Brief Life History of Abner
Abner Harpole was born in 1789, in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. He died in 1827, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 38.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Abner Harpole - Published information: Probate record or will: death: 1827; Wilson, Tennessee, United States
- Harpole Cousins
World Events (3)
1789
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
1789 · The United States Constitution
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Originally comprising seven articles, the United States Constitution is the backbone of the law in the Nation. The first three articles talk about the separation of powers, dividing the government into three branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Articles Four, Five and Six describe the what each state governments have rights to do, how the states and the federal government should act in their relationship, and how the constitutional amendments are shared between all states. The Seventh Article explains and establishes the procedure used by the thirteen States to ratify it. It is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force. Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended 27 times, including an amendment to repeal a previous one.
1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State
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On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): habitational name from either of the places called Harpole (Kent and Northamptonshire), from Old English horu ‘dirt’ + pōl ‘pool’. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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