When Captain William Albert Sweetland was born on 27 April 1829, in Buchanan, Botetourt, Virginia, United States, his father, Dr. Eleazer Sweetland, was 46 and his mother, Sally Hawkins Van Meter, was 34. He died on 3 July 1863, in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
English: habitational name from Sweetlands Farm in Upottery (Devon), perhaps from Old English swēte ‘sweet, pure, pleasant’ + land ‘land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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