Brief Life History of Josiah
When Josiah Goforth was born about 1772, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States, his father, Andrew H Goforth, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Gullick, was 35. He married Anna Harris on 23 March 1797, in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 23 March 1825, at the age of 54.
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- Josiah Goforth, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Joseh Goforth, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Jos... Goforth, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"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."""
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
Name Meaning
English (East Yorkshire): from the Middle English phrase go fair ‘travel safely’, later altered to Goforth, perhaps through confusion with Garforth .
In some cases probably also an Americanized form of German Goffart or of its very rare variant Goffarth: from a Lower Rhine variant of the personal name Gottfried .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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