George Sparks

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]

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."

http://www.sparksfamilytree.net/ghtout/npr443.html#H02321

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