Jacob Turley

Brief Life History of Jacob

When Jacob Turley was born about 1796, in Cherokee, South Carolina, United States, his father, Ignatius Turley, was 51 and his mother, Rachael Penson, was 51. He married Mary "Polly" McDaniel in 1817, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died from 1840 to 1850.

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Jacob Turley
1796–1850
Mary "Polly" McDaniel
1796–
Marriage: 1817
John Turley
1817–1890
Margaret Turley
Ignatius Giles Turley
1818–1870
Charles Reese Turley
1820–1870
MacDonald Turley
1826–1905
Jasper Lee Turley
1828–1919
Mary Turley
1828–

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    World Events (7)

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

    1803

    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

    1812

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    Name Meaning

    Irish (Down): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Toirdealbhaigh, a patronymic from the personal name Toirdhealbhach, a personal name based on an Irish form of the Old Norse name Thórr ‘Thunder’ + the Gaelic word dealbhach ‘like, in the shape of’. Compare McCurley , from the lenited form of the same name.

    Altered form of German Thurley, from a personal name formed with Old High German tiuri ‘dear, valuable’ + līh (?), related to Gothic leiks ‘body, shape’.

    English (Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire): variant of Thurlow or Trillo .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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