Thomas Columbus SPARKS

Other Events:

• Name: Lum Sparks
• Census: 1900, , Jack, Texas, USA; ED 39, pg 19A
• Census: 1910, , Palo Pinto, Texas, USA; ED 183, pg 17A
• Military: 9 Sep 1918, Guthrie, King, Texas, USA; draft
• Census: 1920, Guthrie, King, Texas, USA; ED 152, pg 1B
• Census: 1930, , King, Texas, USA; ED 1 pg 3A

Notes:

I don't know where I got this information.

Census:
Precinct 5
Gordon Smethers Head M 51 May 1849 Indiana m. 33 yrs.
Rachel F Smethers Wife F 48 Apr 1852 Texas 5/3 children
Fannie L Smethers Dau F 12 Nov 1887 Texas
Thomas C Smethers Nephew M 14 Mar 1886 Texas [SPARKS]
This is indexed under Smothers.

Census:
Precinct 2
Carden W Smithers Head M 59 Indiana
Rachel Smithers Wife F 56 Texas
Fannie Smithers Dau F 23 Texas
Tom C Sparks Nephew M 24 Texas

Military:
Thomas C Sparks of Guthrie, Texas, age 32, born 31 Mar 1886, is a married ranch hand. His nearest relative is Lyle Sparks (wife), also of Guthrie. He is of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

Census:

Thomas C Sparks Head M 33 Texas
Mary L Sparks Wife F 24 Texas
Beatrice Sparks Dau F 5 Texas
Beaula Sparks Dau F 1 Texas
Ed W Nolan Boarder M 26 Texas

Census:
Precinct 1
Ismer Lynn Head M 80 Texas
Sallie E Lynn Wife F 70 Louisiana
Thomas C Sparks Boarder M 42 Texas
Buela L Sparks Boarder F 11 Texas
Thomas is listed as widowed.

Other Events:

• Military: Between 1862 and May 1865, , , Texas, USA; Co B, 13th TX Cav, CSA
• Census: 1880, , Eastland, Texas, USA; ED 174, pg 20 (315D)
• Census: 1900, , Palo Pinto, Texas, USA; ED 122, pg 14A
• Census: 1910, , Wise, Texas, USA; ED 263, pg 13A
• Census: 1920, Bridgeport, Wise, Texas, USA; ED 164, pg 15B
• Census: 1930, Bridgeport, Wise, Texas, USA; ED 16, pg 10B
• death certificate: 28 Jan 1931; Nora Brown of Bridgeport

Notes:

Also married Samantha Jane Phillips, no children.

SPARKS QUARTERLY, pg 3471: Bailey Milton Sparks, son of Willoughby and Polly Sparks, was born in Tennessee in January 1847. He was probaby named for his great-uncle, Bailey Sparks, son of Matthew and Sarah (Thompson) Sparks. He served in Company B, Waller's Regiment, Green's Brigade of Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army during the Civil War and received a pension in later years from the state of Texas for his service. When the 1880 census was taken of Eastland County, Texas, he was living in the household of his brother, Tillman Sparks. (The abstract of his military records is below.) Bailey Sparks married Julia Antley, probably about 1882, and they had three children before her death on April 11, 1887, shortly after their third child was born. Bailey married (2nd) Amanda ---, probably about 1895. She apparently had a large family by a previous marriage. Bailey died on January 27, 1931, in Wise County, Texas.
MILITARY:
SQ pg 1281: Bailey Sparks enlisted in Capt. Thos. P. Hightower's Company, Waller's Battalion, Texas Cavalry, on April 14, 1862, at Marlin, Falls County, Texas, by Thomas P. Hightower. His age was given as 17. He was mustered into the service on April 23, 1862, at Hempstead by E. Waller, Jr. A note on one of the records indicates that he was a substitute for a man named Cornelison. The last record of his being paid was dated September 1, 1863. HIs name appeared on the muster roll for Company B of this battalion for January and February 1864 with the note "Absent, In Arrest." Following is a summary of the history of this unit: Waller's Regiment Texas Cavalry was first organized as the 13th, or Waller's Battalion Texas Cavalry with five companies, A to E. Company F was enlisted in Louisiana August 27, 1862. An unidentified company, Captain Menard's, Captain Goode's and Captain Dunn's Companies Texas Cavalry were added from time to time to complete the regiment.
Applied for pension in Parker Co, Texas and at Falls County. Pension file #13032-Parker.

Census:
Precinct 2
Tillmon Sparks Self M 41 Arkansas
Elcy Sparks Wife F 35 Texas
James R Sparks Son M 14 Texas
Alexander T Sparks Son M 10 Texas
Saml W Sparks Son M 4 Texas
John Sparks Son M 1 Texas
Bailey M Sparks Bro M 35 Texas

Census:
Precinct 4
Baley M Sparks Head M 53 Jan 1847 Texas m. 5 yrs.
Mandy Sparks Wife F 51 May 1849 Arkansas 9/9 children
Leona Sparks Dau F 18 Apr 1882 Texas
Chancy Sparks Son M 16 Feb 1884 Texas
Jack Camp S-son M 11 May 1889 Texas

Census:
Precinct 7
B M Sparks Head M 63 Texas
Samantha Sparks Wife F 62 Arkansas

Census:

Donald B Brown Head M 58 Texas
Nora Brown Wife F 36 Texas
Mildred Brown Dau F 7 Texas
Bailey M Sparks F-in-l M 73 Texas

Census:

Nora Brown Head F 46 Texas
Mildred Willingham Dau F 17 Texas
Bailey Sparks Father M 83 Texas

Bailey married Julia ANTLEY on 17 Aug 1882 in , Johnson, Texas, USA. Julia (daughter of James Augustus ANTLEY and Ellen DAY) was born in 1864 in , , Louisiana, USA; died on 11 Apr 1887 in , Wise, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1825, , Miller, Arkansas, USA
• Census: 1830, , Pope, Arkansas, USA; pg 171
• Property: 24 Jan 1834, , Chicot, Arkansas, USA; Section 28, Township 15, Range 1W
• Census: 1840, , Hot Spring, Arkansas, USA; pg 156
• Residence: 1841, , , Tennessee, USA
• Tax List: 1845, , Robertson, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1847, , Limestone, Texas, USA
• Census: 1850, , Limestone, Texas, USA; pg 785 (379A), d/f #369/369
• Census: 1854, , Limestone, Texas, USA; The Texas Scholastic of 1854-1855
• Tax List: 1857, , Falls, Texas, USA; County
• Tax List: 1859, , Falls, Texas, USA; County

Notes:

Residence:

Signed petition to the President for aid to Miller Co, Arkansas

Census:

Sparks, Willoby - 01001-20001-0
1 male born 1820-25
1 male born 1800-10
2 female born 1825-30
1 female born 1800-1810

Property:
Willaby Sparks

Census:
Marble Township, Sulpher Springs
Sparks, Willoby
Male
1 under 5
1 5-10
1 10-15
1 30-40
Female
1 under 5
1 5-10
2 10-15
1 20-30

Residence:

three children born

Census:
Precinct 5
Sparks Willibo 47 M W Farmer 250 GA
Sparks Mary 40 F W IL
Sparks Levi 25 M W Farmer AR
Sparks William 17 M W Farmer AR
Sparks Tilman 13 M W AR
Sparks Clarinda 9 F W TN
Sparks Nancy C. 7 F W TN
Sparks Bayley M. 3 M W TN
Sparks John 1 M W TN
Jones Wilbern 31 M W Merchant Not Known
Loup Anna R. 14 F W Germany
Swingler George 16 M W None Germany
This part of the county was used to create Falls County in 1850.

Census:
Clarinda, Nancy, Bailey, and John, and three other children named Nelson: John, Willoughby, and Minerva. Grandchildren?

Tax List:
Wilouby Sparks

Tax List:
Willaby Sparks

Willoughby married Mary BOATWRIGHT about 1824 in , , Arkansas, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas BOATWRIGHT and Amy RUSHING) was born in 1809 in , Gallatin, Illinois, USA; died after 1861 in , , Texas, USA; was buried in , Parker, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Polly Boatwright
• Tax List: 1862, , Parker, Texas, USA

Notes:

I have a lot of doubts about this line even though three Sparks married Boatwrights.

Parker Co TX, Land
ABSALOM SPARKS A. SPARKS 1195
MARY SPARKS M. SPARKS 1231

"A great many years ago, two great-grandchildren of Willoughby and Polly (Harrell) Sparks, Frank Sparks and Segonia (Sparks) Pritchett, found Mary's (Polly's) grave in Hills Cemetery. It had a headstone marker then which read "Polly Sparks, 1813." When they revisited the cemetery the following year for the purpose of replacing the marker, someone had removed it.
"Hill Cemetery is in Parker County, TX. It is off of I-20 on Gilbert Pit Road. Go down the road past the gravel pit and the cattle guard. It is on the right back off the road." [George Boatright, http://boatwrightgenealogy.com/index.html] [This stone is still in the cemetery.]

I don't believe this information is correct for our Polly Sparks, it would make her only a child when these children were born and she was married previously. I don't believe she married at 10. Her stone may say 1813 but it would be obviously incorrect.

Tax List:

This is an indication that Willoughby has died.

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, , Union, Louisiana, USA; pg 27 (112) hh# 187
• Census: 1880, , Johnson, Texas, USA; ED 85, pg (359A)

Notes:

Census:
Ward 5 Downsville PO
James Antley M 47 Alabama
Ellen Antley F 25 Alabama
Willis Antley M 20 Alabama
Elisabeth Antley F 14 Alabama
Caroline Antley F 12 Louisiana
Julia Antley F 6 Louisiana
Richard Antley M 4 Louisiana

Census:
Precinct 5
Jas Antley Self M 53 Louisiana
Antley Wife F 40 Louisiana
Julia Antley Dau F 16 Louisiana
Richard Antley Son M 13 Louisiana
Francis Antley Dau F 11 Louisiana
Susan Antley Dau F 10 Louisiana
Anna Antley Dau F 7 Louisiana
Floyd Antley Son M 4 Texas
Ervin Antley Son M 2 Texas

James married Ellen DAY. Ellen was born on 12 Apr 1844 in , , Alabama, USA; died on 15 Feb 1932 in , , Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Other Events:

• Residence: Bef 1811, , , Tennessee, USA
• Residence: Bef 1819, , , Illinois, USA
• Residence: Abt 1819, , Miller, Arkansas, USA
• Occupation: 1821
• Fact: Dec 1821
• Property: 27 Jul 1824
• Residence: Abt 1825, , Miller, Arkansas, USA
• Census: 1830, , Pope, Arkansas, USA; pg 174

Notes:

County: Austin
Abstract Number: 17
District/Class: Title
File Number:
Original Grantee: Thomas Boatwright
Patentee:
Title Date:
Patent Date: 27 Jul 1824
Patent No: 254
Patent Vol: 1
Certificate:
Part Section:
Survey/Blk/Tsp:
Adj County:
Acres: 4,428.40
Adj Acres:
Remarks:

From the "Handbook of Texas"
BOATWRIGHT, THOMAS (1760-ca. 1830). Thomas Boatwright, early Texas settler, was born in Virginia, moved to Illinois, and by 1819 was living in old Miller County, Arkansas. In the early fall of 1821 he and his wife, Amy, and their ten children traveled with the Gilleland, Kuykendall, Williams, and Gates families down Trammel's Trace to Nacogdoches. In early December they left for Austin's Spanish land grant and arrived at the La Bah

Occupation:
Scout for Austin's Colony

Fact:
Old 300

Property:
Austin Co, Texas

Census:
Thomas Boatright
males
under 5 1
15-20 1
20-30 1
60-70 1
females
60-70 1

Thomas married Amy RUSHING. Amy (daughter of Richard RUSHING and RUSHING) was born about 1775 in , Anson, North Carolina, USA; died before 22 Apr 1839 in , Pope, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1833, , , Texas, USA
• Property: 24 Oct 1835

Notes:

One of the few women ever to receive a land grant in Austin's colony.
"Know all men by these presents. That whereas under and by virtue of a power of attorney duly made and executed on the twenty-second day of April 1839 (and duly recorded) by one Thomas Boatwright of Texas, the authorized and legally appointed Agent of Certain Heirs of the Estate of Richard Rushing late of the State of Tennessee, deceased, I, David Rushing of the County of Pope and State of Arkansas, was appointed the proper attorney and agent of sd. Boatwright in the premises to ask for, collect, demand, sue for, receive, and give receipts and full discharges for the same of the amounts of monies respectively coming or due to the late Amy Boatwright, mother of said Thomas Boatwright and also to the others, the children of said Amy, being a portion of the heirs of Richard Rushing, dec'd. upon and under the terms and conditions therein expressed, and whereas sd. David Rushing, being old and unable to travel to carry out the intentions of said power, is desirous and willing and able to appoint some other person to act therein; thereupon be it known to all whom it may concern that I, David Rushing of the County of Pope and the State aforesaid do hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint Willis Rushing of the County of Benton in the State of Tennessee, my true and lawful Attorney, for me in my name or in the name of Thomas Boatwright the Legally authorized agent of the said heirs of the Estate, of said Richard Rushing late of Tennessee aforesaid. To ask for, receive, collect, sue for and receive, all sums or sums of money or effects of any kind or description of right belonging and appertaining to the said heirs of the said Estate, of said Richard Rushing dec'd. of and from all persons and parties owing or amenable for the dec'd. and I further authorize under and by virtue of the like power herein I am empowered to do and execute all acts to carry into effects the intentions therein expressed, the said Willis Rushing to give all necessary acquittances and receipts in the law for the same, either in my name as attorney and agent for the said Thomas Boatwright or in the name of said Boatwright as the legally authorized Agent of said heirs of the Estate as he the said Willis may be advised or required, and generally to act in the premise as agent or attorney of said Boatwright or myself under the above recited power, so that the monies due the heirs of the Estate of sd. Richard Rushing dec'd. may be collected and applied to the purposes expressed in the original power from sd. Thomas Boatwright. In witness thereof I have set my hand and seal this 27th day of December 1842. Signed, sealed,and delivered.
David Rushing (seal)
In presence of:
Jno. R. A. Scott
A. M. Metcalf
This day personally appeared before me an Acting Justice of the Peace within and for the co. and State af. sd. the within named David Rushing who duly acknowledged the name David Rushing at the end of the annexed power of Attorney to be his signature and that he executed the same for the reasons therein set forth. Dated this 27th day of december 1842.
A. R. Cheyne, J.P."
[Taproots, A Virginia & Carolina Legacy]
"Note: There was a Thomas Boatwright in Henderson County in 1850. If this Thomas is the same Thomas as the son of Amy, then the Boatwrights who lived in Henderson and Decatur Counties probably are descendants of Richard Rushing. There are White and Hill descendants of a W. H. Boatwright in the Concord Community of Decatur County."
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County: Madison
Abstract Number: 7
District/Class: Title
File Number:
Original Grantee: Amy Boatwright
Patentee:
Title Date:
Patent Date: 24 Oct 1835
Patent No: 313
Patent Vol: 10
Certificate:
Part Section:
Survey/Blk/Tsp:
Adj County:
Acres: 4,428.40
Adj Acres:
Remarks:

Property:
Madison Co, Texas