When Sara Ann Puckett was born on 24 December 1824, in Surry, Virginia, United States, her father, William Akin Puckett, was 21 and her mother, Nancy Lytle Warren, was 10. She married Isham Robinson Peebles on 9 January 1840, in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Rutherford, Tennessee, United States for about 30 years. She died on 13 August 1884, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Quail Ridge, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
English (Dorset): variant of Pockett, from Middle English poket, pouket, a borrowing of Anglo-Norman French po(u)quet, Old French pochet ‘small sack, bag, or pouch’, perhaps given to a maker of such articles.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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