Brief Life History of Aaron Burr
When Aaron Burr Watts was born on 19 May 1820, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, his father, Salathiel Weeks Watts, was 27 and his mother, Mary Burr, was 22. He married Mary A Littlepage on 14 April 1847, in Greenbrier, McDowell, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Williamsburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States in 1880. He died on 22 September 1899, at the age of 79, and was buried in Williamsburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States.
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- Aaron B Watts, "United States Census, 1860"
- Aaron Watts, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
- A. B. Watts, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Watt , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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