Brief Life History of William P
When William P Baldridge was born in July 1837, in Russell, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert H Baldridge Sr, was 27 and his mother, Nancy Eleanor Hicks, was 23. He married Frances "Fanny" Morgan on 30 August 1858, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Prestonsburg, Floyd, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died after 1900, in Floyd, Kentucky, United States.
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Sources (24)
- William Baldridge, "United States Census, 1900"
- William Baldridg, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- William Baldrige in entry for Sarah Collins, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
English (North Yorkshire and Durham): from the Middle English personal name Baldri(c) (see Baldry ).
Possibly also an altered form of German Baldrich, a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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