Brief Life History of Leonard
When Leonard Branson was born on 5 December 1759, in St. Marys, Camden, Georgia, United States, his father, John Branson, was 43 and his mother, Eleanor Williamson Briscoe, was 20. He married Polly Gay about 1786, in Maryland, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Charles, Maryland, United States in 1790. He registered for military service in 1779. He died in 1820, in Harlan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 61.
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Sources (6)
- Branson, "United States Census, 1820"
- Legacy NFS Source: Leonard Branson - Government record: death: 1820; Harlan, Kentucky, United States
- Leonard Branson, "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Georgia is the 4th state.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places: Branston in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and Staffordshire, Brandeston in Suffolk, Brandiston in Norfolk, or Braunston in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. All are named with the Old English personal name Brant + tūn ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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