Brief Life History of Thomas William
When Thomas William Edwards was born in 1803, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Edwards, was 31 and his mother, Barbary, was 28. He married Eleanor Jane Evans on 29 December 1831, in Decatur, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in February 1869, in Washington, Florida, United States, at the age of 66.
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- Thomas W Edwards, "United States Census, 1860"
- Thomas W. Edwards, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RRJ-S95S?cc=1978117&wc=MX55-PT5%3A314239801%2C315201301
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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