Brief Life History of John W
When John W Lockhart was born on 15 May 1796, in Anson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Adam Lockhart, was 30 and his mother, Sally Wickens, was 29. He married Martha Henry on 13 March 1834, in Anson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 14 May 1842, in Anson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 45.
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- John W Lockhart, "United States Census, 1820"
- John W. Lockhart, "Find A Grave Index"
- Will of John W. Lockhart, Anson Co., North Carolina
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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.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: nickname from Old French locart, a Normanno-Picard form of Old French lo(s)chart ‘one who squints, who is cross-eyed’, attested in 13th- and 14th-century Arras (Pas-de-Calais) as Louchard, Lochard, Locard and Locart. It is a derivative of Latin luscus ‘one-eyed’. In France Locard is mostly found in Normandy (especially Calvados) c. 1900, while Louchart is mainly concentrated in Pas-de-Calais at the same time.
Americanized form of German Luckhardt .
History: According to family tradition, Sir Simon Locard held the key to the locked silver casket in which Robert the Bruce's heart was taken to be buried in the Holy Land in 1329. This unverifiable story is no doubt related to the later spelling of the Scottish surname as Lockhart and to the addition of a heart and fetterlock to the family coat of arms (date unknown).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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