When Elizabeth Ann Watkins was born on 5 February 1783, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, her father, James Watkins Jr., was 24 and her mother, Jane Jean Thompson, was 26. She married William McGehee on 9 November 1809, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1836, at the age of 53.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1790: Elbert, Georgia, United States
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.
English and Welsh: variant of Watkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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