When Ann Thompson was born on 5 January 1796, in Woodford, Kentucky, United States, her father, James P Thompson, was 45 and her mother, Ruth Peyton, was 29. She married John Banks Pollard on 7 April 1814, in Woodford, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Garrard, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Kentucky, United States in 1870. She died on 24 March 1873, in Garrard, Clay, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Garrard, Clay, Kentucky, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries - 1806: Clay, Kentucky, United States
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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