When George Peay was born on 5 October 1767, in Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Austin Fox Peay, was 26 and his mother, Mildred Turner, was 23. He married Elizabeth Emsley Neal on 18 March 1819, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Shelby, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 April 1836, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Hardin, Kentucky, 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.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
English (Sussex): variant of Pea .
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