Brief Life History of Joseph Littlejohn
When Joseph Littlejohn Park was born on 26 December 1786, in Prince Edward, Virginia, United States, his father, Joseph Littlejohn Parks, was 42 and his mother, Esther Elizabeth Sankey, was 44. He married Sarah Owen Musgrave about 1805, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 28 January 1860, in Pike, Alabama, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Orion, Pike, Alabama, United States.
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- Joseph Littlejon Park, "Find A Grave Index"
- Oglethorpe County deed book
- Estate records, 1790-1962
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World Events (8)
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1793
Historical Boundaries: 1793: Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Korean Young, Sang, Sung, Yong, Jung, Jong, Chan, Jae, Jin, Kwang, Kyung, Myung, Chong, Chang, Chung, Byung, Min, Moon, Chul, Hae, Jeong, Dae, Seong, Myong.
English and Scottish: from Middle English and Older Scots parc, parke, perk ‘park, enclosure’ (Old French parc), often referring to the grounds of a manor house or a deer park where the lord hunted. The name was probably synonymous with Parker , denoting an officer who looked after a park for the lord of the manor.
English and Scottish: from a medieval pet form of the personal name Peter . Compare Parkin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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