When James Laird was born in 1776, in Augusta, Virginia, United States, his father, Capt. David Moses Laird, was 31 and his mother, Ann Scott Lamme, was 33. He married Jane Anderson on 15 August 1797, in Augusta, Virginia, United States. He lived in Yellow Creek Township, Chariton, Missouri, United States in 1850. He died from 1850 to 1860, in Chariton, Missouri, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
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.
Scottish and northern Irish: status name for a landlord or landowner, from northern Middle English laverd ‘lord’.
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