was chartered on May 6, 1782, by an act of the Virginia General Assembly
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English herd(e), hird(e), hord(e), Older Scots herd, hird ‘herdsman’, i.e. one who looked after cattle, sheep, or goats (Old English heorde, hierde). Compare Hardman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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