When John Alexander Alderman was born on 25 June 1827, in Bulloch, Georgia, United States, his father, William C. Alderman, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Edmondson, was 25. He married Emily Susan ‘Susie’ Norman on 15 February 1849, in Thomas, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in District 1020, Colquitt, Georgia, United States in 1880 and Autreyville, Colquitt, Georgia, United States in 1900. He died on 29 May 1907, in Colquitt, Georgia, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Berlin, Colquitt, Georgia, United States.
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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.
In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Colquitt, Georgia, United States
English (southern): status name from Middle English alderman, Old English ealdorman, literally ‘elder’. Before the Norman Conquest this term denoted a high official with authority over a district; by the 12th century it had come to denote a member of the governing body of a city or borough, or the governor of a craft guild.
Americanized form of German Aldermann: variant of Altermann (see Alterman ), a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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