Genealogy for
Matthias Dennis
About Matthias Dennis |
Matthias Dennis 1768 - 1868
| Matthias Dennis was born about 1768 in an unknown place and died in an unknown year somewhere in Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated.
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| Military | 8/1/1812 | Watkinsville GA (Clark County) | 44 yrs old | John Dennis, Joseph Dennis and Matthias Dennis -served under W.E. Alexander's Battalion Riflemen Georgia Militia. The militia was
formed in Watkinsville, Clark County, Georgia
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| Census | 8/7/1820 | Capt Thomas Bustins District GA (Putnam County) | 52 yrs old | page 80-Matthias Dennis -one male - (45 and over),
one female - (Under 10),
one female - (10 thru 15),
two females - (16 thru 25) one female - (45 and over),
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 |
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Matthias, his family, and friends. For example, Matthias is 5 years old when 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.
Age | Date | Event |
5 |
1773 |
Debts the Creeks and Cherokee owe to Georgians are assumed by the state in payment for the land. This includes a small portion of North Georgia. |
14 |
1782 |
The British evacuate Savannah on in July. |
16 |
1784 |
Franklin and Washington Counties are formed. |
17 |
1785 |
Burbon County formed. |
18 |
1786 |
Greene County was created the same year Oglethorpe dies. |
20 |
1788 |
Bourbon County Act rescinded. |
21 |
1789 |
December 21 - Governor Telfair signs first Yazoo Act selling 20,000,000 acres of and for $207,000 or about one cent per acre to. The Yazoo Companies attempted to pay in worthless paper money and Georgia refuses to transfer the land. The Virginia Yazoo, headed by Patrick Henry, even had the unmitigated gall to attempt to pay in worthless Georgia paper money. The South Carolina Yazoo Company sues Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court to compel delivery but the suit fails when Georgia is able to obtain ratification of the eleventh amendment to the U.S. Constitution on February 7, 1795. |
22 |
1790 |
Columbia and Elbert Counties are created. |
22 |
1790 |
Alexander McGillivray, a mixed-blood of the Upper Creek Nation cedes the Altamaha lands to the Oconee. This treaty -- Treaty of New York -- is signed by President George Washington. |
25 |
1793 |
Hancock, Bryan, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oglethorpe and Warren Counties formed. This same year, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed. |
26 |
1794 |
General Clarke surrenders ending the Oconee War. |
27 |
1795 |
Governor Mathews signs the Second Yazoo Act selling somewhere between 35,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres of land for $500,000. |
33 |
1801 |
Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed. |
34 |
1802 |
Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become a border between,GA, FL and AL. GA's western border reaches to the Mississippi River. |
35 |
1803 |
Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811. |
39 |
1807 |
December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed. |
40 |
1808 |
Pulaski County created. |
41 |
1809 |
Twiggs County formed. |
43 |
1811 |
Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks". |
43 |
1811 |
Madison County created. |
44 |
1812 |
The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks". |
44 |
1812 |
Emanual County formed. |
45 |
1813 |
During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). |
49 |
1817 |
First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area. |
51 |
1819 |
Rabun County formed. |
52 |
1820 |
December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed. |
53 |
1821 |
May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed. |
54 |
1822 |
December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed. |
55 |
1823 |
December 8 - Decatur County formed. |
56 |
1824 |
December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed. |
57 |
1825 |
Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed. |
58 |
1826 |
January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826. |
59 |
1827 |
December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot. |
62 |
1830 |
Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed. |
63 |
1831 |
Sumter County is formed. |
64 |
1832 |
December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed. |
65 |
1833 |
Walker County is formed. |
68 |
1836 |
Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War.
February - Battle of Hitchity.
March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday.
July - Battle of Brushy Creek.
July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp.
July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek. |
69 |
1837 |
Mcon and Dade Counties are formed. |
70 |
1838 |
Chattooga County formed |
79 |
1847 |
Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville |
82 |
1850 |
Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed. |
83 |
1851 |
Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed. |
84 |
1852 |
Taylor County formed. |
85 |
1853 |
Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated. |
86 |
1854 |
Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed. |
88 |
1856 |
Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed. |
89 |
1857 |
Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed. |
90 |
1858 |
Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed. |
Age | Date | Event |
1 |
1769 |
The first steam engine is invented by Watt |
9 |
1777 |
The concept of chemical compounds is conceived by Lavoisier |
15 |
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. |
17 |
1785 |
The power loom was invented by Cartwright to produce cloth. |
25 |
1793 |
The cotton gin was invented by Whitney. |
31 |
1799 |
The Rosetta Stone was discovered |
32 |
1800 |
The first battery was invented by Volta |
39 |
1807 |
The first steamboat was invented by Fulton |
46 |
1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
62 |
1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
71 |
1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
76 |
1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
85 |
1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
88 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
91 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
97 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
Age | Date | Event |
7 |
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. |
8 |
1776 |
NEWS HEADLINES: July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
32 |
1800 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC |
43 |
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. |
44 |
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. |
60 |
1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
66 |
1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
93 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
94 |
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 |
5 |
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. |
6 |
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. |
7 |
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. |
8 |
1776 |
July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created. |
10 |
1778 |
Alliance between United States and France |
19 |
1787 |
Constitution of the United States is signed |
25 |
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. |
26 |
1794 |
The United States establishes the Navy |
30 |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida, |
35 |
1803 |
Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans. |
36 |
1804 |
The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL. |
37 |
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. |
38 |
1806 |
Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread. |
43 |
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. |
52 |
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. |
62 |
1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
67 |
1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
69 |
1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
72 |
1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
74 |
1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
87 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
92 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
94 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
95 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
97 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
100 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
Age | Date | Event |
11 |
1779 |
Spain declares war on England |
12 |
1780 |
Josef II abolishes serfdom in Hungary; England declares war on Holland |
15 |
1783 |
Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River |
19 |
1787 |
Catherine the Great leads Russia into war with Turkey |
20 |
1788 |
Russia begins war with Sweden |
21 |
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 |
24 |
1792 |
French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year |
25 |
1793 |
Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland. |
27 |
1795 |
White Terror and bread riots in Paris |
28 |
1796 |
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais |
29 |
1797 |
Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa |
65 |
1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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