Brief Life History of Barnabas
When Barnabas Arthur was born in 1792, in Carnesville, Franklin, Georgia, United States, his father, Matthew Talbot Arthur Sr, was 36 and his mother, Catherine Charity Jasper, was 27. He married Sophia Jones on 29 May 1819, in Franklin, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Cherokee, Cherokee, Georgia, United States in 1850 and District 899, Pickens, Georgia, United States in 1860. He died on 3 October 1865, in Pickens, Georgia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Tate, Pickens, Georgia, United States.
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- Barna Arther, "United States Census, 1840"
- Barnabas Arthur, "Find A Grave Index"
- Barnabas Arther, "United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1796
Historical Boundaries 1796: Franklin, Georgia, United States
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
Scottish, Irish, English, German, and French: from the ancient Celtic personal name Arthur. The origin of the name is disputed, but it may be derived from the Latin name Artorius, or it may derive from an old Celtic word meaning ‘bear’ (compare Gaelic art, Welsh arth, both of which mean ‘bear’). It has been in regular use as a personal name in Britain since the early Middle Ages, owing its popularity in large part to the legendary exploits of King Arthur, which gave rise to a prolific literature in Welsh, French, English, German, and other languages. In many cases this is a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McArthur , the patronymic Mac- often being dropped in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries under English influence.
West African (Ghana): Anglicized form of the Akan (Fante) name Atta .
History: President Chester Alan Arthur (1830–86) was the son of a VT Baptist preacher, William Arthur (1797–1875), who emigrated from Ballymena in northern Ireland c. 1815.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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