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Daniel Boone | discovered the Cumberland Gap | |||
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Calendar changed in 1751 |
govt decreed the year would begin on the first day of January; July was the fifth month before 1751 | |||
Cumberland Gap | discovered by Daniel Boone; a pass through the Appalachian Mts. at the meeting point of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee | |||
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Monkwearmouth | Monastery near Durham, England; Harland ancestors; | |||
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William Penn | urging Friends to settle in his lands in America | |||
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The Wilderness Road | another name for the Cumberland Gap | |||
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yeoman | one who owns a small farm; next in line under a gentleman | |||
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