When John Mendenhall was born on 3 May 1788, in Wilkes, Georgia, United States, his father, Marmaduke Mendenhall Sr., was 33 and his mother, Alice Benson, was 33. He married Margaret Brown on 6 April 1815, in Preble, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 3 June 1826, in Preble, Ohio, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Preble, Ohio, United States.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
As Georgia had been weakened during the Revolutionary War, it was unable to defend its Yazoo lands, or land west of the Yazoo River. Thirty-five million acres were sold to four companies for $500,000 as Governor George Mathews signed the Yazoo Act on January 7, 1795. Angry Georgians protested in the streets as they felt bribery and corruption were involved and the sale was far below market value. The legislation tried to rescind the Yazoo Act, but much of the land had been sold to third parties. The issue made its way to the United States Supreme Court and it was determined that rescinding the law was an unconstitutional infringement on a legal contract. The government took full possession of the territory by 1814 and awarded its claimants over $4,000,000.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English: habitational name from either of two places called Mildenhall, in Suffolk and Wiltshire. Both placenames probably derive from an unattested Old English personal name Milda (genitive Mildan) + Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’. The spelling Mendenhall is rare in Britain, where Mildenhall is more often found.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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