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Patience  Peacock 

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John Peacock
1712 - 1791

Patience Ann Raiford
1724 - 1808
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Patience Peacock
1759 - 1790
Patience Peacock was born about 1759 in Wayne County, North Carolina and died about 1790 in an unknown place. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 31 years old.

She married Robertson Mattox.
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Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during Patience Peacock's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of Patience, her family, and friends. For example, Patience is 1 years old when The Cherokee War (1760-61) ends in a treaty that opens the Up County for settlement. The Bounty At of 1761 offers public land tax free for ten years, and settlers from other colonies begin pouring into the Carolina "Up Country".
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10 1769 The first steam engine is invented by Watt
18 1777 The concept of chemical compounds is conceived by Lavoisier
24 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.
26 1785 The power loom was invented by Cartwright to produce cloth.
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16 1775 NEWS HEADLINES: On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America.
17 1776 NEWS HEADLINES: July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created.
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8 1767 Tryon Palace is build in New Bern, NC, and becomes the capitol building for the North Carolina colonist.
30 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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1 1760 The Cherokee War (1760-61) ends in a treaty that opens the Up County for settlement. The Bounty At of 1761 offers public land tax free for ten years, and settlers from other colonies begin pouring into the Carolina "Up Country".
4 1763 Georgia Gazette begins publication. It is the first newspaper in Georgia and the eighth newspaper in the English colonies.
7 1766 Britain passes the Stamp Act taxing all colonial newspapers, advertisements, leases, licenses, pamphlets, and legal documents. Later the same year, Britain repeals the Stamp Act in Britain -- but it continues to be enforced on colonists in North America
14 1773 Angered by the tea tax of 1767 and the British East India Company's monopoly on tea trade, the independent New England colonial merchants dump the precious cargo overboard into the Boston harbor. This incident is called the Boston Tea Party.
15 1774 The First Continental Congress of fifty-five representatives (except from the colony of Georgia) meets in Philadelphia to discuss relations with Britain, the possibility of independence, and the hope of a peaceful solution. King George III scorns the thought of reconciliation and declares the colonies to be in a state of open rebellion.
16 1775 On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America.
17 1776 July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created.
19 1778 Alliance between United States and France
28 1787 Constitution of the United States is signed
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4 1763 Seven Year's War ends; Peace is established in Paris between France, Spain, England and Portugal
5 1764 Britain passes the Sugar Act forbids American importation of foreign rum and taxing imported molasses, wine, silk, coffee, and a number of other luxury items.
8 1767 Jesuits are forced out of Spanish America
20 1779 Spain declares war on England
21 1780 Josef II abolishes serfdom in Hungary; England declares war on Holland
24 1783 Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River
28 1787 Catherine the Great leads Russia into war with Turkey
29 1788 Russia begins war with Sweden
30 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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