Phillip Ryland

Brief Life History of Phillip

When Phillip Ryland was born about 1802, in Pitt, North Carolina, United States, his father, Benona Ryland, was 44 and his mother, Sarah, was 38. He married Armenthia Nancy Hilson on 30 December 1824, in Warren, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Rapides, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 August 1860, in Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Phillip Ryland
1802–1860
Armenthia Nancy Hilson
1810–
Marriage: 30 December 1824
Mahaly Nancy Ryland
1825–1850
William Hilson Ryland
1826–1876
Alfred W Ryland
1831–
Moab Lamar Ryland
1832–1914
Ivey M Ryland
1835–1904
Henry A Jeptha Ryland
1837–1905
Wilmouth Ann Ryland
1841–1927
Seraphan Mahala Ryland
1842–
John Ephraim Ryland
1846–1915

Sources (7)

  • Phillip Ryland, "United States, Census, 1830"
  • Phillip Ryland, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Phillip Ryland - Family genealogies: death: 11 August 1860; Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States

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World Events (7)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1804 · Walton War

The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived by an area of land where rye was grown (Middle English rie ‘rye’ + land, lond) or who lived at a place called Ryland with the same meaning. The singular form is often a later alteration of the plural form Rylands; see Roylance .

Norwegian: habitational name from any of the three farmsteads in Fjordane and Hordaland so named from an unexplained first element + land ‘(piece of) land, farm’.

Americanized form of German Reiland .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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