Brief Life History of William Jasper
When William Jasper Barrow was born in 1805, in Georgia, United States, his father, Absalom Barrow, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Whitaker, was 31. He married Nancy Ann Broxton on 24 April 1838, in Jackson, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Jackson, Florida, United States in 1860. He died in 1870, in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Jackson, Florida, United States.
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- William J Barnes, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Barrow, "United States Census, 1860"
- 1850 United States Federal Census
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1811 · The Savannah Riots
A barroom brawl in Savannah on Tuesday, November 12, 1811, had international impact. An American seaman boasted of having joined the crew of a French vessel, likely named La Vengeance. Others became upset at the idea of the American joining a foreign nation and a brawl erupted. The county coroner asked for peace but was beaten with clubs. A second clash occurred the following day when French sailors attacked five American seaman. A day after the second attack, twenty French sailors attacked six Americans. Four of them escaped but two were beaten and stabbed. Jacob Taylor died on the scene and a rigger named Collins died the following day. By Friday, a full scale riot erupted when the French crewmen arrested on murder charges were released. Many were arrested and French ships La Vengeance and La Franchise were burned. In the end, the incident caused disruptions in French-American relations and affected shipping and trade.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bearo, bearu ‘grove’ (dative bear(o)we, bearuwe) or Old English beorg, dative beorge (Middle English berwe, barwe) ‘mound, tumulus’, for example in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Suffolk, and Somerset, or a topographic name with the same meaning.
habitational name from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, which is named with an unattested Celtic word, barr, here meaning ‘promontory’, + Old Norse ey ‘island’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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