Nancy Jones was born on 23 January 1780, in South Carolina, United States as the daughter of Thomas Jones and Sarah Horsey. She married Benjamin Standifer on 29 December 1802, in Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Red Bank, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1860. She died on 28 February 1864, in McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 84.
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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.
On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States making it the 8th State of the Union.
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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