Lucy Flanagan

Brief Life History of Lucy

When Lucy Flanagan was born in 1790, in South Carolina, United States, her father, William Blair Flanagan, was 40 and her mother, Mary Magill Caldwell, was 26. She married Elijah Stephens about 1814, in Carroll, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in October 1840, in Carroll, Georgia, United States, at the age of 50.

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Elijah Stephens
1787–1871
Lucy Flanagan
1790–1840
Marriage: about 1814
Washington Dyer Stephens
1816–1855
Rev. Elijah Bluford Stephens
1817–1895
Mary "Polly" Stephens
1819–1900

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World Events (8)

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

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.

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Brigid, Aine, Fintan, Aileen, Brian Patrick, Cormac, Fergus, Fidelma, Padraig, Ronan, Seamus.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flannagáin ‘descendant of Flannagán’, a personal name derived from a double diminutive of flann ‘scarlet, ruddy’.

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

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