When Simon Gray Jeffreys was born about 1775, in Bute, North Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Capt William H Jeffreys Sr, was 33 and his mother, Mary Gray, was 27. He married Nancy Cheaves in 1790, in Wake, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Alfordsville, Robeson, North Carolina, United States in 1830 and St. Matthews Township, Wake, North Carolina, United States in 1850. He died on 5 February 1854, in Wake, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 80.
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On October 25, 1774, the Edenton Tea Party took place. It was the first organized women's protest. They put their cups down and refused to buy any tea.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."
English: variant of Jeffries .
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