Brief Life History of Sally
When Sally Crossland was born in 1799, in Halifax, North Carolina, United States, her father, Joshua Crossland, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Davis, was 19. She married John Davis on 19 December 1822, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Haywood, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and North Carolina, United States in 1870.
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- Sarah Davis in household of John W Davis, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sally Crosland, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Sally Crosland, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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World Events (8)
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow ""rock"" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the ""rock"" was a gold nugget.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a place in the parish of Almondbury, Yorkshire, named Crosland, from Old English cros ‘cross’ + land ‘newly cultivated land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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