Brief Life History of Cynthia
When Cynthia Walton was born in 1830, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States, her father, Royce Walton, was 25 and her mother, Mary Rawlings, was 28. She married William Rawling McRoberts on 11 June 1857, in Fleming, Letcher, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Poplar Plains, Fleming, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died in 1898, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 68.
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- Cintha Walton in household of Royse Walton, "United States Census, 1850"
- Cyntha Walton, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Cynthia Walton in entry for George Allen Mcroberts, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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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.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Walton, which are named with Old English walh ‘foreigner, Briton, serf’ (genitive plural wala), wald ‘woodland’, wall ‘wall’, or wælla ‘well, spring, stream’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
History: George Walton (1741–1804) signed the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Prince Edward County, VA, whither his grandfather had emigrated from England in 1682. He moved to Savannah, GA, and became governor of GA and a prominent jurist.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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