When Joseph Franklin Tracy was born on 23 December 1820, in Ellisburg, Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York, United States, his father, Caleb Tracy, was 34 and his mother, Susannah Colvin, was 33. He married Hannah Thompson Bemis on 20 October 1842, in Auburn Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 8 April 1874, in Clackamas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Clackamas, Oregon, United States.
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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.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English: variant of Tracey .
Irish: variant of Treacy .
Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish name.
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