William (Sample?) Sparks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Washington Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

birthdate also given as 1723

http://www.angelfire.com/nc/wwwjmd/afile.html
There is said to be an article in the Sparks Quarterly (Dec 1989, p3484-3500), that claims William Sample Sparks is not a son of Joseph, but a son of Joseph's brother William Sparks, Jr.207,228 While I believe that is true, it is still possible that Joseph named one of his own sons William Sample Sparks, also. Therefore, I am still listing him as a child of Joseph.

William Sparks married Martha Moore, and they went to Washington County, Pennsylvania. See the June 1963 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 42; the March 1984 issue, Whole No. 125; and the June 1984 issue, Whole No.
126.

William Sparks married Martha Moore, and they went to Washington County, Pennsylvania. See the June 1963 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 42; the March 1984 issue, Whole No. 125; and the June 1984 issue, Whole No.
126.

"Col. Henry Munday who, with Thomas Wilson, entered into the August 1750 obligation of Mary Sparks to divide her husband's estate among his heirs, had obtained his first grants of land in the Monocacy Valley in 1738 near the mouth of Pipe Creek where it flows into the Monocacy River. (See the map on page 3488 of the December 1989 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 148.) When Frederick County was separated from its parent, Prince Georges County, in 1748, Munday was chosen to be one of the five justices to manage the legal affairs of the new county. He was also an officer in the Maryland Militia. Munday died early in 1751. (See P. 333 of PIONEERS OF OLD MONOCACY.)

"Thomas Wilson, the other individual named in 1750 to assure that each heir of Joseph Sparks received his/her proper share of the estate, was identified as a resident of Tom's Creek. Tom's Creek flows into the Monocacy River a short distance above the mouth of Pipe Creek. He was appointed one of Frederick County's 21 constables in November 1753.

There appears an article in This Was The Life by Millard Milburn Rice, published by the Monocacy Book Company, Redwood City, California, 1979, containing excerpts from the Judgment Records of Frederick County, Maryland 1748-1765 as follows:
The August Court of 1750 met on the third Tuesday and 21st day of August "in the thirty-sixth year of HIs Lordship's Dominion."
"Memorandum: ....Mary Sparks, Col. Henry Munday and Thomas Wilson (Tom;'s Creek) of Frederick County entered into .... a certain writing obligatory in £153/1/ - current money to be paid unto Solomon, Joseph, Charles, Jonas, Jonathan, William, George, Merum, Mary, Ann, Rebecca and Sarah Sparks" on condition that Mary Sparks [obviously the executrix] pay to the above-mentioned beneficiaries "their respective parts or portions of Joseph Sparks, deceased, his estate, according to Act of Assembly in such cases made and provided."

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William married Martha Moore about 1758. Martha was born about 1738; died after 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Robert Morrow on 8 Feb 1791 in Bourbon Co, Kentucky. Robert was born on 21 Mar 1755 in Virginia; died on 28 Oct 1815 in Paris, Bourbon Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 26 Mar 1819, Surry Co, North Carolina; witten

Notes:

Will:
Matthew Sparks, father of Joel, made his will in Surry County onMarch 26, 1819; he named his children as: (1) Joel Sparks; (2) GeorgeSparks; (3) Matthew Sparks, Jr.; (4) William Sparks; (5) John Sparks; (6)Nancy Smith; (7) Sally Bray; (8) Peggy West.

Matthew married Eunice about 1772. Eunice was born about 1752; died after 1819 in Surry Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hiram married Delitha Cummins on 7 Dec 1827 in Owen Co, Kentucky. Delitha was born on 15 Oct 1809 in Indiana; died on 10 Feb 1882 in Bourbon Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1820, Wilkes Co, North Carolina
• Census: 1840, Spicers District, Wilkes Co, North Carolina
• Census: 1840, Surry Co, North Carolina; another Joel?

Notes:

From Andrew Jackson Sparks bio in History of Johnson county, MO, pp.733-34: His father Joel Sparks, was a native of North Carolina...Joel Sparks was a leading man in moral reforms, and worked in the Sunday Schools of Carolina. He served in the War of 1812, came to Missouri (Lafayette) in 1844, dying in 1861 at the age of 87 years.


Purchased 80 acres of land on 7/1/8145 in Lafayette county, MO.

On Aug. 13, 1855, Joel Sparks of Bates county, MO applied for bounty land under the Congressional Act of March 3, 1855. He stated that he was 62 years of age (although from other records it would appear that he must have been several years older than this) and that he had served as a private in Capt. Witcher's Company in a regiment of North Carolina Militia commanded by a Col. Adkinson in the War of 1812; that he was drafted at Surry County, NC, in the fall of 1814 for the term of 6 months, but that he served only 14 days; that he was honorably discharged at Hillsborough, NC, on or about Dec. 1, 1814. he signed the application as "Joel Sparks"' the witnesses were Ms. M. Briseve and Geo. C. Pulliam. Squire G. Allen signed as a justice of the peace.


The Treasury Department reported that no record could be found of Joel Spark's service.

In 1857 Joel Sparks asked that his application be re-examined and he submitted as proof of his service a statement made on March 27, 1857 , by his brother William Sparks of Cooper County, Missouri. This document reads as follows:


"State of Missouri, County of Cooper: On this 27th day of March AD 1857, personally appeared before me the Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Cooper aforesaid, William Sparks who having been by me first duly sworn on his oath states that ---(a fold in the paper has made this line illegible) sixty seven years--who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Witcher, in the 13th Regiment of the North Carolina Militia, Commanded by Col. Atkinson in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812; that he was drafted on or about the month of July AD 181 (sic) for the time of six months and continued in actual service in said War for the term of more than fourteen days.


"This affiant further states that at the time he was drafted as aforesaid and in the County of Surry and State of North Carolina, his brother Joel Sparks--whose claim No. 207 286 for bounty land is said to be suspended - was drafted and to the Certain Knowledge of this affiant served as a private in the same Company same Regiment and same war for a period of more than fourteen days. And that whilst said service was being performed by said Joel Sparks as aforesaid, he said Joel, became so disabled on account of a rising in left leg near ancle as to be unable to continue in said service. And that on account of said disability said Joel Sparks was honorable discharged by said Commander of said Regiment.This affiant was present and saw said Joel Sparks honorably discharged for the reason aforesaid, in the town of Hillsboro in Orange County and State of North Carolina, and that he saw the said discharge afterwards in the possession of said Joel Sparks, and that he has no interest in the claim of said Joel Sparks for bounty land. And further this affiant saith not. (signed) William Sparks." This statement was sworn to before Henry C. Levens, Clerk of the County Clerk, who certified that "I have long known the said William Sparks personally and that he is a credible person."


"Another document that Joel Sparks submitted with his request that his application be reconsidered, was a sworn statement by his daughter, Nancy Ashcraft, who appeared before A. S. Pulliam, a justice of the peace of Cass County, Missouri, on April 11, 1857. The document read as follows:


"On this 11th day of April AD 1857, personally appeared before me A.S. Pulliam a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cass, and State of Missouri, Nancy Ashcraft who having been by me first duly sworn on her oath Stats, that she is the oldest child of Joel Sparks and that she is forty Eight or nine years of age, that she was knowing to her Father Joel Sparks Enlisting in the war with Great Britton declared by the United States, 18th of June 1812 for the term of six months, she does not no how long he Continued in the servis. This Affeant further States at the time her Farther Joel Sparks Enlisted that he lived in the County of Surry in State of North Carolina and that she has frequently saw her father's Discharge and that she has no Interest in the Claim of said Joel Sparks for Bounty Land." Nancy Ashcraft signed this statement by mark.


"On May 16, 1857, the Treasury Department re-examined the bounty claim of Joel Sparks but reported that, whereas the name of William Sparks was on the Roll of Capt. John Witcher's Company of North Carolina Militia as having served from November 28, 1814 until Feb. 22, 1815, the name of Joel Sparks did not appear, and he did not receive bounty land.


"(Editor's Note: Joel Sparks was a son of Matthew and Eunice Sparks of Surry County, North Carolina, and a (great) grandson of William Sample Sparks who came from Frederick County, Maryland, to North Carolina about 1760. Matthew Sparks, father of Joel, made his will in Surry County on March 26, 1819; he named his children as: (1) Joel Sparks; (2) George Sparks; (3) Matthew Sparks, Jr.; (4) William Sparks; (5) John Sparks; (6)Nancy Smith; (7) Sally Bray; (8) Peggy West. Joel Sparks, who appears to have been Matthew's oldest son, was married twice. By his first wife, whose name we have not found, Joel Sparks is said to have had nine children; the following are known to have been among these nine: Nancy, who married ---Ashcraft; John C. Sparks, born 1815; William W. Sparks,born about 1817; and Joel Sparks, Jr., born 1824.


"Prior to 1850, Joel Sparks moved to Lafayette County, Missouri; by 1855 he was living in Bates County, Missouri. His first wife died in Surry County, N.C., prior to 1846, and as his second wife, he married in Wilkes County, N.C., Mary Shatley. The marriage bond for this second marriage is dated Nov. 23, 1846. By his second wife, Joel Sparks had three sons : Andrew J. Sparks, born about 1848, David Francis Sparks,born about 1849 and Solomon Sparks, born about 1851.)


Abstracted from son?s biography: John C. Sparks was a son of Joel Sparks, Sr., who was born in Surry County, North Carolina; he moved to Lafayette County, Missouri, prior to 1850, where he died about 1861.

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Census:
1820 Wilkes County North Carolina (pg 20)
John Blackborn
Name: John Blackborn (prob Nancy Blackburn's brother)
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Wilkes, North Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 2

Joel Sparkes
Name: Joel Sparkes (wife is Nancy Blackburn)
[Joel Sparks]
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Wilkes, North Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 4
Free White Persons - Over 25: 1
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 6


John Sparkes

John Sparker
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John Sparkes



Census:
Name: Joel Sharks
[Joel Sparks]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Surry, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 5
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 5
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 10


Census:
William Blackburn

same page:
Joel Sparks
Name: Joel Sparks
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Spicers District, Wilkes, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7

Joel married Nancy Blackburn on 27 Jul 1814 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of William Blackburn, (son of who?) (FFDNA-J) and Sarah Baird) was born in 1784 in Surry Co, North Carolina; died in 1846 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joel married Miry Lane on 5 Sep 1844 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. Miry was born about 1820; died before 1845 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joel married Mary Shalley on 23 Nov 1846 in Wilkes Co, North Carolina. Mary was born about 1820; died after 1855. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Malinda married John Denison on 14 Aug 1847 in Bourbon Co, Kentucky. John was born about 1827 in Bourbon Co, Kentucky; died before 10 Feb 1878 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Julia Ann Renick on 31 Mar 1885 in Bourbon Co, Kentucky. Julia was born about 1854 in Kentucky; died on 9 Jul 1887 in Bourbon Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Tinnie Emma "Tina" Collins on 14 Oct 1908 in Winchester, Clark Co, Kentucky. Tinnie was born on 18 Feb 1889 in Renick Station, Clark Co, Kentucky; died on 27 Nov 1962 in Hamilton, Butler Co, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nancy Kellum (by robbintina)
predicted 4th
range 5th - 6th
confidence good

to Gloria

Nancy married Robert Kellum on 3 Dec 1950 in Hamilton, Butler Co, Ohio. Robert was born on 2 Jan 1921 in New Miami, Butler Co, Ohio; died on 19 Jan 2008 in Hamilton, Butler Co, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]