Brief Life History of Elizabeth Anderson
When Elizabeth Anderson Lane was born on 1 June 1785, in Wilkes, Georgia, United States, her father, James Lane, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Betty Anderson, was 25. She married John Heard Jr on 13 March 1808, in Danburg, Wilkes, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in District 179, Wilkes, Georgia, United States in 1830. She died in June 1866, in Wilkes, Georgia, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Wilkes, Georgia, United States.
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- Elizabeth Heard, "United States Census, 1830"
- Betsey A Lane, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- 1803 :: Letter of Reprimand from Rev. Jesse Mercer
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1795 · Yazoo Land Fraud
As Georgia had been weakened during the Revolutionary War, it was unable to defend its Yazoo lands, or land west of the Yazoo River. Thirty-five million acres were sold to four companies for $500,000 as Governor George Mathews signed the Yazoo Act on January 7, 1795. Angry Georgians protested in the streets as they felt bribery and corruption were involved and the sale was far below market value. The legislation tried to rescind the Yazoo Act, but much of the land had been sold to third parties. The issue made its way to the United States Supreme Court and it was determined that rescinding the law was an unconstitutional infringement on a legal contract. The government took full possession of the territory by 1814 and awarded its claimants over $4,000,000.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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