When Sarah Wilks was born about 1812, in Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States, her father, Francis Wilkes, was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Turnage, was 39. She lived in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States in 1850.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."
English (Yorkshire, Lancashire, and West Midlands): variant of Wilkes 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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