When Prudence Oakley was born on 20 May 1796, in Person, North Carolina, United States, her father, Walter Oakley, was 47 and her mother, Sarah Mary Anderson, was 36. She married Barnett Blalock on 4 November 1817, in Person, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 3 June 1866, in Rougemont, Durham, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Mangum Township, Durham, North Carolina, United States.
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In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow ""rock"" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the ""rock"" was a gold nugget.
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.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from any of numerous places called Oakley, Oakle, or Oakleigh, in Bedfordshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Suffolk, or Wiltshire. The placenames derive from Old English āc ‘oak’ + lēah ‘open woodland’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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