Brief Life History of Nancy Ann
When Nancy Ann Hill was born on 28 January 1819, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Hill, was 52 and her mother, Edith Harlan, was 43. She married Samuel Farlow on 25 October 1839, in Marlborough MM, Randolph, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 5 November 1874, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Marlboro Friends Meeting, Sophia, Randolph, North Carolina, United States.
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- Nancy Farlow in household of Saml Farlow, "United States Census, 1850"
- Nancy Ann Farlow, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Hill, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"
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World Events (7)
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .
German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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