Genealogy for
Nancy Ann Barnes
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Nancy Ann Barnes 1780 - 1840
| Nancy Ann Barnes was born about 1780 in Wayne, North Carolina and died about 1840 in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 60 years old.
Her parents were Samuel & Sarah Cook Barnes. | |
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Nancy Barnes's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Nancy, her family, and friends. For example, Nancy is 7 years old when Constitution of the United States is signed
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1783 |
The hot air balloon is invented by Michel and Montgolfier and the first people in modern history fly at an altitude of 1800 m. |
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1785 |
The power loom was invented by Cartwright to produce cloth. |
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1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
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1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
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1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
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1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
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1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
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1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
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1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
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1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
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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. |
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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. |
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1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
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1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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1789 |
The capitol of North Carolina moves from New Bern to Raleigh and North Carolina becomes the 12th state of the United States of America. |
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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. |
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1787 |
Constitution of the United States is signed |
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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. |
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1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
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1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
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1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
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1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
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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. |
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1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
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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. |
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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. |
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1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
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1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
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1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
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1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
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1783 |
Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River |
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1787 |
Catherine the Great leads Russia into war with Turkey |
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1788 |
Russia begins war with Sweden |
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1789 |
French feudal system is abolished with the Declaration of Rights of Man. Outbreak of hostilities in France with the fall of the Bastille on July 14; Revolution in Austrian Netherlands declares independence as Belgium |
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1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
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1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
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1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
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1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
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1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
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1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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| Stephen Peacock Born about 1777 and died about 1819. They were married 1/1/1798.
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The Children of Nancy Ann Barnes
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Michael Peacock Born in Wayne County, North Carolina about 1799 and died in Lake County, Tennessee about 1870. She was about 71 years old.
Married Martha Applewhite...
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John Brown Peacock Born in Wayne County, North Carolina about 1801 and died in Bibb County, Georgia about 1841. He was about 40 years old.
Married Mary (maiden name unknown)...
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Delilah Peacock Born in Wayne County, North Carolina about 1805 and died in Macon County, Georgia about 1840. She was about 35 years old.
Married William McDowell...
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Barnes Peacock Born in Wayne County, North Carolina about 1809 and died in Macon County, Georgia about 1865. He was about 56 years old.
Married Elizabeth Barnes (born 1820 in GA or NC).
Children: Reasy A., Lilt, Lithonia, Amanda, Emeline, Atkinson, Elizabeth, Coleman, John F., & Catharine A. Peacock....
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Arthur Peacock Born in Wayne County, North Carolina about 1811 and died in Jackson County, Florida about 1850. He was about 39 years old.
Married Mary Dupree...
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Stephen Peacock Jr. Born in Wayne County, North Carolina about 1815 and died in Calhoun County, Florida about 1859. He was about 44 years old.
He and his wife are believed to have died before 1860 when their oldest daughter is found raising their youngest children....
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Peter Peacock Born in Wayne County, North Carolina about 1817 and died in Brooks County, Georgia about 1860. He was about 43 years old.
Married Martha (maiden name unknown)...
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