Joel Sparks

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]