When Samuel Sherman Swilley Sr. was born on 25 March 1828, in Lowndes, Georgia, United States, his father, Reason Franklin Swilley Sr, was 46 and his mother, Mary Terrell, was 41. He married Desiree Desideria Saucier in May 1851, in Stone, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Baker, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Beat 3, Harrison, Mississippi, United States in 1870. He died on 6 April 1903, in Harrison, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Perkinston, Stone, Mississippi, United States.
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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.
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
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