When Rebecca C Walkup was born on 2 April 1794, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Walkup, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Daugherty, was 24. She married John Laughlin on 5 August 1813, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 23 January 1848, in Pulaski, Missouri, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Camden, Missouri, United States.
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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.
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.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English (Derbyshire): unexplained.
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