When Elisha Oglesby was born on 29 December 1758, in Craven, South Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Elisha Oglesby, was 19 and his mother, Hannah Hobbs, was 19. He married Mary Bryan on 17 April 1781, in Fort Boone, Fincastle, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Smith, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1831. He died on 3 October 1845, in Macon, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Macon, Fayette, Tennessee, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
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.
Scottish and Irish: habitational name from the barony of Ogilvie in Glamis, Angus, whose name is probably Pictish, of uncertain origin and meaning.
History: A Scottish family of this name descend from Gilibride, Earl of Angus (died c. 1187), whose son Gilbert was granted the lands of Ogguluin (Ogilvie) in the late 12th century. Ogilvie was also the name of a barony in Banffshire, but that took its name from the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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