When Ellen Nancy Millsap was born about 1798, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, her father, Moses Taylor Millsaps, was 33 and her mother, Jane Lacey, was 42. She married Moses Vest on 6 January 1820, in Washington, Daviess, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Iberia, Louisiana, United States in 1880.
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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.
Louisiana was divided into 19 parishes (rather than counties or boroughs) on March 31, 1807. Currently, there are 64 parishes in Louisiana.
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.
English: nickname for a spiritless man, from Middle Englishmilksop ‘piece of bread soaked in milk’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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