Brief Life History of John Gill
When John Gill Landrum was born on 22 October 1810, in Eagleville, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, his father, Merriman Landrum Sr, was 36 and his mother, Delilah Jackson, was 32. He married Elizabeth Montgomery in 1836, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States in 1947. He died on 19 January 1882, in Landrum, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Mount Zion Baptist Cemetery, Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.
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- John G Landrum, "United States Census, 1880"
- John Cill, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mrs J T Montgomery in entry for Dr Edward E Bomar, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
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.
1829 · Fort Sumter Constructed
In 1829 Fort Sumter is constructed in the Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is most known for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War. It is barely ready when the American Civil War starts.
Name Meaning
Possibly an altered form of Irish Landrigan (see Lonergan ). This surname is common in GA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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