Brief Life History of Jonathan
Jonathan Gammon was born from 1784 to 1790, in Wake, North Carolina, United States as the son of William Gammon and Mary M.. He married Winnefred Monk on 10 August 1806, in Columbia, Georgia, United States. He died about 1834, in Alabama, United States.
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- 1830 United States Federal Census
- Jonathan Gammon, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Ancestry Family Trees
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1789 · Becomes 12th State
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow ""rock"" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the ""rock"" was a gold nugget.
Name Meaning
English:
nickname from a diminutive (‘little leg’) of gamb, the Norman form of jambe ‘leg’; mb would be assimilated to mm, hence Gammon. Compare French Gambet, Gambin, Gambon.
variant of Game .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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