 1732 - 1793 (61 years)
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| Name |
Matthew SPARKS |
| Born |
1732 |
, Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1793 |
, Franklin, Georgia, USA |
| Cause: killed in a raid by Natives |
| Person ID |
I6528 |
An Armstrong & A Heffernan |
| Last Modified |
28 Dec 2009 |
| Father |
William Sample SPARKS, b. 1705, , Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA , d. Abt 1767, , Surry, North Carolina, USA (Age 62 years) |
| Mother |
Rachel ???, b. Abt 1703, d. Bef 1804 (Age ~ 100 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1724 |
, Queen Anne's, Maryland, USA |
| Family ID |
F2772 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah THOMPSON, b. Abt 1732, d. 23 Aug 1831, , Hickman, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 99 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1754 |
, , Maryland, USA |
| Children |
| | 1. Absalom SPARKS, b. Abt 1771, , Rowan, North Carolina, USA , d. Aft 1825, , Pope, Arkansas, USA (Age ~ 55 years) |
| | 2. John SPARKS, b. Abt 1755, , Frederick, Maryland, USA , d. Feb 1831, , Franklin, Alabama, USA (Age ~ 76 years) |
| | 3. Matthew Jefferson SPARKS, b. 20 Jan 1759, , Rowan, North Carolina, USA , d. 14 Aug 1841, , Clinton, Illinois, USA (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. William C SPARKS, b. 3 Apr 1761, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, USA , d. Abt 1848, , Nacogdoches, Texas, USA (Age 86 years) |
| | 5. David SPARKS, b. Abt 1764, d. Deceased |
| | 6. Annie SPARKS, b. Abt 1767, d. Deceased |
| | 7. James SPARKS, b. 14 Apr 1768, , Rowan, North Carolina, USA , d. Between 1830 and 1840, , Burke, North Carolina, USA (Age 61 years) |
| | 8. Jesse SPARKS, b. 23 Jul 1773, , Rowan, North Carolina, USA , d. 5 Jan 1858, , Perry, Tennessee, USA (Age 84 years) |
| | 9. Nathan SPARKS, b. 23 Oct 1775, , Rowan, North Carolina, USA , d. 4 Sep 1844, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA (Age 68 years) |
| | 10. Isaac SPARKS, b. 15 Jul 1780, , , North Carolina, USA , d. Deceased |
| | 11. Hardy SPARKS, b. 23 May 1783, , Wilkes, North Carolina, USA , d. Abt 1855, , Scott, Arkansas, USA (Age 71 years) |
| | 12. Eady SPARKS, b. Abt 1785, d. Deceased |
| | 13. Bailey SPARKS, b. 3 May 1788, , Rowan, North Carolina, USA , d. Deceased |
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| Last Modified |
28 Dec 2009 |
| Family ID |
F2771 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| 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]
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