Brief Life History of Sarah Cotton
When Sarah Cotton Hill was born in January 1830, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Abner Hill, was 41 and her mother, Katherine Cotton, was 43. She married Thomas Jameson on 10 August 1848, in Hopkins, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Hidalgo, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 6, Hood, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 11 November 1911, in Throckmorton, Throckmorton, Texas, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Sarah Jameson in household of Thomas Jameson, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sarah C Hill, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Sarah Cotton Hill Jameson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
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.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .
German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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