When Solomon Marchant Lassiter was born on 7 November 1795, in Marks Creek Township, Wake, North Carolina, United States, his father, Moses Lassiter, was 30 and his mother, Salley Hobbs, was 19. He married Martha A Knight on 29 December 1825, in Henry, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 12 November 1839, in Pike, Georgia, United States, at the age of 44.
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"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."
Georgia’s first land lottery act was signed by Governor John Milledge. The first drawings for the land lottery were held two years later in 1805.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English: habitational name from the city of Leicester (see Lester ). This name has been long established in North America, and occurs in a wide variety of forms.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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