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- 1663, First serious recorded slave revolt in colonial America in Gloucester County, Virginia.
- 1671, Charleston, S.C. in 1671
- 1739, Stono Slave Rebellion, September 9, 1739
- 1739, Book Review of Mark M. Smith, ed. “Stono: Documenting and Interpreting a Southern Slave Revolt” By Diane Mutti Burke.
- 1745, John Sevier was born.
- 1762, Some advertisements from the South Carolina Gazette, September 18, 1762
- 1768, Edmund Fanning (1737-1808) and the Regulators. By Arthur Steinberg,
- 1777, Grundy born
- 1780, Overmountain men move over the mountain to see the other side of the mountain
- 1789, Thomas Jefferson and historical self-construction: the earth belongs to the living? By Robert M.S. McDonald
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Posted by: Dr. James Jones on Jul 01, 2003 - 06:00 AM
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1921, Bluff City, Sullivan County. Ann Lee Keys Worley became the first woman to serve in the Tennessee Senate. She was elected to fill the unexpired term of her deceased husband, J. Parks Worley. Among the pieces of landmark legislation introduced by Senator Worley and voted into law was the act "removing disabilities from women" which made females eligle to hold any public office in Tennessee She likewise introduced and had passed a law granting an increase of $15.00 per quarter to every Confederate pensioner in the Volunteer State; the Mother's Pension Bill; and the County Highways Bill. She was also designated a number of times by the Senate Speaker to preside over that body's deliberations. She died on May 3, 1961 and is buried in Boswell, Indiana.
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Member of the 7th General Assembly (1807-09) Willie Blount died. He served as the private secretary to his half-brother, William Blount, Governor of the Southwest Territo ...
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