Genealogy for
Luraney Stephens
About Luraney Stephens |
 Luraney Stephens 10/22/1814 - 1871
| Luraney Stephens was born on October 22, 1814 in an unknown place and died about 1871 somewhere in Florida. Actual date of death is unknown. She lived to be about 56 years old.
She died sometime after 1870.
Children: Eliza (1846)GA - she married William Ayers
Samuel (1849)FL
Delia Ann "Dilly" (1850)FL - she married William Marshal Alday
Alexander (1853)FL
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 | Census | 1/1/1830 | GA (Dooley County) | 15 yrs old | Number 2, #88
21 David Stephens- one male (under 5),one male (5-10),one male (15-20) one male (30-40), / one female(under 5),one female(5-10),one female(10-15),one female (15-20), one female (30-40)
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 | Marriage | 11/3/1842 | FL (Pulaski County) | 28 yrs old | Thomas Pope marries Luraney Stevens on 11/3/1842 in Pulaski Co. GA  |
 | Census | 1/1/1860 | FL (Liberty County) | 45 yrs old | Dewling#114
Thomas Pope (age 36) GA,
Lurany (36) GA,
Eliza (14) GA ,
Samuel (11) FL ,
Dilly (9 ) FL ,
Alexander (7) FL
Additional information about Liberty County, FL around 1860: Liberty County was formed 1855 from Jefferson County. | |
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 | Census | 6/4/1870 | Albany GA (Dougherty County) | 55 yrs old | page 51, #374, 406 -David A. Vason (age 51),
Pope Vason (14),
Callie Vason (11),
Henry Vason (8),
Dollie Vason (20,
William Ferrell (19),
Urania Pope (70)-(note Luraney is misspelled),
Thomas Butler (16),
Delia Pope (15),
Fannie Callaway (11),
Lizzie Murphy (13). All were born in GA. David is a Logger and farmer. Value of his home $42000 and value of person $21000. William is a store clerk. Callie,
Henry ,
Dollie , Delia and Fannie attend school. |
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Luraney, her family, and friends. For example, Luraney is 6 years old when 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.
Age | Date | Event |
4 |
1818 |
First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida. |
7 |
1821 |
Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-Onís 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. |
8 |
1822 |
Florida Territory is purchased |
9 |
1823 |
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula. |
10 |
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. |
21 |
1835 |
The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida. |
23 |
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. |
28 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
28 |
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. |
31 |
1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
36 |
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. |
41 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
47 |
1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
50 |
1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
51 |
1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
51 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
56 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
Age | Date | Event |
16 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
25 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
30 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
39 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
42 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
45 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
51 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
55 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
Age | Date | Event |
14 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
20 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
47 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
48 |
1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
Age | Date | Event |
6 |
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. |
16 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
21 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
23 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
26 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
28 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
41 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
46 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
48 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
49 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
51 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
54 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
Age | Date | Event |
19 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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Marriages
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 | Thomas Pope Born on May 18, 1823 and died on July 3, 1864. They were married 11/3/1842.
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The Children of Luraney Stephens
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 54 years old
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Eliza Jane Pope Born somewhere in Florida on December 12, 1846 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on December 3, 1922. She was about 76 years old.
She married William N. Ayers. Children: Louraine (7/4/1870)
John David (9/13/187)
William Jesse (10/29/1876)
Samuel Ayers (6/26/1882)...
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Delia Ann Pope Born somewhere in Florida on October 18, 1850 and died in Calhoun County, Florida on October 9, 1934. She was 84 years old.
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