Brief Life History of Samuel Spry
When Rev. Samuel Spry Law was born on 2 June 1775, in Liberty, Georgia, United States, his father, Joseph Law, was 56 and his mother, Elizabeth Spry, was 17. He married Mary Anderson on 16 April 1799, in Midway, St. John Parish, Georgia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 4 February 1837, in Sunbury, Liberty, Georgia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Liberty, Georgia, United States.
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- Law, "Georgia Births and Christenings, 1754-1960"
- Samuel S Saw, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Samuel Spry Law, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1777
Historical Boundaries: 1777: Liberty, Georgia, United States
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: from a Middle English personal name Law(e), a short form of Lawrence .
Scottish and northern English: topographic name for someone who lived near a hill, northern Middle English law (from Old English hlāw, which generally became low in the south and law in the north). Compare Lowe and Lew .
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 羅, based on its Cantonese pronunciation, see Luo 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Samuel S. Law 1774 The Rev. Samuel Spry Law, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Law, was born in Liberty county, Georgia, in the year 1774. His father removed from Charleston, South Carolina, some years …
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