Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Sapp was born about 1804, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States, his father, Daniel Sapp, was 11802 and his mother, Nancy Barbary Powers, was 30. He married Elizabeth Williams on 5 February 1833, in Bath, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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- Joseph Tap, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Bath Co., KY Order Book C, pg. 99
- Joseph Sap, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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World Events (8)
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
German: from a short form (Sabbe) of an ancient Germanic personal name with sacha ‘legal matter or action’ as the first element.
English: variant of Sopp with the vowel unrounded.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a fir-tree, from Middle English sap(e) ‘fir-tree’ (Old English sæppe).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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