When Mary Sutherland was born on 27 January 1800, in Adair, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Sutherland Jr, was 34 and her mother, Mary Polly Franklin, was 29. She married John Henry Boyer on 3 May 1823, in Adair, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Morgan, Morgan, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Jefferson Township, Scotland, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died on 24 February 1879, in Memphis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79.
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The Cane Ridge Revival took place for six days in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. From August 6, 1801- August 12 or 13, 1801, around 20 thousand people gathered together for what was called the Second Great Awakening.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Scottish (Caithness): habitational name from the Scottish county of Sutherland, named with Old Norse súthr ‘south, southern’ + land ‘land’ because the territory lay south of Scandinavia and the Norse colonies in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
History: This is the name of a Highland Scottish clan associated with the county of Sutherland.
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