When Elisha Childress was born from 1755 to 1774, his father, John Campbell Childress, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Armstrong, was 28. He married Nancy Beazley on 18 June 1791. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States in 1800 and Stokes, North Carolina, United States in 1801. He died before 23 May 1810.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
North Carolina is the 12th state.
"""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."""""""
English: metathesized form of Childers . This surname is now rare in Britain.
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