Brief Life History of John Minor
When John Minor Botts was born on 16 September 1803, in Dumfries, Prince William, Virginia, United States, his father, Benjamin Gaines Botts, was 27 and his mother, Jane "Jenny" Tyler, was 26. He married Mary Whiting Blair on 11 May 1822, in Henrico, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Culpeper, Virginia, United States in 1869 and Virginia, United States in 1869. In 1847, his occupation is listed as u.s. congressman. He died on 8 January 1869, in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
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- Jno M Botts, "United States Census, 1860"
- John Minor Botts, "Find A Grave Index"
- John M in entry for Beverly B Botts, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bott , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Americanized form of German Botz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Minor Botts (September 16, 1802 – January 8, 1869) was a nineteenth-century politician, planter and lawyer from Virginia. He was a prominent Unionist in Richmond, Virginia, during the American Ci …
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