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