Brief Life History of Claudia Smith Rhett
When Claudia Smith Rhett Stuart was born on 1 August 1802, in South Carolina, United States, her father, James Harvey Smith, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Marianna Gough, was 29. She married John Allen Stewart on 9 December 1823, in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States in 1860. She died on 2 November 1875, in South Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States.
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- Clandia C Stuart in household of Benj R Stuart, "United States Census, 1860"
- Claudia Smith, "South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935"
- Claudia Smith Stuart, "Find A Grave Index"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Aberdeenshire and Banffshire): variant of Stewart . This French form of the name, there being no W in the French language, was adopted by Mary, Queen of Scots, on her return to Scotland in 1561 and has since come to be more popular among royalists than the earlier spellings.
History: Stuart or Stewart is the surname of one of the great families of Scotland (see note at Stewart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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