Brief Life History of Rowena
When Rowena Gatewood was born about 1795, in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States, her father, Hugh Sanders Gatewood, was 30 and her mother, Lydia Sanders, was 26. She married Clairborne E. Gatewood on 15 December 1819, in Gallatin, Kentucky, United States.
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- Rowenay Gatewood, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Roena Gatewood, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Roena Gatewood, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1796 · Wilderness Road Opens to Wagons
In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Gatward, derived from either an occupational name for a goatherd (Middle English gate-werde, Old English gātweard), or from an occupational name for a gate keeper (Middle English gateward, Old English ʒeatweard, dialect gātward). This surname is now rare in Britain.
History: The Gatewood family has been established in Essex County, VA, and Spotsylvania since the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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