♀ Margaret Lackey

1767 - 1854

 

Peggy

Margaret Lackey
Parents
Thomas Lackey Sr.
Thomas Lackey Sr.
1728 - 1801
Agnes Leech
Agnes Leech
1730 - 1814
Spouse
Children
Samuel Miller
Samuel Miller
1805 - 1891

Margaret Lackey and her husband had 13 children, 6 girls and 7 boys.  Their home was known far and wide as a place of true hospitality.  Described as having had brown eyes and black hair, Margaret was known as "Aunt Peggy" to the many relatives who came to visit the Old Miller Homestead in Rockbridge.  As the Millers, Uncle Sam and Aunt Pegg were known widely and were greatly beloved.

1767

1767 William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace, a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion on the New Bern waterfront.

1787


Dec 19
Age: 21y
1787 Delaware ratifies the Constitution and becomes the first U.S. state.

1850


Dec 3
Age: 84y

1854


Age: 87y
1854 Crimean WarAlma: The FrenchBritish alliance wins the first battle of the war.

1854

1854 Britain sends Russia an ultimatum to withdraw from two Romanian provinces it had conquered, Moldavia and Wallachia.

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