When William Burton Childers was born in 1801, in Tennessee, United States, his father, William Childress Jr., was 35 and his mother, Anne Hanson, was 47. He married Ann Bannet on 13 September 1821, in Morgan, Jefferson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Morgan, Alabama, United States in 1850. He was buried in Galloway Cemetery, Sullivan Gardens, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1818: Cotaco, Alabama Territory, United States 1819: Cotaco, Alabama, United States 1821: Morgan, Alabama, United States* *Cotaco renamed Morgan in 1821
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
English: probably a habitational name from some lost place called Childerhouse, from Old English cildra, genitive plural of cild ‘child’ + hūs ‘house’. This may have referred to some form of orphanage perhaps run by a religious order, or perhaps the first element is to be understood in its later sense as a term of status (see Child ).
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