Brief Life History of Flanders
Flanders Callaway was born in 1782, in Boonesborough, Madison, Kentucky, United States.
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- Boone Family Burial Site
World Events (3)
1783 · A Free America
Age 1
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 4
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1792 · Becomes the 15th State
Age 10
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Caillouet-Orgeville in Eure, France, named with a collective form of Old French cail(ou) ‘pebble’ (see Cail ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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