Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Crowley was born in 1822, in Mississippi, United States, his father, James Crowley, was 45 and his mother, Dorcas Smith, was 44. He married Martha A. Martin on 16 March 1839, in Campbell, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Sumner, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States in 1880 and United States in 1848. He died in 1900, in Trinity, Morgan, Alabama, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Trinity, Morgan, Alabama, United States.
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- George W Cooly, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: George Washington Crowley - birth-name: George Washington Crowley
- George M Crawley, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
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1826
Historical Boundaries: 1826: Troup, Georgia, United States
1832 · Worcester v. Georgia
In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Brennan, Kieran, Aileen, Assumpta, Bridie, Declan, Donovan, Kaitlin, Kevin Patrick, Maeve, Patrick Joseph.
Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cruadhlaoich ‘descendant of Cruadhlaoch’, a personal name composed of the elements cruadh ‘hardy’ + laoch ‘hero’. There has been some confusion with Crawley .
English: variant of Crawley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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