When William Welty was born in 1805, in Simpson, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States, his father, Peter Welty, was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Sides, was 44. He married Elizabeth " Betsy" Chapman about 1843, in Simpson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He died in 1884, in Simpson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 79.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Swiss German: from a pet form of the personal name Walther (see Walter ).
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