When Thomas Chapel Carstarphen was born on 19 July 1779, in Halifax, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Carstarphen, was 27 and his mother, Nancy Chapel, was 27. He married Elizabeth Harvey "Betty" Pritchett on 3 March 1807, in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Crawford, Georgia, United States in 1840 and Stewart, Georgia, United States in 1850. He died on 25 November 1854, in Wilcox, Alabama, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Coy Cemetery, Wilcox, Alabama, United States.
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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.
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Altered form of Scottish Corstorphine,Corstorphan, a habitational name from a village in Midlothian,now a suburb of Edinburgh.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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