Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Cassels was born in 1787, in Georgia, United States, her father, John C. Cassels, was 42 and her mother, Christina Groethousen, was 26. She married John Bishop on 1 November 1809, in Jasper, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in 1835, in Muscogee, Georgia, United States, at the age of 48.
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- Rebecca Cassels, "Georgia Births and Christenings, 1754-1960"
- Rebeca Cassels, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Rebecca Cassels, "Georgia Births and Christenings, 1754-1960"
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1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1795 · Yazoo Land Fraud
As Georgia had been weakened during the Revolutionary War, it was unable to defend its Yazoo lands, or land west of the Yazoo River. Thirty-five million acres were sold to four companies for $500,000 as Governor George Mathews signed the Yazoo Act on January 7, 1795. Angry Georgians protested in the streets as they felt bribery and corruption were involved and the sale was far below market value. The legislation tried to rescind the Yazoo Act, but much of the land had been sold to third parties. The issue made its way to the United States Supreme Court and it was determined that rescinding the law was an unconstitutional infringement on a legal contract. The government took full possession of the territory by 1814 and awarded its claimants over $4,000,000.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
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Scottish: variant of Cassells .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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