Appendix XIII

Time Line of Selected Events

As you read through the following dates of selected events, there are a few of them that are key to understanding the migration of these families. 

Of course, there’s the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492.  Without his discovery, none of our ancestors (with the exception of a few native Americans) would have come to America.

In rapid succession came the colonization of Acadia by the French in 1604, the Plantation of Ulster by the English in 1606, the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, and the landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.

In 1755, the British gained control of Acadia as a result of the Seven Years war, and began the dispersal of French-speaking Acadians.

Our Jackson relatives will be interested in two events from 1771: the Battle of Alamance, and the death of Pastor Shubal Stearns.  These events probably influenced Nathan and Edward Jackson to move west.

In 1781, Cornwallis’ defeat at Yorktown signalled the end of the American Revolution.  Many of our ancestors received grants of land in payment for their services during the Revolution.

1785 saw the Spanish government invite Acadian refugees in France to settle in Louisiana.  This was especially important to our Guidry family.

Lastly, let me mention the Treaty of Indian Spring, signed in 1825.  By this treaty, the Creek Indians ceded their land west of the Flint River to the State of Georgia, which opened areas of Macon, Dooley, Taylor, and other counties to settlement by the whites.

As you study this history, note how these events influenced the migration of our ancestors.

The selected dates are primarily the dates of events in the lives of the first known individuals of each family and the dates of significant migrations of the families, with  other dates added for historical reference.

768 – Charlemagne crowned King of the Franks

1014 – King Brian Boru killed at Clontarf, Ireland

1150 – Birth of John de Johnstone, Scotland

1190 – Simon de Manning and King Richard the Lionhearted on Crusade

1215 – King John forced to sign Magna Carta

1270 – Birth of William De Abercrombie , Scotland

1306 – Robert the Bruce crowned King of Scotland

1470 – Birth of William Goodwyn, England

1485 – Matrangas sail from Albania to Sicily

1492 – Columbus discovers America

1540 – Birth of Henry Kinge, England

1543 – Murrough O’Brien surrenders throne of Ireland to Henry VIII of England

1604 – French colonize Acadia

1606 – Plantation of Ulster.  James I of England grants land in Ireland to Henry Johnstone

1607 – English colony established at Jamestown, Virginia

1619 – Birth of Thomas Lightfoot, England

1620 – English colony established at Plymouth, Massachusetts

1630 – William Twining comes to Massachusetts

1638 – Birth of Isaac Rickesis, England

1645 – Birth of William Raines, England

1648 – Birth of Claude Guidry, France

1650 – William Smith Bryan exiled to Virginia by Oliver Cromwell

1652 – Birth of Alexander Harvey Carson, Scotland

1666 – Goodwins in Virginia

1677 – King famly in Massachusetts

1679 – Carl Christopher Springer, Jr., shanghaied to Virginia

1680 – Thomas Johnston arrives in Virginia

1681 – Marriage of Claude Guidry and Marguerite Petitpas, Acadia

1688 – Ricks family practicing Quakers in Virginia

1710 – Carsons in Ireland

1712 – George Peyterrmann born in Bavaria, Germany

1716 – Thomas Lightfoot comes to Pennsylvania

1720 – Abercrombies come to South Carolina, Damiano Matranga born in Sicily

1722 – William Raines in Virginia

1727 – Walter Clarke marries Mary Lightfoot in Pennsylvania

1743 – Birth of William Patman, Virginia

1750 – Birth of William Killen, England, and Killens in Maryland

1751 – Petermans arrive in Dover, Delaware

1755 – English take control of Acadia from France

1759 – Nathan Jackson in Rowan County, North Carolina

1767 – Guidrys transported from Acadia to France

1771 – Regulators defeated at Battle of Alamance.  Shubal Stearns dies.

1773 – Thomas Carson and family arrive in America

1779 – Birth of Seth Allen, New York

1781 – End of American Revolution

1782 – Carsons in North Carolina, Jacksons in Burke County, North Carolina

1785 – Spain invites Acadian refugees to Louisiana.  Jean Guidry arrives in Louisiana with sons Jean and Jacques

1789 – Killens in North Carolina

1801 – Gideon Kirksey born in South Carolina

1802 – Carsons in South Carolina

1803 – United States purchases Louisiana from France

1805 – Jimmy Smith born in South Carolina

1812 – Petermans in Georgia

1817 – Birth of John S. Livingston, New York

1820 – Killens in Houston County, Georgia

1823 – Carsons in Crawford County, GA.  Jacksons in Habersham County, GA.

1825 – Treaty of Indian Spring

1832 – Gideon Kirksey marries Nancy T. Kirksey in Georgia

1839 – Joshua Johnson comes to Dooly County, Georgia.  David Allen comes to Georgia

1849 – Thomas Pierce comes to America

1854 – Carsons in Macon County, Georgia

1859 – Carsons purchase Troutman plantation

1861 – Outbreak of War between the States

1892 – Birth of Theodore R. Foster, Pennsylvania

1903 – Jacksons in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.  Matrangas arrive in New Orleans.

1917 – America enters World War I

1941 – America enters World War II

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