Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth
When Sarah Elizabeth Waugh was born on 2 February 1790, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, her father, John Waugh, was 26 and her mother, Mrs. Jean Waugh, was 24. She married Joseph Morrow on 3 August 1819, in Dallas, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 31 March 1852, in Dallas, Alabama, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Plantersville, Dallas, Alabama, United States.
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- Sarah Morrow in household of Joseph Morrow, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Elizabeth Waugh - Government record: Cemetery record or headstone: birth:
- Sarah Waugh, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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World Events (7)
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1792 · Head Tax Law
"In 1792, South Carolina passes a law called the ""head tax"" for all free African Americans from age 16-50. This tax was $2.00."
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Middle English wale ‘foreigner, Britone’ (in a form reflecting the final consonant of Anglian Old English walh), a word applied by the Northumbrians to Strathclyde Britons, in the same way that Gaelic Gall was applied by Highlanders to Lowlanders. The word usually denoted speakers of Celtic or Romance languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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