When William Claudius Pegues was born on 15 June 1830, in Wallace, Marlboro, South Carolina, United States, his father, Malachi Murphy Pegues, was 50 and his mother, Charlotte Johnson, was 39. He lived in Southern Division, Marshall, Mississippi, United States in 1850. He died on 4 August 1884, in Marshall, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
On August 31, 1835, in Charleston, South Carolina an angry mob takes control over the U-S mail and burns it in public.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
French (southern): probably a nickname derived from Occitan pega ‘pitch’.
History: This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.
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