Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Brack was born in 1733, in Onslow, North Carolina, United States, his father, George Furg Brack, was 46 and his mother, Gean Griffin, was 25. He married Elizabeth Murriell in 1759, in Onslow, North Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1781. He died in 1795, in Burke, Georgia, United States, at the age of 62.
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- Richard Brack, "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1777
Historical Boundaries: 1777: Burke, Georgia, United States
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
German: metonymic occupational name for a master of hunting dogs or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a hunting dog, Middle High German bracke.
North German: topographic name from Middle Low German brake ‘brushwood’, also ‘breach point in the dyke’, or a habitational name from any of the places called Braack and Brake in northern Germany.
Swiss German: nickname for a slow or clumsy person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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