William Jackson Nolan

Brief Life History of William Jackson

When William Jackson Nolan was born on 10 March 1783, in Fairfield, South Carolina, United States, his father, Stephen Nolen III, was 30 and his mother, Mary Smith, was 27. He married Mary Ann Alcorn in 1805. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Newton, Georgia, United States in 1850. He died on 18 December 1850, in Rocky Plains, Newton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Rocky Plains, Newton, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Jackson Nolan
1783–1850
Mary Ann Alcorn
1785–1853
Marriage: 1805
James Nolen
1808–1861
Mary Ann Nolen
1809–1880
Private Albert Abner Nolen I
1811–1863
Stephen Nolen
1815–1857
Augustus Nolen
1817–1887
Mary Nolen
1817–
Sarah Chambers Nolen
1819–
Richard Nolen
1823–1841
Elijah Nolen
1825–1841
William Nolen
1827–1841

Sources (6)

  • William Noland in household of Unknown, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "
  • William Jackson Nolen, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ancestry Family Trees

World Events (8)

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.

1788 · South Carolina becomes the 8th state in the Union

On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States making it the 8th State of the Union.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, John Patrick, Liam, Cathal, Clancy, Conor, Fergus, Kieran, Seamus, Siobhan, Aileen, Brigid.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Nualláin ‘descendant of Nuallán’, a personal name representing a diminutive of nuall ‘famous, noble’. Compare Nolen and Nowlin .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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