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I have run across this name several times lately in families that were likely 1st or 2nd generation mixed bloods…. including my Newtons. It appears in the same families that use Moriah and Mahala as girl names.
Anyhow I blew the dust off my bible and looked it up. Got a real chuckle when I saw who Uriah was. To me it shows the same twisted sense of humor among newly christianized indians as the Cherokee feeding the Spanish possum and convincing them it was a great delicacy.
Look in 2nd Samuel chapter 11
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Rather curious,
Looked up Uriah in Wickipedia and there are 5 listed. All fit your description for usage as a twisted sence of humor… or at least they had a second meaning. I have a Uriah Sprayberry on my grandmothers side (her great grandfather) so will always think of the second meaning now.
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Janette
I’ve heard that the name, spelled “Ura,” was that of a daughter of the late Gov. Hogg of Texas. But apparently that’s just a tacky story. Miss Ima Hogg (who endowed a nice art museum in Houston) actually had no sister named Ura. But, it was a good story… oh, well.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/_texas/99166/1
For those without a bible or who don’t want to look it up, Uriah the Hittite was a great warrior who was placed on the front line so he would be killed. King David wanted Uriah’s woman, Bethsheba, for himself.
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