When Rebecca Hager was born on 13 January 1830, in West Virginia, United States, her father, James Hager, was 41 and her mother, Sarah Pauley, was 21. She married William Price on 3 August 1854, in Wayne, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Boone, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Scott District, Boone, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died after 1900, in Lincoln, West Virginia, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Dutch and North German: from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of hag ‘hedge, enclosure’ + hari, heri ‘army’.
Dutch and North German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, Hadugar, composed of the elements hadu ‘combat, strife’ + gari (from garwa) ‘ready, eager’ or gari ‘spear’.
German (also Häger): topographic name for someone who lived by a hedged or fenced enclosure, Middle High German hac. Compare Hoge .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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