1830-1840 1831 Samuel F. Smith writes My Country, 'tis of Thee. 1831 Nat Turner leads slave revolt at Southampton, Virginia. 1832 Abraham Lincoln enlists in Illinois militia to help fight Sauk & Fox Indians. 1833 Andrew Jackson takes oath on March 4 for second term of Presidency. 1833 First tax-supported public library, at Peterborough, NH, Apr 9. 1833 Oberlin College, in Ohio, becomes first coed college in U.S.A. 1834 Death of Lafayette, Revolutionary War hero on two continents. 1834 Charles Babbage demonstrates "analytic engine:" A computer. 1835 Treaty of New Echota. United States takes Cherokee Indian lands. 1835 U.S.A. becomes debt free (briefly) for only time in history. 1836 The Alamo. 6000 Mexicans defeat 190 Americans in 12 days on Mar 6. Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie killed. 1836 Arkansas admitted as 25th state on Jun 15. 1836 Aaron Burr dies. Lived 32 years of misery after duel with Hamilton. 1837 Michigan admitted as 26th state on Jan 26. 1837 Martin Van Buren takes oath on March 4 as 8th President. 1838 Osceola dies in prison after being tricked by false white flag. 1838 Trail of Tears. Thousands of Indians die on forced march to reservations. 1838 Black Hawk, famous Sauk warrior, dies of old age. 1839 Slaves take over slave ship Amistad, land in New York. 1839 Abner Doubleday invents baseball at Cooperstown, NY. 1839 Railway Express Co. founded in Boston.