Key Southern Leaders in U.S. Expansion Era

Key Southern Leaders in U.S. Expansion Era

List of People: South

Southern figures heavily shaped early America. Virginian founders like Thomas Jefferson secured independence and bought Louisiana, while Andrew Jackson expanded federal territory southward. Enslavers and politicians promoted cotton culture, driving westward expansion and deepening regional divides.

People

Birth Death Origin Age (Death)
1693
1721
1726
1727
1736
1745
1750
1753
1756
1764
1767
1768
1768
1773
1773
1778
1780
1784
1786
1790
1793
1793
1795
1804

Timeline

Element
Year South
1693
Birth of Benjamin Harrison IV (Location: Around Charles City (present-day Charles City County, Virginia))
1721
Birth of Peyton Randolph (Location: Williamsburg (present-day Virginia))
1726
Birth of Benjamin Harrison V (Location: Charles City (present-day Charles City County, Virginia))
1727
Birth of John Randolph (Location: Williamsburg (present-day Virginia))
1736
Birth of Carter Henry Harrison I (Location: Around Charles City (present-day Charles City County, Virginia))
1745
Birth of John Sevier (Location: Augusta County, Colony of Virginia; around present-day New Market, Virginia (currently Rockingham County))
1750
Birth of Isaac Shelby (Location: Frederick County, Province of Maryland; around present-day Hagerstown, Maryland (currently Washington County))
1753
Birth of Edmund Jennings Randolph (Location: Williamsburg (present-day Virginia))
1756
Birth of Carter Bassett Harrison (Location: Around Charles City (present-day Charles City County, Virginia))
1764
Birth of Pushmataha (Location: Along the Noxubee River in Choctaw territory, around present-day Macon, Mississippi (multiple theories exist regarding birth place))
1767
Birth of Andrew Jackson (Location: Around Lancaster County (present-day South Carolina). However, the exact birth place is not conclusively determined, and it could also be on the North Carolina side)
1768
Birth of Tecumseh (Location: Shawnee territory in the Ohio Country, around present-day Chillicothe, Ohio (birth place theories vary by source, including near Piqua along the Scioto River))
Birth of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (Location: Near Richmond (present-day Goochland County, Virginia))
1773
Birth of William Henry Harrison (Location: Around Charles City (present-day Charles City County, Virginia))
Birth of John Randolph of Roanoke (Location: Hopewell (near present-day Hopewell, Virginia))
1775
Death of Peyton Randolph
1778
Birth of Sequoyah (Location: Tuskegee (Taskigi), around present-day Vonore, Tennessee (Monroe County / Tellico Lake region))
1780
Birth of William Weatherford (Location: Around the Creek village of Coosada, near present-day Coosada, Alabama (differing accounts exist regarding birth place))
1784
Death of John Randolph
Birth of Zachary Taylor (Location: Near Barboursville, Virginia)
1786
Birth of Winfield Scott (Location: Near Petersburg (present-day Dinwiddie County, Virginia))
1790
Birth of John Tyler (Location: Charles City (present-day Charles City County, Virginia))
1791
1793
Birth of Samuel Houston (Location: Near Lexington (present-day Lexington area, Virginia))
Birth of Stephen Fuller Austin (Location: Around Austinville (present-day Wythe County, Virginia))
1795
Birth of James Knox Polk (Location: Pineville, present-day North Carolina)
1804
Birth of Osceola (Location: The Upper Creek village of Talisi, present-day Tallassee, Alabama)
1808
1813
Death of Tecumseh
1815
Death of John Sevier
1824
Death of Pushmataha
1826
Death of Isaac Shelby
1828
1833
1836
1838
Death of Osceola
1841
1843
Death of Sequoyah
1845
Death of Andrew Jackson
1849
Death of James Knox Polk
1850
Death of Zachary Taylor
1862
Death of John Tyler
1863
Death of Samuel Houston
1866
Death of Winfield Scott

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