Richard Sparks: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Richard Sparks was born in 1793 in Athens, Clarke Co, Georgia (son of William C. Sparks and Mary "Polly" Fielder); died on 1 Apr 1838 in Dawson, Navarro Co, Texas.

Richard married Elizabeth May Cooper on 7 Jul 1812 in Lawrence Co, Mississippi. Elizabeth was born in 1796 in North Carolina; died on 1 Jan 1848 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Andrew Jackson Sparks was born on 19 Oct 1826 in Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi; died on 6 Aug 1857 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches Co, Texas.

Generation: 2

William C. Sparks was born on 3 Apr 1761 in Salisbury, Rowan Co, North Carolina (son of Matthew Jefferson Sparks, Sr. and Sarah Thompson); died in 1848 in Nacogdoches Co, Texas.

William married Mary "Polly" Fielder in 1791 in Jackson Co, Georgia. Mary was born in 1770 in Clark, Dodge Co, Georgia; died in 1830 in Nacogdoches Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary "Polly" Fielder was born in 1770 in Clark, Dodge Co, Georgia; died in 1830 in Nacogdoches Co, Texas.

Children:

1. Richard Sparks was born in 1793 in Athens, Clarke Co, Georgia; died on 1 Apr 1838 in Dawson, Navarro Co, Texas.
John Sparks was born in 1804 in Clarke Co, Georgia; died in 1855 in Rusk, Rusk Co, Texas.

Generation: 3

Matthew Jefferson Sparks, Sr. was born in 1730 in Frederick Co, Maryland (son of William Sample Sparks and Mary Corman); died on 17 Nov 1793 in Athens, Clarke Co, Georgia (by Indians).

Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14889147/person/179756260

Died:
"[Editor's note: The notes made by Alice Sparks from "Aunt Lizzie's stories" appear to be quite authentic. (Lizzie's father was Calvin Sparks, son of Hardy Sparks.) It is obvious that she had grown up with family members who knew about their ancestors and who were willing to talk about them. Her statement that "poor granddaddy, the Indians finally killed him," is quite correct regarding the fate of Matthew Sparks, father of James; Matthew was killed by Indians in Georgia in 1793. (See the Quarterly of June 1961, Whole No. 34, foran account of Matthew Sparks's life and death, pp. 556-66.) It is interesting that Lizzie remembered no stories of James Sparks and the Indians. In fact, this was because James had not accompanied his parents and siblings to Georgia.
(see notes of Joseph Hardy Sparks)
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26822922/person/12073561102/media/3?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum

Matthew married Sarah Thompson about 1750. Sarah was born in 1737 in Frederick Co, Maryland; died on 23 Aug 1831 in Carroll Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Thompson was born in 1737 in Frederick Co, Maryland; died on 23 Aug 1831 in Carroll Co, Tennessee.

Children:

John Sparks was born in 1755 in Maryland or North Carolina; died in Feb 1831; was buried in Sparks Family Cem, Russellville, Franklin Co, Alabama.
Matthew Sparks, Jr. was born about 1757; died after 1810 in of, Greenville District, South Carolina.
2. William C. Sparks was born on 3 Apr 1761 in Salisbury, Rowan Co, North Carolina; died in 1848 in Nacogdoches Co, Texas.
Absalom Sparks was born in 1771 in Salisbury, Rowan Co, North Carolina; died in Feb 1829 in Horsehead Bayou, Crawford Co, Arkansas.
Jesse Sparks was born on 23 Jul 1773 in Rowan Co, North Carolina; died on 5 Jan 1858 in Perry Co, Tennessee.
Isaac Sparks was born on 15 Jul 1780 in Rowan Co, North Carolina; died in 1869 in Carroll Co, Tennessee.
James Sparks

Generation: 4

William Sample Sparks was born in 1705 in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George, Maryland (son of William Sparks, Jr and Margaret Sample); died in 1765 in Rowan Co, North Carolina.

William married Mary Corman on 24 Aug 1732 in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George, Maryland. Mary was born in 1705 in Maryland; died in 1802 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Corman was born in 1705 in Maryland; died in 1802 in North Carolina.

Children:

4. Matthew Jefferson Sparks, Sr. was born in 1730 in Frederick Co, Maryland; died on 17 Nov 1793 in Athens, Clarke Co, Georgia (by Indians).