When Henry Crafton Jr was born about 1786, in Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Crafton, was 31 and his mother, Rachel Crafton, was 23. He married Margaret Craig on 24 January 1811, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 7 April 1843, in Scott, Indiana, United States, at the age of 58.
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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.
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
English: habitational name from Crafton in Buckinghamshire, named from Old English croh ‘wild saffron’ + tūn ‘estate’. This surname is rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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