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1771
| 1771 • The North Carolina General Assembly establishes Wake County (named for Margaret Wake, the wife of North Carolina Royal Governor William Tryon) from portions of Cumberland, Johnston and Orange counties. Bloomsbury (later known as Wake Courthouse) is made the informal county seat. |
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Age: 47y
1818
Age: 47y
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birth of childMary Downs Ireland ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1818 • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published anonymously in London. |
1850
Age: 79y
| 1850 • Delegate Edward Ralph May delivers speech on behalf of African American suffrage to the Indiana Constitutional Convention. |