Brief Life History of Mary Ladd
When Mary Ladd Majors was born on 8 September 1784, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Rev. Robert Howell Majors Sr, was 23 and her mother, Huldah Ladd, was 22. She married Joel H Goode about 1800, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died before 1840, in Madison, Alabama, United States.
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1789 · Becomes 12th State
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
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English: variant of Major , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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