Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Dement was born about 1765, in Orange, North Carolina, United States as the daughter of Jane Stewart. She had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Francis Marion Jordan. She died about 1840, in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States, at the age of 77.
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
North Carolina is the 12th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from either of two places in Dumfriess called Kirkpatrick or any of various other places in Scotland, all so named from the dedication of their church to Saint Patrick. The Scottish word kirk sometimes replaced Gaelic cill ‘church’ in placenames; compare Kilpatrick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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