Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Johns was born on 5 October 1783, in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States, his father, John Johns, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Norment, was 34. He married Frances Clarke about 1805. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 31 October 1861, in Chambers, Alabama, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Robert Johns, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Colonel Robert Johns - Published information: birth-name: Robert Johns
- Robert Johns, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1788 · Becomes the 10th state
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of John with genitival or excrescent -s, or a variant of Jones . It is common in Cornwall and Devon, south Wales, the West Midlands and Lancashire. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as Albanian Gjonaj or any other Albanian patronymic from the personal name Gjon ‘John’ and its variants or derivatives; see also examples at Johnson .
German: patronymic from John or a shortened form of Johannes .
Americanized form of Swiss German Schantz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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