Thomas Sparks

Notes:

He was not listed in his father's 1860 census; however according to Oscar Sparks, it was apparently first hand info from his family that Thomas was a son of Daniel.

Thomas married Nancy Lupier Horne about 1866 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Nancy was born on 29 Dec 1844 in Jones Co, Georgia; died on 1 Oct 1918 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Callie Sparks was born in 1867 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
2. Crawford Sparks was born in 1870 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
3. Thomas Sparks was born in 1873 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
4. Matthew Sparks was born in 1876 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
5. Nancy Sparks was born in 1879 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1840, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 1850, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; b NC
• Census: 17 Sep 1860, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
• Census: 20 Aug 1870, Natchitoches Parish (Ward 7), Louisiana; b NC

Notes:

letter from Oscar Sparks, son of Hardy Sparks, grandson of Daniel Sparks (as published on the Internet in Ancestry.com by James Willis Sparks29 added this on 11 Sep 2007)

"Some of the information about him has been given to us by a grandson Oscar Sparks, who lives in Provencal, Louisiana. He wrote the following in his November 11, 1985 letter.
'I know very little about my father's people. I was told my grandfather Sparks came from Tennessee. Rode horseback from there. His name was Daniel and his job was overseeing a plantation worked by Negro slaves, approximately four miles north of where I now live on the Kisatchie creek. He married a girl whose last name was Justice and they had five children, two girls, France and Melissa and three boys Tom, Jake and Wesley. His first wife died and he married someone name I don't know they had three children, two girls, Luwie and Julia and one boy Hardy, my father. Uncle Tom had three sons, Elic, Craf and Math. Last tw lived in around Anacoco and Many, Louisiana, who did drift into east Texas. I never did know Craf or Math just heard of them. I was told that when Grandpa left Tennessee, he had a brother who also left Tennessee and settled near Nacogdoches or San Augustine Texas. Several; years back I met one of the Sparks boys from over there and from what he said, I feel sure our Grandpas were brother. My father and mother had eight children; three sons and five girls all are dead now except me. I was the youngest, born April 28, 1904. We all lived in or near Natchitoches Parish all of our lives.'
This letter from Oscar Sparks, together with census records, helps us to form a family for Daniel Sparks. He married twice, his first married was to Julia Justice about 1842. She was born about 1825 in Louisiana, and she died probably about 1853. Daniel?s second wife was to a woman whose name we have not found any record of. Daniel said to have died in the late 1800's and was buried on his own land. His oldest son is buried beside Daniel. The land now belong to a Justice, not three miles from where Oscar lives now.Daniel had eight children.I have been to see Oscar every year on his birthday ( the closes Saturday to his birthday). All his children(10 - to have died), their children. So there is always 50 or more. Who ever goes there will always feel at home. All Sparks?s are that way and will always will be, I guess.There are always so many stories about where some one came from and where they went. The material we use is records from Courthouses and Census or known records."
http://www.sparksfamilytree.net/ghtout/npr293.html#H01725


Census:
Name: Daniel Sparks
Home in 1840 (City, County, State):
Natchitoches, Louisiana pg 64

Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 1
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:1


Census:
Daniel Sparks 34 1816 NC
Julia Sparks 25 1825 LA
Frances Sparks 6 1844 LA
Jacob Sparks 5 1845 LA
Malissa Sparks 3 1847 LA
Dan Sparks 1 1849 LA


Census:
Daniel Sparks 45 1815 North Carolina planter
A E Sparks female 27 1833 Alabama
Frances E Sparks female 16 1844 Louisiana
J W Sparks male 14 1846 Louisiana
M J Sparks female 11 1849 Louisiana
D Sparks male 9 1851 Louisiana
J W Sparks male 3 1857 Louisiana
S J Sparks male 2 1858 Louisiana


Census:
Daniel Sparks 55 farmer 600, 500 cannot read/write
John W Sparks 14 1856 LA
Julia Sparks 9 1861 LA
Hardy J Sparks 6 1864 LA
Louisa Sparks 4 1866 LA
Lucy C Sparks 2 1868 LA

next door: son
Jacob M. Sparks 1846 Louisiana farmer
Mary Sparks wife 20 1850 Mississippi



Died:
buried on his own land in Natchitoches Parish.

Daniel married Melissa Julia Justice in 1841 in near, Bellwood, Louisiana. Melissa was born on 17 Oct 1825 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died in 1853 in near, Vowels Mills, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
buried on their land in Natchitoches Parish.

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.

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)