Harriet Leggett

Brief Life History of Harriet

When Harriet Leggett was born about 1843, in Ritchie, Virginia, United States, her father, James Nichols Leggett, was 25 and her mother, Jamima Ann Barnhouse, was 22. She lived in Berrien Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States in 1850. She died about 1905, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

James Nichols Leggett
1819–1901
Jamima Ann Barnhouse
1822–1887
Harriet Leggett
1843–1905
Elizabeth Malinda Leggitt
1848–1912
Alice Leggett
1863–1915
Mary Ellen Leggitt
1850–1932
William Franklin Leggett
1853–1885
Julianna Alice Leggett
1855–1918
Alen A. Leggitt
1863–1870

Sources (2)

  • Harriet Leggett in household of James N Leggett, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Harriett Leggett in household of James Leggett, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: occupational name from Middle English legat, legate ‘delegate, ambassador, deputy’ (Old French legat), Latin legatus ‘one who is appointed or ordained’.

English: variant of Legard , especially in Sussex, perhaps through confusion of the two names.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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