Brief Life History of Thomas D
When Thomas D Voyles was born in 1794, in Cabarrus, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Voyles, was 49 and his mother, Sarah Shinn, was 48. He married Elizabeth Boling on 4 March 1815, in Springfield, Washington, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Lewisport, Hancock, Kentucky, United States in 1840. He died in April 1860, in Ohio, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Ohio, Kentucky, United States.
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- Thomas Voils, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thomas Vodez, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Thomas Voyles, "Find A Grave Index"
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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 · Wilderness Road Opens to Wagons
In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Voyle, a nickname from a lenited form of moel ‘bald’. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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