When Sarah Ann Grayson was born on 25 August 1811, in Big Cove, Madison, Alabama, United States, her father, John Clan Grayson, was 41 and her mother, Sarah Carter, was 35. She married George Washington Sartain on 18 October 1830, in Madison, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Eastern Division, Walker, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Franklin, Tennessee, United States in 1870.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries 1840: Madison, Alabama, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (northern): variant of Graveson, ‘son of the steward, farm bailiff, or village headman’. From the North Midlands through Yorkshire to the north-west, the source is Middle English grayve, grayve, greve, a borrowing of Old Norse greifi ‘earl, count’ (see Grave ). In Durham and Northumberland the source is Middle English greve, from Old (Northumbrian) English grǣfa with the same meaning (see Grieve ).
English: possibly a habitational name from Greysouthen (Cumbria), recorded as Graysone in 1505.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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