Brief Life History of Lauretta Melinda
When Lauretta Melinda Heatherly was born on 11 February 1829, in Tuxedo, Henderson, North Carolina, United States, her father, Solomon Heatherly I, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Corn, was 30. She married Rubin W. Staton in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and Green River Township, Henderson, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. She died on 27 September 1923, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 94.
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- Malinda Staton in household of Rhubin Staton, "United States Census, 1870"
- Turett Heatherly in entry for John T Staton, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"
- Lorett Hetherly in household of Solomon Hetherly, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
Name Meaning
English (Midlands): habitational name from Hatherleigh in Bovey Tracey (Devon), Up Hatherley, Down Hatherley (Gloucestershire), or Hatherly Farm in Hilton (Dorset). The placenames may derive from Old English hagu-thorn, hæg-thorn ‘hawthorn’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, though the initial element may alternatively be hǣddre ‘heather’ or a derivative of hǣth ‘heath, heather’ (such as hǣthor, from hǣth + the noun suffix -or; see Heather ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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