When Rev. John Leroy Crisp was born on 24 May 1818, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, his father, Micajah Michahak Crisp, was 34 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Sumpter, was 26. He married Piercy Mirah Hogue about 1836. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He died on 1 May 1876, in Stecoah, Graham, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Stecoah, Graham, North Carolina, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
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English: nickname for a man with curly hair, from Middle English crisp, crips, scrip, Old English crisp, cryps (from Latin crispus), reinforced in Middle English by an Old French word also from Latin crispus. In some cases this is possibly a nickname from the personal name Crispin .
Americanized form of German Krisp: nickname from Middle High German krisp, krispel ‘curly-haired man’.
Americanized form of German Krisp: from a short form of the medieval personal name Krispin (see Crispin ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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