When Nathaniel Meredith was born about 1817, in Grayson, Kentucky, United States, his father, Alexander Meredith, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Brunk, was 23. He married Alice Logsdon about 1842, in Grayson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Rock Creek, Grayson, Kentucky, United States in 1880.
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The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Welsh: from the personal name Meredydd (Old Welsh Morgetiud, Middle Welsh Maredudd, from a possible British Celtic ethnic name of the type Morgetes + iǖth ‘lord’). Compare Beddow .
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