When Ann Adamson was born on 10 September 1823, in North Carolina, United States, her father, John Adamson, was 41 and her mother, Ann Jackson, was 40. She married Levi Hiatt on 28 June 1838, in Henry, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Grant Township, Greene, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 27 April 1879, in Grant, Indiana, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Madison, Indiana, United States.
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The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
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.
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name Adam + Middle English son, meaning ‘son of Adam’. The surname is especially common in Scotland, where it is borne by a sept of clan McIntosh. In North America, this surname has absorbed some Polish and possibly also other European patronymics and other derivatives from the personal name Adam. Compare Adams .
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