Brief Life History of Nancy W.
When Nancy W. Crockett was born on 1 January 1832, in Henry, Georgia, United States, her father, James Walkup Crockett, was 31 and her mother, Melissa McLendon, was 30. She married Charles Franklin Walker on 13 October 1850, in Henry, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Jackson, Louisiana, United States in 1860. She died on 25 September 1885, in Lincoln, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Choudrant, Lincoln, Louisiana, United States.
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- N Crockett in household of J Crockett, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nancy Crockett - Individual or family possessions: birth: 1833; Georgia, United States
- Nancy W Walker in household of Charles F Walker, "United States Census, 1860"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1832 · Worcester v. Georgia
In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire) and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for someone who affected a particular hairstyle, from Anglo-Norman French croket ‘ornamental curl or roll of hair’ (Old Norman French croquet, a diminutive of croque ‘curl, hook’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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