When Rebecca A. Swafford was born on 19 April 1827, in Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States, her father, Aaron W Swafford Jr., was 14 and her mother, Margaret Cooke, was 29. She married Henderson Sloan before 1844, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Richmond, Ray, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Knoxville, Ray, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died after 1913, in Ray, Missouri, United States, and was buried in Lawson, Ray, Missouri, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Historical Boundaries: 1837 : Ray, Missouri, United States
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
English: probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. Compare Swofford .
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