Absalom SPARKS: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

Abt 1771 - Aft 1825 (~ 55 years)

Generation: 1

Absalom SPARKS was born about 1771 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA (son of Matthew SPARKS and Sarah THOMPSON); died after 1825 in , Pope, Arkansas, USA.

Other Events:

Residence: 1802, , Clarke, Georgia, USA
Residence: 1807, , Gallatin, Illinois, USA
Residence: 1819, , Miller, Arkansas, USA
Residence: 1825, , Miller, Arkansas, USA

Notes:

Residence:
Big Creek Settlement

Residence:

Signed petition to the President for aid to Miller County.

Absalom married Lydia ELSBERRY about 1790 in , Franklin, Georgia, USA. Lydia (daughter of Benjamin ELSBERRY and Francina ???) was born about 1774 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Elsberry SPARKS was born about 1791 in , Franklin, Georgia, USA; died about 1865 in , Johnson, Texas, USA.
Benjamin SPARKS was born about 1793 in , Franklin, Georgia, USA; died in Deceased.
Mary SPARKS was born about 1795; died in Deceased.
Frances SPARKS was born about 1796 in , , Illinois, USA; died in Deceased.
Matthew SPARKS was born in 1799 in , , South Carolina, USA; died after 1849 in , Sabine, Texas, USA.
Sarah SPARKS was born about 1799; died in Deceased.
Willoughby SPARKS was born in 1802 in , Clarke, Georgia, USA; died between 1858 and 1863 in , , Texas, USA.
Eady SPARKS was born about 1806 in , Gallatin, Illinois, USA; died about 1849 in , Washington, Texas, USA.
Lydia SPARKS was born about 1808 in , Gallatin, Illinois, USA; died about 1868 in , Falls, Texas, USA.
Absalom SPARKS, Jr was born about 1810 in , Gallatin, Illinois, USA; died in Deceased.

Generation: 2

Matthew SPARKS was born in 1732 in , Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA (son of William Sample SPARKS and Rachel ???); died in 1793 in , Franklin, Georgia, USA.

Notes:

Daughters of Republic of Texas, Dorothy Burns Patterson, pg 260
MATTHEW AND SARAH SPARKS had 13 children. My ancestor was their son named william sparks born on April 3, 1761, Rowan Co, NC. He married Mary Polly Fielder around 1790. I have land deeds showing that he lived in Mississippi and Georgia, but in March, 1836, he moved to Nacogdoches County, TX, at the age of 75 years and was a resident of Sparks Settlement located about five miles north of Nacogdoches. Certificate 49, dated June 7, 1838, entitled him to 1,280 acres of land. William Sparks is on the Tax Lists of 1837, 1839, 1840, and 1845. Four of his children were living at Sparks Settlement. At age 85, William Sparks applied for a pension because of his service in the American Revolution. His declaration is most interesting to read. His application was rejected, apparently for lack of sufficient proof of his service. As one reads this interesting account, one is impressed with its authenticity and with the remarkable memory of this old man as he recalls events which occurred nearly 70 years earlier. He died in 1848 in Nacogdoches County. William Sparks is probably buried near the Old North Church in the Sparks Settlement in one of the four unmarked graves found there. William Sparks was my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. [Can't read the name of the daughter]

Matthew married Sarah THOMPSON about 1754 in , , Maryland, USA. Sarah was born about 1732; died on 23 Aug 1831 in , Hickman, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah THOMPSON was born about 1732; died on 23 Aug 1831 in , Hickman, Tennessee, USA.

Children:

1. Absalom SPARKS was born about 1771 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died after 1825 in , Pope, Arkansas, USA.
John SPARKS was born about 1755 in , Frederick, Maryland, USA; died in Feb 1831 in , Franklin, Alabama, USA.
Matthew Jefferson SPARKS was born on 20 Jan 1759 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died on 14 Aug 1841 in , Clinton, Illinois, USA.
William C SPARKS was born on 3 Apr 1761 in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died about 1848 in , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA.
David SPARKS was born about 1764; died in Deceased.
Annie SPARKS was born about 1767; died in Deceased.
James SPARKS was born on 14 Apr 1768 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died between 1830 and 1840 in , Burke, North Carolina, USA.
Jesse SPARKS was born on 23 Jul 1773 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died on 5 Jan 1858 in , Perry, Tennessee, USA.
Nathan SPARKS was born on 23 Oct 1775 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died on 4 Sep 1844 in , Wilson, Tennessee, USA.
Isaac SPARKS was born on 15 Jul 1780 in , , North Carolina, USA; died in Deceased.
Hardy SPARKS was born on 23 May 1783 in , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA; died about 1855 in , Scott, Arkansas, USA.
Eady SPARKS was born about 1785; died in Deceased.
Bailey SPARKS was born on 3 May 1788 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA; died in Deceased.

Generation: 3

William Sample SPARKS was born in 1705 in , Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA (son of William SPARKS, Jr and Margaret Ann HAMILTON); died about 1767 in , Surry, North Carolina, USA.

William married Rachel ??? about 1724 in , Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA. Rachel was born about 1703; died before 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel ??? was born about 1703; died before 1804.

Children:

2. Matthew SPARKS was born in 1732 in , Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA; died in 1793 in , Franklin, Georgia, USA.
William SPARKS was born in 1725; died in 1801.

Generation: 4

8.	William SPARKS, Jr was born in 1674 in , Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA; died about 1735 in , Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA. William married Margaret Ann HAMILTON between 1695 and 1696 in , Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA. Margaret was born in 1684; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Ann HAMILTON was born in 1684; died in Deceased.

Notes:

previous marriage to March?

Children:

4. William Sample SPARKS was born in 1705 in , Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA; died about 1767 in , Surry, North Carolina, USA.