Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Jonathan Hargis was born on 4 March 1777, in Person, North Carolina, United States, his father, Captain Shadrach Hargis, was 37 and his mother, Nancy, was 33. He married Priscilla Askew on 17 October 1796, in Person, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States in 1810 and Burke, North Carolina, United States in 1820. He died on 14 August 1837, in Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 60.
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- Jonathan Hargis, "United States Census, 1810"
- Johnathan Hargis, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81KN-921?cc=1911121&wc=Q6WY-KGP%3A183209001%2C183410401%2C194337001
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1781 · The First Constitution
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.
1789 · Becomes 12th State
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English (Essex): perhaps a variant of Hargest . Alternatively, an altered form of German or Frisian Harges, which is probably of the same origin as Frisian Harjes .
History: The (majority of the) American bearers of the surname Hargis trace their origin to George Hargis, who was transported from England to VA in 1642 and whose grandfather is believed by some to be Louis Harges, a Frenchman from Normandy, supposedly of Danish parentage. The surname Harges is not found neither in France nor in Denmark; it is, however, found in northern Germany, though it is very rare there.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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