When Major John Cozby was born on 16 December 1739, in Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Garland Cozby Jr, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Trimble, was 22. He married Elizabeth Paxton in 1754, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 27 June 1818, in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Hamilton, Tennessee, 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.
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.
Altered form of English Cosby .
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