Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Lancaster was born on 8 March 1828, in Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Lancaster, was 34 and his mother, Susan Chapman, was 32. He married Octavia Underwood on 16 December 1858, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Little River District, Floyd, Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 29 December 1906, in Floyd, Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Pine Creek Cemetery, Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States.
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- Robert Lancaster, "United States Census, 1860"
- Robt., "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Robert Lancaster, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Lancaster in northwestern England, which is recorded as Loncastre in 1086. The place takes its name from the river Lune + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’ (from Latin castra ‘legionary camp’). The river name is probably British, perhaps related to Gaelic slán ‘healthy’, ‘salubrious’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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