Emma Sidney Sparks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Wharton Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
shown single in 1880 with her mother and step father Tom Roberts

Emma married Carell A. Adams about 1874 in Colorado Co, Texas. Carell was born in 1850 in Orange, Orange Co, Texas; died after 1880 in of, Colorado Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Jefferson Adams was born on 3 Feb 1876 in Eagle Lake, Colorado Co, Texas; died on 31 Jan 1946 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1833, Alabama; per 1860 census
• Census: 24 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 29 Jul 1860, Colorado Co, Texas
• Census: 1870, Colorado Co, Texas

Notes:

Laborer. He is living with Solomon and Martha Sparks at the time of 1850 census.
Info from Jay Sparks states he was born in Alabama, 1850 census states Tennessee.
1860 Census - living in Colorado Co, Texas, gives birth info as born 1833 in Alabama.
1870 census - living in Colorado Co, Texas, gives age as 28, born in Alabama (first child Emma is 16; so clearly he was older than he felt. Nancy also had her age too young, stated 29.)


SQ pg 3364: Jacob E. Sparks, probable son of William Sparks, was born about 1828 in Alabama. (When he registered to vote in Colorado County, TX , in 1867, he stated that he had been born in Alabama; had come to Texas in 1844 ; and had lived in Colorado County since 1854.) the first record we have found of him is in the 1850 census of Jefferson County, Texas. At that time he was living in the household of his brother, Solomon sparks, and he was 22 years of age.

Willis Sparks, mentioned earlier, tells a most interesting story about his great-grandparents, Jacob and Nancy (Johnson) Sparks. He wrote:

"About 1853, Jacob Sparks was working for a freight line which ran between Lake Charles, Louisiana, and San Antonio, Texas, probably following a trail which is present-day U.S. Highway 90. The line used oxen and wagons to haul supplies. It was at the village of Orange, Texas, that Jake met, courted, and married fourteen-year-old Nancy Johnson. They went by the freight line to the San Bernard River in Colorado County, Texas, where they started house keeping about three miles northeast of the village of Mentz. There, they reared their family. Jake died at the age of forty-three, and some descendants say he was shot."

Jacob Sparks married Nancy Johnson about 1853. According to census records she was born about 1839 in Louisiana. She and Jacob ("Jake") had seven children.
http://www.sparksfamilytree.net/ghtout/npr379.html#H02087

Census:
24 Oct 1850 Sabine Pass

residence 215:
Milton H Bloodworth 25 1825 Louisiana
Nancy (Holt) Bloodworth 18 1832 Texas
Benjamin P Bloodworth 2 1848 Louisiana
William Bloodworth 1 1849 Louisiana
Benjamin Holt 55 1795 Mississippi
Thomas C Holt 50 1800 Mississippi
Thomas D Holt 4 1846 Louisiana
William Holt 53 1797 Mississippi
Mary Ann Holt 17 1833 Texas
Thomas R Holt 26 1824 Louisiana
Charles Holt 28 1822 Louisiana
William C Holt 15 1835 Louisiana
Richard Holt 13 1837 Louisiana

Residence 216
Stockholm, Peter D. 31 1819 New York carpenter
Mary 17 1833 Louisiana
William 2 1848 Texas
Elizabeth 0 1850 Texas

Residence 217
Brewer, William 23 1827 Louisiana
Brewer, Caroline 22 1828 Louisiana

Residence 218
Solomon Sparks 30 1820 Tennessee
Martha C Sparks 30 1829 South Carolina
Lucy Ann Sparks 8 1842 Tennessee
John L Sparks 6 1844 Tennessee
James E Sparks 3 1847 Louisiana
Mary Susan Sparks 1 1849 Texas
Jacob Sparks 22 1828 Tennessee

Residence 219
John S. Sparks 39 1811 North Carolina
Melinda Sparks 29 1821 Tennessee
Albert Sparks 9 1841 Texas
Eliza J. Sparks 7 1843 Texas
John F. Sparks 4 1846 Texas
Sarah C. Sparks 1 1849 Texas
James Court 22 1828 Louisiana
Julia Ann (Sparks) Courts 14 1836 Tennessee



Census:
29 Jul 1860
Post Office, San Bernard, Colorado County


Looking at other names in the census living in close proximity, looks like a German/Prussian community.

Residence 665
Sparks, Jacob 27 1833 Alabama
Nancy (Johnson) 20, 1840 Louisiana
Emma S. 5 1855 Texas
Sophronia 4 1856 Texas
William M. 2 1858 Texas
Johnson, James 22 1838 Louisiana (bro-in-law)
Shote (Schoat), Elizabeth (Johnson) 24 1835 Louisiana (sis-in-law)
Shote, William M. 9 1851 Texas


Residence 655
Cole S.W. 41 1819 Louisiana (Solomon)
Zilla A. 26 1834 Louisiana
Mary C. 9 1851 Texas
Martha 8 1855 Texas
Sarah 2 1848 Texas
Priest, John 22 1838 Alabama


Residence 656
Cole, David 43 1817 Louisiana
Ann 23 1837 Germany
F.D. (male) 22 1838 Texas
Solomon 13 1847 Texas
Ganse, Charles 13 1847 Texas
Harris, Joshua 26 1834 Texas
Roberts, Thomas (Thos Jefferson) 23 1837 Louisiana (Married Elizabeth Johnson Schoat in 1864)
Cole, Elizabeth 2 1858 Texas


Census:
Jacob Sparks 23 (age clearly wrong) Alabama
Nancy Sparks 29 1841 (age clearly wrong) Texas
Emma Sparks 16 1854
Sophia Sparks 13 1857
Milton Sparks 12 1858
Franklin Sparks 10 1860
William Sparks 8 1862
James Sparks 3 1867
Jacob Sparks 1 1869
Hedley Faris 23 laborer, Louisiana
Mathew Canales 22 laborer Texas

Jacob married Nancy Johnson in 1853 in Orange Co, Texas. Nancy (daughter of John Johnson and Melinda Ann Cole) was born on 9 Jul 1837 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 13 Jun 1903 in Eagle Lake, Colorado Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 25 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 29 Jul 1860, Colorado Co, Texas
• Census: 1880, Wharton Co, Texas

Notes:

Date: 9/24/99 6:11:48 PM Central Daylight Time
From: tlzumwalt@worldnet.att.net (Thomas Zumwalt)
To: WileyZ@aol.com

Dear Wiley, Ann Johnson/Jeansonne Daughter of Moses Johnson and Nancy Roberts married 19 Aug 1824 Thomas Court of England,her brother John L."Saddler" Johnson married Malinda Cole 15 Sept 1829.There daughter Nancy married Jacob Sparks. This is on my mothers side.

Census:
25 Oct 1850
residence 221
John Railey 51 1799 Georgia laborer
Delinda Railey 34 1816 LA (Malinda Cole Johnson)
Elisabeth Railey 17 1833 LA (step-dau Elizabeth Johnson)
James Railey 14 1836 TX (step-son James Johnson)
Nancy Railey 13 1837 TX (step-dau Nancy Johnson)
Sally Railey 12 1838 TX (step-dau Sally Johnson)
Moses Railey 7 1843 TX (step-son Moses Johnson)
Christian Railey 2 1848 TX
James Hayes 23 1827 LA laborer
Emily Hayes 21 1829 TX
Alzena Hayes 2 1848 2
Matilda Hayes 0 6/12 TX 1850


residence 223
Clubb, Thos B. 32 1818 SC laborer
Clubb Maria 24 1826 TX
Clubb William C. 1846
Clubb Sarah 1 1849
Burris Enos 1801 Canada blacksmith
Gibson Robert 20 1830 England laborer
Willis John 16 1834 TX laborer (relation unk)
Willis William 49 1801 TN laborer (relation unk)
Willis William J. 14 1836 LA laborer (relatin unk)
Wilson John 27 1823 LA laborer (relation unk)
Taylor John 39 1811 TN laborer (relation unk)

residence 224
Thomas F. Smith 31 1819 carpenter Tennessee
Ella A. 26 1824 Pennsylvania
Nancy F. 4 1846 Louisiana
William M. 2 1848 Texas
Sarah L. Lawrey 14 1836 Ohio (relation unk)
James Penrod 18 1832 laborer Illinois (relation unk)
James Dyson 57 1793 saddler Mississippi (relation unk)


nearby:
Solomon Sparks and Martha family
John Sparks and Melinda family and James Court and Julia Ann


Census:
29 Jul 1860
Post Office, San Bernard, Colorado County


Looking at other names in the census living in close proximity, looks like a German/Prussian community.

Residence 665
Sparks, Jacob 27 1833 Alabama
Nancy (Johnson) 20, 1840 Louisiana
Emma S. 5 1855 Texas
Sophronia 4 1856 Texas
William M. 2 1858 Texas
Johnson, James 22 1838 Louisiana (bro-in-law)
Shote (Schoat), Elizabeth (Johnson) 24 1835 Louisiana (sis-in-law)
Shote, William M. 9 1851 Texas


Residence 655
Cole S.W. 41 1819 Louisiana (Solomon)
Zilla A. 26 1834 Louisiana
Mary C. 9 1851 Texas
Martha 8 1855 Texas
Sarah 2 1848 Texas
Priest, John 22 1838 Alabama


Residence 656
Cole, David 43 1817 Louisiana
Ann 23 1837 Germany
F.D. (male) 22 1838 Texas
Solomon 13 1847 Texas
Ganse, Charles 13 1847 Texas
Harris, Joshua 26 1834 Texas
Roberts, Thomas (Thos Jefferson) 23 1837 Louisiana (Married Elizabeth Johnson Schoat in 1864)
Cole, Elizabeth 2 1858 Texas


Census:
1880 Wharton Co, Texas
Tom Roberts 49
Nancy (Johnson-Sparks) Roberts 44
Emma (Sparks) Roberts 26
S. (Sparks) female Roberts 24
Wm. (Sparks) Roberts 22
Frank (Sparks) Roberts 20
Milam (Sparks) Roberts 17
Jim (Sparks) Roberts 14
Jake (Sparks) Roberts 12
W. (Sparks) Roberts 10 male
Thos. Roberts 7
Jno. Roberts 5
Irene Roberts 14
Lizzie Roberts 13

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1785, Surry Co, North Carolina
• Census: 1830, Jackson Co, Alabama

Notes:

William's name, year and state of birth supplied to WileyZ by Jay Sparks (jsparks@beamans.com) who states that the info was supplied to him by Paul Sparks, President of The Sparks Family Association and publisher of the Sparks Quarterly. He states "All of these and about 65% of the other people, I have written a biography about them also." This line from William (1785) going back to Thomas (1615) was also found in FTM Vol 2, Tree 5319 and Vol 1, Tree 4794.

Date: 98-05-14 11:09:12 EDT
From: jsparks@beamans.com (JAY SPARKS)
To: Wileyz@aol.com (John E Sharp)
William Sparks could have been born early as 1785 and maybe as late as 1790 in North Carolina . William married some where around 1810 in Franklin County, Tennessee. As we are not sure when he and his father, Joseph and the rest of the family moved from Surry County, North Carolina to Franklin County, Tennessee.
William died some where in the late 1830 or the early 1840. The 1830 census told us that he had eight children and five were born in Tennessee and three in Alabama. The ones we have record of remain together after their father died. The s died at a young age or were never put on any record we have found. I have gone through every record that I have been able to find and have gone through all of the material that has came out in the Sparks Quarterly that is put out by Paul Sparks in Louisville, Kentucky. The only record that we found tied the four brothers together. We have hoped that one of the relatives of the other brother and sisters would come up with the answers to the other. In 1820 census there was only two families living in Tennessee, one was William Sparks and the other was Samuel Sparks. The Sparks's Quarterly has Samuel and his family also. This made it easer to identify each family. When it came to the daughter they are lost for ever. With no will there is no way to find out who they may have married. Only hope is that some ones Great, great, Grandmother was a sister to the brothers and then let it be know. We know that William's first five children were born in Tennessee. What makes it bad or sad that in so many marriages for what ever reason there is no record of the wife, not even the name. But I guess we should be thankful that we have as many records as we do. In so many cases record were devastated by fire,war, age and just wasn't taken care of were destroyed. William moved his family to neighboring Jackson County, Alabama, where he was listed as the head of his family on the 1830 census. An analysis of enumerations of his household on the 1820 and 1830 census that he had eight children, five sons and three daughters. The only record that we could find were of the four sons that moved west, such as John Sidney born near Gatlenburg, Tennessee in 1811 Married Malinda Jones, had two children William in 1834 and Julia Ann in 1836 born in Tennessee, John and family was in Jefferson County, Texas in 1838.
Daniel was born 1816 in Tennessee, and we believe that he made this trip with his older brother. He married Julia Justice in 1842 in Louisiana, where he remained the rest of his life. Solomon born 1819 in Tennessee - Married Martha Smith inh Carolina on 3/23/1841. They had two children in Tennessee, Lucy Ann 1842 and John L. 1844. Then he started his move, James Edwin born 1847 in Louisiana, and then Mary Susan born 1848 in Jefferson County, Texas.
Jacob E. was born 1828 in Alabama and believed he made the trip with Solomon in 1847 or before. he remained in Louisiana and in and out of Texas till around 1853 when he married Nancy Johnson and moved to Colorado County, Texas. He lived thill his death in 1871.
If any of the other children made these moved there have been know record to indicate such.
_________________________________________

http://sparksfamilytree.net/family_tree/wga98.html#I22824

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1987, Whole No. 138, pg. 3060:

"William Sparks, probable son of Joseph Sparks, was born between 1780 and 1790. When the 1820 census was taken of Franklin County, Tennessee, he and his wife had five children living in their household, all born between 1810 and 1820. Sometime between 1820 and 1830, William Sparks moved his family to neighboring Jackson County, Alabama, where he was listed as the head of his family on the 1830 census. An analysis of thee numerations of his household on the 1820 and 1830 censuses suggests that he probably had eight children, five sons and three daughters. We have no further record of William Sparks."


**********


Also see SPARKS QUARTERLY, March 1989, Whole No. 145, pp 3355-65 , THESPARKSES OF EARLY JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.


"William Sparks, head of the above enumerated household, [referring tothe 1820 census of Franklin County, Tennessee] was born between 1780 and1790 and was probably a son of Joseph Sparks (365), the eldest son ofSolomon (356) and Sarah Sparks, who had moved from Frederick County,Maryland, to North Carolina about 1755. Joseph was born probably about1751 in Maryland. He was listed on the 1790 and 1800 censuses of SurryCounty, North Carolina, but by 1820 he was in Franklin County,Tennessee. (He may have been there earlier but we have found no recordof him. The 1800 and 1810 censuses of Tennessee have been destroyed.)Joseph Sparks apparently had six sons: John, Abel, William, George,Solomon, and Jonathan. He probably died between 1820 and 1830 inFranklin County, Tennessee. (See pages 3057-3060 of the June 1987 issue of the QUARTERLY, Whole No. 138, for a more detailed sketch of Joseph Sparks and his family.)


"Sometime between 1820 and 1830, William Sparks, probably son of Joseph, moved his family to Jackson County, Alabama. It probably was not much of a move, for Franklin County, Tennessee (formed in 1807) and Jackson County, Alabama (formed in 1819) have a common boundary about twenty-five miles long. When the 1830 census was taken of Jackson County,the family of William Sparks consisted of 1 male, born 1825-30; 1 male,born 1820-25; 2 males, born 1815-30; 1 female, born 1815-20; 1 femaleborn 1820-15; and 1 female born 1790-1800. Living nearby was JonathanSparks, born 1780-90, and his family. He was probably a brother ofWilliam Sparks.


"From these census records, it seems apparent that William Sparks was probably born about 1785 and that his wife was born about 1790. They were probably married about 1810, and they had eight children, five sonsand three daughters, all born between 1810 and 1830. We have no further information about this couple, they may have died before the 1840 censuswas taken.


"During the 1830s, the family of William Sparks apparently scattered leaving few, if any, records in either Franklin County, Tennessee, or inJackson County, Alabama. Son, John Sparks married, probably in Tennesseeabout 1834, and his first two children were born there, but by 1839 , hewas in Texas. Son, Solomon Sparks went to Hardeman County, Tennessee, where he married in 1841. His first two children were born in Tennessee before he, too, started southward. He stopped for a while in Louisiana where his third child was born about 1846, but by 1850, he was in Texas. Son, Daniel Sparks married about 1844, probably in Louisiana, and he was in Natchitoches Parish in 1850. Son Jacob Sparks was in Jefferson County, Texas, in 1850, but shortly afterwards he married and moved to Colorado County, Texas.


"We have no further information about William Sparks, nor have we learned the name of his wife. As can be readily seen, we have used agreat deal of conjecture in trying to identify his sons. In spite of conjecture, however, we feel that there are pieces of substantial evidence in the paragraphs written above. Perhaps some of our feelings come from the similarity of the given names, such as Solomon, Joseph, John, George, William, and Jacob. These are the same names that we find in the Maryland Sparkses and were carried to North Carolina. We believe that they were also carried across the mountains to Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and on west."


[The article continues with information on his children.]
http://www.sparksfamilytree.net/ghtout/npr601.html#H03079

Census:
Name:
Wm Sparkes
[Wm Sparks]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):
Jackson, Alabama

Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 1825-1830 Jacob E.
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 1821-1825 son6
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2 1816-1820 Daniel; Solomon
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 1811-1815 John S
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1781-1790 1 Wm
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 1825-1830 dau7
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 1816-1820 dau4
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 1811-1815 dau2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 1791-1800 Mrs.
Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):10

next door: (Melinda b 1819 or age 11; not here)
Martin (translated Master) Jones,
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):
Jackson, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2 1825-1830
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 1821-1825
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2 1816-1820
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 1801-1810
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 1781-1790
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 1821-1825
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 1811-1815
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:1 1791-1800
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):10
(Martin Jones m Rhoda (Martin) Hodges 10 Jul 1804 Jefferson Co TN)
(Wm Jones m Elizabeth Randolph 25 May 1804 Jefferson Co)

same page:
Chesby R Jones (maybe a bro?)
[Cirby R Jones]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):
Jackson, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 1801-1810
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 1801-1810
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):2

Tho Jone [Thos Jones] (Melinda b 1819 or age 11)
Home in 1830 (City, County, State):
Jackson, Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 1811-1815
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 2 1771-1780
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 1825-1830
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2 1821-1825
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2 1816-1820
*** COULD BE MELINDA ***
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 1781-1790
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9


all names on page 101 in sequence:
Edward Berry; Jas Simmons; Geor W. Wichell; Samuel Reynolds; Barbary Lathas; Pashot Pringle; John Jolly; Wm Compbelle; Wm Davis; Thomas Molson; Wm Gowens; Robt G. Hord; David Gowens; Eliphodd Jarvis; Wm Sparkes; Master Jones; Joseph Resk; Abram Goose; Chesby R. Jones; Martin Gowens; Tho Jone; Joel Kee; Saml Kerk; Mans L. Bumalley; Barnet Cheathan; Wm Campbelle

William* married (Mrs. James Sparks*) Sparks about 1808 in Washington Co, Virginia (?). (Mrs. was born between 1791 and 1800; died after 1830 in of, Jackson Co, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Some records show Rhoda Pennington, but she was wife to another James Sparks, apparently another line of Sparks.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1829, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: 2 Mar 1836, Jefferson Co, Texas; resident at Texas Independence
• Death: 1841, Texas; (not verified)

Notes:

John Johnson, son of Moses, often confused with John L. "Saddler" Johnson.
Moses shown to be in Natchez MS 1791-194
Moses shown to be in Opel in 1796 when he witnessed sis-in-law Susanne Robert, and Jacob Welsh marriage
chronology of John, Moses son - (nowhere shown as John L.)
John Johnson b 1802 Louisiana
bt 1803 Opel
m Mary Ann Clark 1827 Opel
div Mary Ann Clark bet 1827 and 1829
Mary Ann remarried 1830 in Opel
m2 Melinda Cole 1829
moved to Texas 1829
resident in Jefferson Co, Texas at Texas Independence in 1836
children Eliz 1833 TX
James bet 1835 and 1838 TX
Nancy 1837 TX
Sarah 1838
Moses 1843
probably died before 1845 when Melinda married John Riley.
some records say 1841 but not verified.


compared to John L. "Saddler" Johnson
b 1796 Kentucky
m 14 May 1820 St. Landry Parish - John Johnson m Polly Miller
1726 Atascocita Dist Texas census age 28 (1796) KY
1830? (3rd son Aaron b 1832 in Bayou Chicot, Evangeiine)
1840 census?
1841 5th son Napoleon b 1841 Leesville, Vernon, LA
1850 Calcasieu Parish 1798 KY Planter living with wife Nancy 1805, between adopted sons
1860 Rapides Parish
John L. Johnson 1797 KY farmer & wife Nancy "Polly" Miller 1804 MS
living next to family member of his future dau-in-law who later married his son Napoleon. Other side is adopted son Gibson.
1865 Rapides Parish m Mary Jane (..) Gilcrease)
1870 Sabine Parish Louisiana
John L. Johnson 1798 KY boot and shoe
1870 census with Mary Jane

John L. "Saddler" always in LA with exception of Atascocita. But I have not seen that entry to know if he used his middle initial "L" or not; but age and place of birth are consistent with John L.

John son of Moses moved early to Jefferson County and stayed there. Births of their children verify their places.

Christened:
Johnson, John (Moses & Anne Robert - residents of this post) bt 7 Aug 1803 at age 1 yr. Spons: Patrick Maglallen (perhaps McClelland) & Rebecca Robert. Fr. Louis Buhot (Opel. Ch. v.1-B, p 310)

Opelousas Post
Moses Johnson, Anna Robert
Maria - bt Aug 7 1803 seven years old
Godparents Daniel Callaghan and wife

Isabelai bt Aug 7 1803 eight years old, godparents Benjamin Robert and Ysabela Cools (?).

Abraham bt 7 Aug 1803 four years old, godparents
Robert Taylor and Rebecca Robert

Benjamin bt Aug 7 1803 three years old, godparents Thomas Gragery and Maria Johnson

Juan bt Aug 7 1803, one year old, godparents, Patricio Moglollon and Rebecca Robert

Residence:
residence 1829
First Settlers of Jefferson Co, Texas by Gifford White
Land Grants in Texas: 7th Applicant: John Johnson took and Subscribed to the oath required by the 12th Secretary of Land Law that he emigrated to this country in 1829. It was proven that he was a citizen of Texas at the date of the Declaration of Independence by the oath of James Drake and Clairborn West.

Residence:
First Settlers of Jefferson Co, Texas by Gifford White
Land Grants in Texas: 7th Applicant: John Johnson took and Subscribed to the oath required by the 12th Secretary of Land Law that he emigrated to this country in 1829. It was proven that he was a citizen of Texas at the date of the Declaration of Independence by the oath of James Drake and Clairborn West.

Died:
Melinda remarried Riley in 1845 and is shown with her children in Texas in 1850.

John married Melinda Ann Cole on 15 Sep 1829 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Melinda (daughter of James Cole, Sr and Sarah Simmons) was born in 1815 in Plaquemine Brulee, Acadia Parish, Louisiana; died on 07 Oct 1870 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 25 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 22 Jun 1960, Duncans Wood (Precinct 2), Orange Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
residence 221
John Railey 51 1799 Georgia laborer <<
Delinda Railey 34 1816 LA (Malinda Cole Johnson)
Elisabeth Railey 17 1833 LA (step-dau Elisabeth Johnson)
James Railey 14 1836 TX (step-son James Johnson)
Nancy Railey 13 1837 TX (step-dau Nancy Johnson)
Sally Railey 12 1838 TX (step-dau Sally Johnson)
Moses Railey 7 1843 TX (step-son Moses Johnson)
Christian Railey 2 1848 TX
James Hayes 23 1827 LA laborer
Emily Hayes 21 1829 TX
Alzena Hayes 2 1848 2
Matilda Hayes 0 6/12 TX 1850


residence 223
Clubb, Thos B. 32 1818 SC laborer
Clubb Maria 24 1826 TX
Clubb William C. 1846
Clubb Sarah 1 1849
Burris Enos 1801 Canada blacksmith
Gibson Robert 20 1830 England laborer
Willis John 16 1834 TX laborer (relation unk)
Willis William 49 1801 TN laborer (relation unk)
Willis William J. 14 1836 LA laborer (relatin unk)
Wilson John 27 1823 LA laborer (relation unk)
Taylor John 39 1811 TN laborer (relation unk)

residence 224
Thomas F. Smith 31 1819 carpenter Tennessee
Ella A. 26 1824 Pennsylvania
Nancy F. 4 1846 Louisiana
William M. 2 1848 Texas
Sarah L. Lawrey 14 1836 Ohio (relation unk)
James Penrod 18 1832 laborer Illinois (relation unk)
James Dyson 57 1793 saddler Mississippi (relation unk)


Census:
21 Jun 1860 Orange Co, Texas Precinct 2, PO Duncans Wood
pg 27
178 John Harmon 22 1838 TX <<
Mary (Means) 19 1841 LA
Martha 3 1857 TX
Milley 1 1859 TX

180 Harmon John 70 1790 LA
Elizabeth 1793 LA
Green, Manda 20 1840 TX

pg 29
res 192 Solomon Sparks 40 1820 Alabama
Martha C Sparks 40 1820 S.C
John L 16 1844 TN
James E 14 1846 LA
William E 9 1851 TX
Mary S 11 1849 TX
Joseph M 7 1853 TX
Oscah 4 1856 TX

res 193 John Railah 1798 62
Malinda Railah 1816 44
Christian W Railah 1848 12 TX
Isaac P Railah 8 1852 TX
Rachel D Railah 5 1855 TX
Mary C Railah 3 1857 TX
Julia C 2 1858


pg 30
201 Burrell James 35 1825 LA
Elizabeth 25 1835 LA
William 12 1848 TX
Robert 10 1850
Emoly 8 1852
David 3 1857
Lucy 2 1858
Frederick Burrell 19 1841 TX

pg 31
207 Gallier Jane 23 1837 MS
Rufus 6 1854 TX
Andrew 4 1856 TX
Willis 3 1857 TX

pg 36
229 Jemima Morgan 54 1806 LA
Allen 20 1840 TX
William 17 1843
Sarah 1 1847

pg 38
238 Myers James 31 1829 LA
Sarah E 27 1833 TX
James Orin 1 1859 TX
Mary Myers 70 1790 LA

240 John Cole 55 1805 farmer LA
Rachel 55 1805 LA
Absalome 20 1840 stock keeper TX
James 16 1844 stock keeper TX
Hulda 13 1847 TX
Clark 20 1830 stock keeper TX

241 Mark Cole 25 1835 TX
Hester A. 21 1839 TX
Hulda 1 1859 TX

Notes:

Married:
Melinda Cole 15 September 1829 (SLR Johnston, John (Moses & Nancy Robarbs) m 15 September 1829 Melinda Cole (Opel. Ch. p 57)

Notes:

http://sparksfamilytree.net/family_tree/wga85.html#I19941

Sparks, Joseph (~1751 - 1820) - male
b. ABT. 1751 in Frederick County, MD
d. 1820 in Franklin County, TN
father: Sparks, Solomon (~1725 - <1800)
mother: ???, Sarah (*1728 - <1800)

See THE SPARKS QUARTERLY, June 1987, Whole No. 138, p. 3O57:

"JOSEPH SPARKS (born ca. 1751, died 182O-3O) SON OF SOLOMON AND SARAH SPARKS:


"Joseph Sparks was a son of Solomon (356) and Sarah (358) Sparks, and he was probably born about 1751. His father, Solomon Sparks, had been born about 1727 and had been a resident of Queen Anne's County, Maryland,during his youth. It may have been in Queen Anne's County that Solomon Sparks had married Sarah --- in the late 174O's. By 1749, however,Solomon was in Frederick County Maryland, when his father, Joseph Sparks(344) had died. The Joseph Sparks who is the subject of this sketch was doubtless named for his grandfather.


"In August 175O, the justices of Frederick County, Maryland, approved a memorandum which required Mary Sparks (585) widow of Joseph Sparks(344), to make a distribution of the estate of her late husband among his heirs . The children of Joseph and Mary Sparks were identified in this memorandum as Solomon Sparks (356), Joseph Sparks (428), Charles Sparks(426), Jonas Sparks (354), Jonathan Sparks (357), William Sparks (433),George Sparks (427), Merum Sparks (43O), Mary Sparks (429), Ann Sparks(425), Rebecca Sparks (431), and Sarah Sparks (432). Of the seven sons of Joseph and Mary, three eventually migrated to North Carolina: Solomon, Jonas, and Jonathan.


"In March 175O, Solomon Sparks, son of Joseph and Mary, bought a tract of land in Frederick County, Maryland, called "Cold Friday." (It was the custom in Maryland for the first owner of a tract of land to give it a name which was then usually retained by future owners.) Solomon sold "Cold Friday" in 1753, and shortly thereafter he moved to Rowan County,North Carolina. He settled first, as did his brothers, Jonas andJonathan, in an area called "The Forks of the Yadkin" located less thanten miles from what was then the village of Salisbury. The area is nowpart of Davie County, though Salisbury remains in Rowan County and is theseat of justice for that county.


"Solomon Sparks moved his family from the Forks of the Yadkin in 1772,settling in the part of Surry County that was cut off to form WilkesCounty in 1778. This section of Wilkes county eventually became part ofYadkin County when Yadkin was formed in 185O. Solomon Sparks died theresometime before 18OO. We believe that his widow, Sarah, lived a numberof years longer and that she may have accompanied her son, Abel Sparks,when he moved to Georgia about 18O3.


"In the article on John Sparks (SQ 92, 1371) we noted a record found in the Wilkes County, North Carolina, Court Minutes of August 4, 1 8O1,by which John Sparks, Reuben Sparks, Solomon Sparks, Jr., Mary Jacks,Hannah Denny, Susannah Johnson, and Joseph Sparks gave a power ofattorney to Abel Sparks dated July 31, 18O1. We are quite convinced thatthese were the children of Solomon and Sarah Sparks; it is this courtrecord that constitutes one of our bases for stating that Joseph Sparks,subject of this sketch, was a son of Solomon and Sarah.


"Joseph Sparks was probably born in Fredick County, Maryland, before his parents moved to "The Forks of the Yadkin" and was probably carried as a baby to their new home. The first official record we have of himw as made in 1774 when he and his brother, John Sparks, were listed as"taxable polls " in Surry County, North Carolina, along with their father, Solomon Sparks. (The family had moved from Rowan County to Surry County in 1772, according to a statement made by John Sparks in his pension application.) A white male was subject to paying a poll tax in North Carolina when he reached the age of 21, and he was required tocontinue paying this tax until age 6O. In 18O1, however, the terminalage was lowered to 5O and in 1817 to 45.


"Joseph Sparks was probably married about 1775; however, the name of his wife has not been discovered. When the 179O census was taken of Surry County, the enumeration of his family indicates that he and his wife were the parents of four boys and three girls. Assuming a normal pattern of births of these seven children, we can speculate that they were probably born in about the following sequence: 1777, 1779, 1781,1783, 1785, 1787, and 1789. When the 18OO census was taken of Surry County, three more children had been added, two more males and one more female. On that census, Joseph was enumerated as having been born prior to 1755; his wife was born between 1755 and 1774.


"Early records of the collection of taxes, property as well as poll,are scant in this section of North Carolina. In addition to being listed as a "taxable poll" in 1774 in Surry County, Joseph Sparks paid taxes there in 1775 according to an extant tax list. A record has also been found of a tax payment by Joseph Sparks in Surry County in 1784. He paid taxes there regularly from 179O to 18OO, but no tax records have been found for Surry County between 18OO and 18O5.


"Joseph Sparks apparently lived near the home of his parents, which was located quite close to the dividing line between Wilkes and Sur yCounties. On October 23, 1782, he purchased 1OO acres of land on the"headwaters of Swan Creek" from the state of North Carolina. The deedwas recorded in Wilkes County, but the land was probably located on theboundary line. In 1785, Benjamin and Elizabeth Johnson of Surry Countysold land described in the deed as being adjacent to the land of JosephSparks in Wilkes County. In 1787, Joseph Sparks of Surry sold 3O acresof land on the North Fork of Hunting Creek on the Wilkes-Surry line toWilliam Jackson for 12 pounds. This deed was recorded in Wilkes County.


"On May 3, 1788, Joseph Sparks witnessed the signatures of hisparents, Solomon and Sarah Sparks, when they sold their remainingproperty in Rowan County (now Davie County), North Carolina, to JonasSparks, a brother of Solomon. The land was located on the south side ofthe Yadkin River near the mouth of Muddy Creek. Solomon and Sarah weredescribed as "of Surry, " while Jonas Sparks was described as "of RowanCounty."


"When the 18OO census was taken of Surry County, the household ofJoseph Sparks was enumerated as including two males born between 1774 and1784. One of these was probably his son Abel, and it is our belief thatAbel continued to live in his father's household until 18O4.


"Joseph Sparks again purchased land from the state of North Carolinaon September 29, 18O6. He paid 5O shillings per 1OO acres for a total of2OO acres of land on the Wilke-Surry boundary line, apparently on thewaters of Hunting Creek.


"Joseph Sparks was listed on the 18O2 tax list of Capt. Wilburn' sDistrict in Surry County, North Carolina. He was excused from paying apoll tax that year...He was taxed for 1OO acres of land, however. Taxedin the same district in 18O2 were Abel Sparks (1 poll, no land); ThomasSparks (1 poll, 7OO acres); and George Sparks (1 poll, 3OO acres).


"Joseph Sparks did not appear on the 181O census of Surry County , nor have we found any record of the disposition of his property, but, priorto 182O, probably about 1812, he moved to Franklin County, Tennessee,where he appeared on the 182O census. With him was his wife and a male,probably a son, who had been born between 1775 and 1794. Both Joseph andhis wife were enumerated as having been born prior to 1775. We havefound no record of Joseph Sparks as heading a household on any 183Ocensus. He and his wife probably died between 182O and 183O.


"Joseph Sparks left no will, nor have we found any record of theadministration of his estate. In spite of this lack of documentation ,however, we believe that we can name his six sons, all of whom appear onsome record of Franklin County, Tennessee.


See also SQ pg 3355 for statement that he died in Franklin County , TN.

----------child: Sparks, Abel (1778 - 1872)
----------child: Sparks, Robert (~1780 - ~1815)
----------child: Sparks, Mary (~1782 - <1860)
----------child: Sparks, William (~1785 - )
----------child: Sparks, Jonathan (~1792 - >1850)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1790, Cheraws Dist, St. Thomas Co, South Carolina
• Residence: 1791, Natchez, Mississippi
• Residence: 1794, Natchez, Mississippi
• Residence: 20 Sep 1796, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; wit sis-in-law marriage
• Residence: 07 Aug 1803, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; 1st 5 kids bt
• Census: 1820, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Notes:

Pure speculation and guess that Moses could be son to Joseph and brother Henry Issac.

Debbie has in her tree that he might be son of Burrell Johnson, 1755-Dec 1823 Edgefield, South Carolina and Marie Joesphe Lord, 1755 KY - 15 Jun 1785 St. Jacques, Quebec, Canada, and suggests he had a brother Francis 1777-1798.

"Jesse" came from a guess that the abstractor made of the name of Ann's father at the time of her marriage to Thomas Court in the St. Landry marriage license #51. The notation shows _ _ _ e & Nancy Roberts with "Jesse" filled in above the dashes.

Wit: Robert, Susanne (Benjamin & Elizabeth Cole) m 20 Sept 1796 Jacob Welsh. Also Wit John Moore, Andrew Walsh, Robins.

On August 7, 1803, they had all their children (first four born at this time) baptized at the same time.

1810 Rapides Par Census:
Moses Johnston - listed 45+
1 male, 2 female under 10 - Amand, Eliz, John
2 males, 1 female 10-16 - Ben, Abraham, Marie
1 male 16-26 - Solomon Green
1 male 45+ Moses
1 female 26-45 Nancy

also listed in Rapides:
William Johnston 00012-00100-00
Josiah S. Johnston 01300-00000-15

According to the 1820, St.Landry, census, there were residents counted that do not show up later. They were two boys under 10 yrs old; three men age 26-45; one girl age 10 to 16; and two girls ages 16-26.

from Carole: That is not the census data that I have. He was somewhere in St. Landry Parish when I found it... the data included 7 children!! The 1820 census
reads as follows:

301321 422000 5

1830 Louisiana: No listing for Moses Johnson

Found on GenWeb Pennsylvania that a John Roberts and John Lyons emigrated from Cork, Ireland on the brig "Freemason" entering America on 27 Dec. 1764. Possible connection??
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Dianne Peoples: As far as your question about Moses and James L. being brothers. Iv'e never heard this info before. In Gen Erbon Wise's book, Wise Footsteps from England and Ireland, p.57, he thinks that Moses and Francis Johnson were the sons of Burrell Johnson. Burrell was b.c1755,
SC. I will warn you that some don't hold this book in high regard.

LV Hayes: Her opinion of Wise's book is certainly on the money. It contains errors and scrambled data on many families. I understand that a revision is to be published some time this year, but I haven't picked up word of Wise checking with anybody, so I don't know if it's going to be any better.

DP: Houston Tracy Jr. tells me that he thinks Moses traveled with Rev Joseph Willis from SC to Natchz District c1794.

LVH: Yeah, there's a tale going around that Willis led like Moses a whole caravan of families from SC (some versions have NC) to LA. I don't buy it. The Pevoto book mentions documents that may locate Moses in the Natchez area in 1794. There's much uncertain about this family, but the eldest daughter, Isabelle, was baptized at Opelousas in 1803, so Moses got to St Landry Parish by then. He's not on the 1810 census, however.

DP: The 1860 Rapides Parish Census states that Moses' son, John L. was born c1802 KY. He was, however, baptized in St. Landry Parish, LA in 1803. It seems that the more you know, the more confused you get.

LVH: John L. also appears to be on the 1826 Atascosita census where his birth place is also identified as KY.
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Date: 8/30/98 10:42:40 PM Central Daylight Time
From: smjtree@sprynet.com (Steve Johnson/Michelle Johnson)
To: Lumoto@aol.com

The Acadian Johnson/Jeansonne Family Assoc will be hosting a world wide family reunion in Marksville, la. next August, 1999 as part of the CMA-Louisiana 1999 Acadian Families Reuion. If your Jeansonne family came from Opelousas then you are a member of this Acadian family since our family started in Opelousas after coming here from Acadia in the 1760"s. For more info on the assoc please reply and info will be sent to you....Steven johnson Eunice, la.
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Date: 9/1/98 10:09:51 PM Central Daylight Time
From: tjjeansonne@worldnet.att.net (T.J. Jeansonne)
Reply-to: tjjeansonne@worldnet.att.net
To: Lumoto@AOL.COM

Sherry,
I have researched the information that you supplied on your Johnson lineage.
Everything that I was able to come up with agreed with the data that you supplied, but I was unable to tie you in to the JEANSONNE branch. I did locate a Moise Johnson (born 1755). He was the son of Jean-Baptiste (Joseph) Johnson, Sr. and Marie-Josephe Laure. No record of place of
birth, but he was probably born in Canada. I don't know if this is the same Moses "Jesse" Johnson that you referred to.
You should probably check with a cousin of mine who has done a lot of research on the Johnson/Jeansonne family. In fact he has a book out titled GENEALOGY OF THE JOHNSON AND RELATED FAMILIES . His name is Floyd E. Johnson Sr. and his address is:
1302 Estelle St., Hattiesburg, MS 39402-2719. Phone (601) 258-3300.
If Floyd can tie you in to our JEANSONNE/JOHNSON lineage, please let me know so I can include you and your family in our database for future reference.
Hope this has been some help. If I can be of further assistance, let me know..
Tom Jeansonne
Opelousas, LA

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Reply-to: tjjeansonne@worldnet.att.net
To: Lumoto@AOL.COM

Sherry -
The following is the url for the JEANSONNE/JOHNSON website:
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/5075/index.html

The Webmaster (Kathryn Coombs) informs me that she is in the process of finding a new "home" for it, therefore a lot of the links which you click on will give you an ERROR 404 NOT FOUND. She assures me that she is working on getting the site up and running real soon.
Tom
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>>Yeah, there's a tale going around that Willis led like Moses a whole caravan of families from SC (some versions have NC) to LA.
>
>Y'all are way up on me here. Haven't seen the books and don't know who Willis is.

An interesting character. Born the son of a white plantation owner and an indian slave in Robeson Co, NC, he became the first protestant minister and founded the first protestant church west of the Mississippi or at least
that's how the tale goes. He did help found a number of churches in southwestern LA, including the Big Woods church near Edgerly, LA in 1827.
But he also owned slaves, married at least 4 wives, and sired 19 known children.

>>John L. also appears to be on the 1826 Atascosita census where his birth place is also identified as KY.
> Well, he was baptized at 1 yr old; so Moses was in KY in 1802. What is confusing here? What am I missing?

The documentation which indicates that Moses and Nancy Roberts both may have been in the Natchez area circa 1794, not yet married to one another. Of course, they could have made a trip up river to KY. As I said before,
the documentation is spotty and somewhat conflicting.
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LV: Do you have access at your library to McBee's _Natchez Court Records, Vol.
II_? If so, check pages 245-6 from Book F. This source is identified in Laura Dingle Ewing's Peveto book, which would be another good source for you if you can also find it in the library. It's long out of print.

Laura quotes passages from McBee which reveal in effect that a Moses Johnson was living with a Mrs. John Green, whose husband had left the country for parts unknown. These records, which may date to 1794, relate to a squabble between Moses and a Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts, whose husband, Jonathan had enlisted in the military and not come back. Mrs. Green had invited Mrs. Roberts to stay with her while ole Moses was gone to New Orleans, and when he returned, Moses charged Elizabeth for bed and board
and confiscated her goodies until she payed. This led to the court action.
Also mentioned is that John Green had given Moses a note for a debt of $67 dated Jul 1791, so that would place Moses in the Natchez area at least as early as that date.

Laura was focussed on finding a Roberts, so she thought mistakenly that Elizabeth may have been Moses's Nancy Roberts, but in light of what you have learned of the Anna who married John Green, it was just the opposite.
More likely, he married the same Mrs. Green he was with circa 1794 or just lived with her because she would not have been able to get a divorce with her husband's status unknown due to his departure.

NATCHEZ 1794: PART ONE, the abstract

FROM The Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805: Abstracts of Early Records by May Wilson McBee La. 929.1 McBee

Page 270 Book F
(Court proceedings: March 15, 1794 - Daniel Clark)
Page 245: Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts made oath that her husband, Jonathan Roberts, was settled on Mr. Mather's plantation at Bayou Sara by agreement but about six weeks ago her husband abandoned her and enlisted as a soldier and left her big with child and she has two young children by her former husband, Henry Grant, but she has some little property when she married Jonathan Roberts but he has none. Some time before Roberts left her she was invited by Mrs. Green who lived with Moses Johnson to go and stay with her for awhile and she did, with Roberts consent. Johnson was then gone to Orleans with the volunteers [She detailed the work that she did and the supplies she furnished while at the house of Moses Johnson during two months and a few days she stayed as well as listing her belongings she had taken there from the Mather plantation.] When Moses Johnson returned he exacted a note for $40 from her for board for herself and two children and is claiming her possessions in payment [Affidavit of Moses Johnson who denies Mrs. Roberts story; she was not invited to his house, etc.}

Page 246: I enclose two depositions, Mrs. Roberts and Moses Johnson. I have ordered that her property be restored to her and she has given security that she shall not part with any of it until I receive Your Excellency's answer. I think the man has overcharged her. Moses Johnson also holds a note of John Green for $67 due ever since July 1791. This Green has left the country some time past and has a tract of land here and his wife who lives with Johnson. Johnson's suit is to have the land sold to pay the debt. Mrs. Roberts has a very worthless husband. Devall married them before the proclamation. Devall married them before the proclamation. She is very poor and has two children and now big with child. Etc.

Page 247: If Roberts has any pay due him, etc. Signed Francis Poussett, March 11, 1794

PART II FOLLOWS ? ONE OF THE ACTUAL DEPOSITIONS.

Tragically the only letter missing in the index to the abstracts is ?G?

Carole

Found in State Census N.C. 1784-1787 - significance not known.
Moses Johnson
List of Inhabitants of Johnston Co, for yer 1787. Recd'd Mar 16, 1787.
List of number of inhabitants of Capt John Bryan of Every Sect & Condition
Moses Johnson -- 1 white male, 21-60 years
2 white male under 21 - over 60
5 white female - all ages
and
Capt William Talton Co, pg 3:
Moses Johnson 1 white male, 21-60 years
2 white male under 21 - over 60
4 white female - all ages


Census:
1790 Cheraws District, St. Thomas Co, South Carolina
page 14
Moses Johnson 1 1 1

unk who these people are
same page Judith Johnson - - 1

page 13
William Johnson 2 0 1


Residence:
Moses was witness to marriage of Susanne Robert & Jacob Welsh. 20 Sep 1796. Susanne sis of Nancy Anna; so his sis-in-law.
Robert Susanne - Presbyterian (Benajmin & Elizabeth Colle - Presbyterians) m 20 Sept 1796 Jacob Welsh - Presbyterians, of Maryland in the United States (Peter & Catherine Opaver (Huppert). Wits: Andrew Walsh(?), Moses Johnston, John Moore, Robin. Fr. Pedro de Zamora (Opel Ch.: v 1-A, p 69)

Census:
7 Aug 1820 St. Landry Parish
page 2
Name: Moses Johnson
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): St Landry, Louisiana
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820


Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 1810-1820
Benjamin but died prob bef 1820 ?, ?, ?
one of these might be Joachim b 1816, son of Abraham

Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1 (1802-1804)
John 1802

Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 3 (1795-1804)
Abraham, 1799 but had son by 1816 ?, ?


Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 2 1776-1794
?

Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 bef (1775
Moses bef 1765

Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 4 (1810-1820)
Ann, Amanda or Rhoda or both?, ?, ?, ?

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2 (1805-1810)
Amanda or Rhoda or both?

Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2 (1795-1804)
Elizabeth 1795 and maybe Abraham's wife?

Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 5
Free White Persons - Under 16: 9
Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
Total Free White Persons: 17
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 17

no wife
Marie married abt 1812 and in her own census
Abraham married abt 1815

other Johnsons in 1820 Opel

James Johnson - same page 2:
alone: foreigner not naturalized age 16-25 (1795-1804)
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also
pg 3
Edmund >45


pg 6
Susannah >45;
5 kids: 2f 1m <10; 1m 1f 10-15
(same page John Arrington)
Pg 7
Isaac, David (next to each other)

Gideon, same pg 7
26-44 (1776-1794)

pg 16
John 2m 16-25; 1f 16-25 (1795-1804)

same pg, several familiar names, inc James Foreman Jr. and Thomas Hayes; Bosman Hays

(Thomas Hayes s/o Bosman Hayes & Jane Forman; James Forman Jr., Solomon Green

Sarah Forman, sister to Jane, m Isaac Johnson

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John pg 17
same pg Jacob Harmon Sr.; Benjamin Andrus;
William Perry,
Asa Forman, Isaac Forman, Ephraim Forman Joseph Forman
Francis Hoffpauir, John Lyons sr -- and more - all adjac
Jonathan Foreman

Moses** married Nancy** Anna Robert about 1794. Nancy** (daughter of Benjamin* Robert, (immigrant) and Elizabeth* Cole) was born about 1770 in Natchez District, Mississippi; died after 1815 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1794, Natchez, Mississippi

Notes:

1810 Rapides Par Census - age 26-45. If had first child at 17 and last child at 42 - b 1773.

Robert, Nancy (Benjamin & Isabelle Robert) m 16 Sep 1787 John Green of Virginia (Thomas & Anne Green) Wits: James Young, John Dunmore, Ebrent(?) Robins. Fr. Joseph de Arazena (Opel Ch. v.1-A, p 9)

Robert, Anna m John Green (Opel. Ch)
Robert, Anna m Moses Jansonne
Jeansonne, Moses m Anna Robert (Opel. Ch)

Natchez court records show that Moses and Nancy were living in the same household in 1794, but she is still referred to as John Green's wife.

Birth:
daughter Marie is the only child who lived long enough to be entered in the 1880 census where birthplace of parents are recorded. She stated her mother born in Mississippi.

James married Sarah Simmons on 26 Mar 1814 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Sarah (daughter of James Simmons, Jr and Nancy Sullivan) was born about 1797; died after 1826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]