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Alexander Stephens
1790 - 1850

Alexander Stephens was born about 1790 somewhere in North Carolina and died about 1850 somewhere in Florida. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 60 years old.

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Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during Alexander Stephens's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of Alexander, his family, and friends. For example, Alexander is 3 years old when Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role.

Age	Date	Event
12	1802	Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become the north western border of FL.
20	1810	Western Florida, from the Pearl River to the Mississippi, is annexed by the US from Spain.
23	1813	During 1813-14, over 2,000 Muskogee-speaking Creeks move to Florida in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). Most come from AL and GA.
28	1818	First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida.
31	1821	Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-On�s Treaty. Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States begin to pour into the new territory. Prior to this change, Florida was a wilderness sparsely dotted with settlements of native Indians, escaped/freed slaves and Spaniards.
32	1822	Florida Territory is purchased
33	1823	The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula.
34	1824	Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol.
45	1835	The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida.
47	1837	NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian.
52	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory
52	1842	Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years.
55	1845	Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator.
60	1850	Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted.

Age	Date	Event
3	1793	The cotton gin was invented by Whitney.
9	1799	The Rosetta Stone was discovered
10	1800	The first battery was invented by Volta
17	1807	The first steamboat was invented by Fulton
24	1814	The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson
40	1830	The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
49	1839	Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
54	1844	The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code

Age	Date	Event
10	1800	NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC
21	1811	NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians.
22	1812	NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured.
38	1828	God is discovered in Georgia.
44	1834	July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah

Age	Date	Event
40	1830	The U.S. Government begins forcing Cherokee Indians from their homes in what becomes known as the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee hide in the mountains of North Carolina and surrounding states.

Age	Date	Event
3	1793	Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role.
4	1794	The United States establishes the Navy
8	1798	Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida,
13	1803	Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans.
14	1804	The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL.
15	1805	Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a �horse path� through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier.
16	1806	Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread.
21	1811	By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians.
30	1820	The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
40	1830	Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
45	1835	Second Seminole Indian War begins.
47	1837	The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
50	1840	Oregon Trail is established
52	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.

Age	Date	Event
2	1792	French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year
3	1793	Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland.
5	1795	White Terror and bread riots in Paris
6	1796	Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais
7	1797	Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa
43	1833	Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico

The Children of Alexander Stephens

Marilda 'Arilda' Stephens
Born somewhere in Georgia on September 7, 1816 and died somewhere in Florida about 1880. She was about 63 years old.

She married John in Pulaski Co. GA.
They had 9 children:

John (5/12/1838-2/16/1862 in VA. Civil War)
David (8/14/1839-7/4/1863 in Gettysburg,PA- Civil War) ...

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