Dorcas Bryan was born in December 1822, in Gwinnett, Georgia, United States. She married Charles A Powell on 4 April 1852, in Gwinnett, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Georgia, United States in 1870 and District 408, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States in 1880. She died on 4 June 1902, in Snellville, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Snellville, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English and Irish: variant of Bryant .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Briain, see O'Brien .
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