When Serene Bolyard was born on 16 April 1843, in Preston, Virginia, United States, her father, Stephen J. Bolyard, was 29 and her mother, Mary Ann Sanders, was 26. She had at least 9 sons and 2 daughters with Lewis Knotts. She lived in Preston, Henry, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Reno District, Preston, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. In 1898, at the age of 55, her occupation is listed as housekeeper. She died on 6 October 1898, in West Virginia, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Mount Israel Cemetery, Fellowsville, Preston, West Virginia, United States.
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In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
English: perhaps a variant of Bullard .
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