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John P. Rogan
John P. Rogan was an archaeologist. Working under Cyrus Thomas in the early 1880s, Rogan conducted the first Archaeology, archaeological excavations on the Etowah Indian Mounds, near Cartersville, Georgia, Cartersville, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, for the Smithsonian Institution. He discovered a set of copper plates, the Etowah plates, several of which are the famous copper eagle dancer plates, which were later named the Rogan plates (the plates are now Catalogue Nos. A91117 and A91113 in the collections of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution). Rogan tested seven other archaeological sites in Georgia in Bartow County, Georgia, Bartow, White County, Georgia, White, Habersham County, Georgia, Habersham, Forsyth County, Georgia, Forsyth, Rabun County, Georgia, Rabun, Elbert County, Georgia, Elbert, and McIntosh County, Georgia, McIntosh counties. He resigned in 1886 to work in the mercantile business in Bristol, Tennessee, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogan Plate 1 Birdman HRoe 2012
Rogan is an Irish surname, deriving from the Irish ''Ó Ruadhagáin'', which can be loosely translated to mean "red-haired." History The clan is descended from one of the septs of Oriel which originated in Counties Armagh and Monaghan and parts of South Down, Louth and Fermanagh. Recordings from Irish Church Registers include: the christening of Mary, daughter of Henry and Margaret Rogan, at Downpatrick, County Down on January 23, 1799, and the christening of Ann Jane, daughter of Dan and Anne Rogan, at Aghalee, County Antrim, on December 25, 1813. Anne Rogan, aged 17 yrs., was a famine emigrant to America, leaving Liverpool for New York in March 1846. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Elizabeth Rogan, which was dated 1743, christened at Inch by Gorey, County Wexford. From the "Annals of the Four masters: 1179, Ó Ruaghagain (O'Rogan), Lord of Iveagh (south Co. Down), died of three nights sickness, shortly after he had been expelled for violati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
