Brief Life History of Gabriel
When Gabriel Barton was born on 4 April 1794, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Samuel Barton, was 44 and his mother, Martha Roberson, was 34. He married Jane Johnson on 29 December 1819, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 7 July 1862, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Baird Cemetery, Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Gabriel Barton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Gabriel Barton - Published information: birth-name: Gabriel Barton
- Gabriel Barton, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State
On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bere or bær ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, i.e. an outlying grange. Compare Barwick . The name is also found in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as de Bartún.
Polish (Bartoń); Czech and Slovak (mainly Bartoň): from a pet form of the personal name Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartoloměj, Slovak Bartolomej, from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This surname is also found in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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