When John Weisner was born on 30 January 1764, in Cane Creek MM, Orange, North Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Johann Michael Weisner, was 30 and his mother, Ruth Pike, was 19. He married Margaret Collins about 1789, in Cane Creek MM, Orange, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 30 August 1821, in Smith, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 57.
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Built on August 26, 1767, the Tryon Palace became the capitol building for North Carolina. The building was named after William Tryon a British officer and colonial official.
On October 25, 1774, the Edenton Tea Party took place. It was the first organized women's protest. They put their cups down and refused to buy any tea.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
German: occupational name for a painter or plasterer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German wīzen ‘to whitewash, to make white’. Compare Wisener .
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