Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Ponder was born on 1 July 1802, in Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States, her father, Amos Ponder, was 45 and her mother, Violet Luckie, was 47. She married Jesse Riggs about 1826, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Marion, Alabama, United States for about 30 years. She died in 1902, in Lawrence, Alabama, United States, at the age of 100.
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- Rebeca Griggs in household of Jesse Griggs, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Rebecca Ponder - Published information: birth: 1 July 1802; Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
- Rebecca Ponder in entry for Henderson Evans Riggs, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1818
Historical Boundaries: 1818: Lawrence, Alabama Territory, United States 1819: Lawrence, Alabama, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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.
Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): variant of Pounder 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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