Brief Life History of Temperance
When Temperance Wood was born on 24 November 1791, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Bartholomew Thomas Wood, was 33 and her mother, Martha Ann Tadlock, was 28. She married William Roberts on 4 July 1813, in Christian, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 17 October 1877, in Collin, Texas, United States, at the age of 85.
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- Temperance Roberts, "United States Census, 1870"
- Tempy Wood, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Tempy Roberts, "Find A Grave Index"
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1792 · Head Tax Law
"In 1792, South Carolina passes a law called the ""head tax"" for all free African Americans from age 16-50. This tax was $2.00."
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .
English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).
Americanized form of French Gadbois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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