Genealogy for
Edward Lemuel Howard
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Edward Lemuel Howard
1781 - 6/8/1832
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Edward Lemuel Howard was born about 1781 somewhere in Maryland and died on June 8, 1832 in Wakulla County, Florida. Actual date of birth is unknown. He lived to be about 51 years old.
His parents were Lemuel Howard (1736 MD - 1795 Columbia Co.,GA) and Martha Scott (1741 MD - 1/22/1802 GA) Edward married Lydia Stafford in 1827.
Children:
Andrew Jackson Howard (12/1827)
Edward was a carpenter and served as a powder monkey on the Sloop "Peacock" in the war of 1812. He accidentally drowned in the Aucilla River, when a wooden oar hit him on back of head causing him to fall overboard.
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 | Military | 1/1/1813 | FL | 32 yrs old | War of 1812 Pension Application Files - Soldier: Edward L. Howard
Widow: Lydia Howard (formerly Franklin)
Branch: US Navy
Pension Number - #1: Wid Orig 44385
Roll Number: 47
Archive Publication Number: M313 |
| Other | 1/1/1826 | FL (Alachua County) | 45 yrs old | | Name: Lemuel Howard,
State: FL,
County: Alachua County,
Township: No Township Given,
Year: 1826,
Record Type: Petitioner's List,
Database: FL Early Census Index v.2 |
| Marriage | 2/19/1827 | FL (Leon County) | 46 yrs old | | Edward Howard married Lydia Stafford on 2/19/1827 Leon Co. |
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Edward, his family, and friends. For example, Edward is 6 years old when Constitution of the United States is signed
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1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become the north western border of FL. |
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1810 |
Western Florida, from the Pearl River to the Mississippi, is annexed by the US from Spain. |
| 32 |
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. |
| 37 |
1818 |
First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida. |
| 40 |
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. |
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1822 |
Florida Territory is purchased |
| 42 |
1823 |
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula. |
| 43 |
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. |
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| 2 |
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. |
| 4 |
1785 |
The power loom was invented by Cartwright to produce cloth. |
| 12 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
| 18 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
| 19 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
| 26 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
| 33 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
| 49 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
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| 19 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
| 30 |
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. |
| 31 |
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. |
| 47 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
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1787 |
Constitution of the United States is signed |
| 12 |
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, |
| 22 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
| 23 |
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. |
| 30 |
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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1783 |
Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River |
| 6 |
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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 | Lydia Stafford
Born about 1806 and died about 1910.
They were married 2/23/1827.
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The Children of Edward Lemuel Howard
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43 years old
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Andrew Jackson Howard
Born in Leon County, Florida on December 9, 1827 and died in Veron Parrish, Louisiana about 1885. He was about 57 years old.
Andrew was a carpenter and a shipbuilder as well as a lighthouse keeper in the 1860's. His daughter, Alice Ann recounts a story of a huge hurricane that had the family escaping the rising water by sta...
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