Brief Life History of Mary D
Mary D Roberts was born about 1791, in South Carolina, United States. She married Abraham Potter Cantrell on 21 September 1854, in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1900, in Weakley, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 110.
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Sources (4)
- Mary Cantrell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary D Roberts - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Rebecca Cantrell
- Pollie Robertson in entry for Richard Cantrell, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
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1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1792 · Head Tax Law
In 1792, South Carolina passes a law called the "head tax" for all free African Americans from age 16-50. This tax was $2.00.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
English: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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