When Susanna Bardwell was born in 1802, in Tyrrell, North Carolina, United States, her father, Soloman Bardwell Sr, was 40 and her mother, Jiseu Cahoon, was 37.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.
English (Suffolk): habitational name from Bardwell in Suffolk, so named with an unattested Old English byname Bearda, a derivative of beard (see Beard ) + Old English well(a) ‘spring, stream’. Alternatively, the first element may be from a dissimilated form of Old English bre(o)rd ‘brim, bank’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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