Brief Life History of William Pettus
William Pettus Wilson was born on 26 June 1847, in Greene, Georgia, United States. He married Malinda A. Manley on 23 December 1869, in Spalding, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in District 723, Henry, Georgia, United States in 1900. He died on 29 January 1931, in Hampton, Henry, Georgia, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Hampton, Henry, Georgia, United States.
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Sources (11)
- William P Wilson, "United States Census, 1910"
- W. P. Wilson, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- William P Wilson, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1943"
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World Events (8)
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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