Brief Life History of John Manoah A.
John Manoah A. Corley was born in 1827, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States as the son of Richard Corley and Polly. He married Almariah Elizabeth Morrison on 25 January 1848, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Rappahannock, Virginia, United States in 1850. He died before 1859.
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- John M Corley in household of Richard Corley, "United States Census, 1850"
- John M. Corley, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
- John M Corley, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Irish (Mayo; Monaghan): variant of Curley and McCurley .
English: habitational name from Corley in Warwickshire or Coreley in Shropshire, both named with Old English corna, a metathesized form of crona, genitive plural of cron, cran ‘crane’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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