When Alexander Smith Outlaw was born about 1778, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States, his father, Colonel Alexander E. Outlaw, was 41 and his mother, Penelope L Smith, was 37. He married Jane Tucker Woodson on 11 July 1805, in Chesterfield, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 22 April 1826, at the age of 49.
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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.
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
English (East Anglia): nickname from Middle English outlawe ‘outlaw’ (from Old Norse útlagi). When a sentence of outlawry was passed on someone in the Middle Ages it meant that they no longer had the protection of the law.
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