Brief Life History of Jesse
When Jesse Moran was born in 1784, in Halifax, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Shirley Moran, was 29 and his mother, Margaret Locke, was 27. He married Bethena Bailey on 15 September 1808, in Baldwin, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 22 February 1855, in Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States, at the age of 71.
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- Jessie Moran, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jesse Moran, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1789 · Becomes 12th State
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Kieran, John Patrick, Aileen, Eamon, Dermot, Seamus, Aidan, Cathal, Colm, Colum.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Móráin ‘descendant of Mórán’, a personal name meaning ‘great’, ‘large’; the stress is normally on the first syllable.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Moghráin, earlier Ó Mughróin ‘descendant of Mughrón’, a personal name derived from mug ‘slave’ and rón ‘seal’. It may also be a shortened form of McMorran , based on the same personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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