When Eliza Summerhill was born in December 1799, in North Carolina, United States, her father, William Summerhill, was 31 and her mother, Martha Patsy Pittard, was 35. She married Horace D. Rainey on 17 October 1822, in Granville, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1862, in Giles, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 63.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
English: from the Old Norse female personal name Sumarhild, from sumar ‘summer’ + hildr ‘battle’.
English and Scottish (Lanarkshire): habitational name from any of various places called with Old English somer ‘summer’ + hyll ‘hill’, denoting a hill used for summer grazing, such as Summerhill in Ashburton (Devon). In Scotland there is one such place in New Machar (Aberdeenshire) and another in Ayton (Berwickshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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