Brief Life History of Tabitha Debitha
When Tabitha Debitha Green was born on 10 January 1808, in North Carolina, United States, her father, James Green, was 13 and her mother, Gemima Mun, was 22. She married William Fussell on 16 October 1834, in Irwin, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Irwin, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Coffee, Bacon, Georgia, United States in 1860. She died on 11 June 1880, in Homerville, Clinch, Georgia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Pine Forest Cemetery, Homerville, Clinch, Georgia, United States.
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- Tebitha Fussel in household of William Fussel, "United States Census, 1860"
- Tobitha Fussell Vann, "Find A Grave Index"
- Debitha Green in entry for Mrs Fronia Merritt, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1943"
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1811 · The Savannah Riots
A barroom brawl in Savannah on Tuesday, November 12, 1811, had international impact. An American seaman boasted of having joined the crew of a French vessel, likely named La Vengeance. Others became upset at the idea of the American joining a foreign nation and a brawl erupted. The county coroner asked for peace but was beaten with clubs. A second clash occurred the following day when French sailors attacked five American seaman. A day after the second attack, twenty French sailors attacked six Americans. Four of them escaped but two were beaten and stabbed. Jacob Taylor died on the scene and a rigger named Collins died the following day. By Friday, a full scale riot erupted when the French crewmen arrested on murder charges were released. Many were arrested and French ships La Vengeance and La Franchise were burned. In the end, the incident caused disruptions in French-American relations and affected shipping and trade.
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Historical Boundaries: 1818: Irwin, Georgia, United States
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
Name Meaning
English: either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or was young or immature, or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green (Middle English grene, a transferred use of the color term). This is one of the most common and widespread of English surnames. In North America it has assimilated cognates from other languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen ) and Dutch Groen ; compare 7 below. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: alternatively, from a Middle English personal name Grene.
Irish: adopted for Ó hUainín ‘descendant of Uainín’, a personal name from a pet form of uaine ‘green’, see Honan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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