When Elizabeth Withers was born in 1778, in Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, United States, her father, Mathew Keene Withers, was 23 and her mother, Ann Nancy Jennings, was 25. She married Jasper Mount on 1 October 1796, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Johnson, Illinois, United States in 1820 and Madison Township, Pike, Indiana, United States in 1830. She died on 12 October 1854, in Vincennes Township, Knox, Indiana, United States, at the age of 76.
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Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Historical Boundaries 1791: Knox, Northwest Territory, United States 1812: Knox, Indiana Territory, United States 1816: Knox, Indiana, United States
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English: variant of Wither , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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