JOHN T. SPEARS[1]




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Name JOHN T. SPEARS Born 22 Feb 1807 ELBERT COUNTY, GEORGIA [2]
Gender Male Buried May 1891 YARDELLE, NEWTON, ARKANSAS [3]
Died 19 May 1891 YARDELLE, NEWTON, ARKANSAS [4]
- 84 YEARS OLD
Age 84 years Headstones Submit Headstone Photo
Person ID I413 Caudle Descendants Last Modified 29 Dec 2004
Father SAMUAL SPEARS, b. 11 May 1760, VIRGINIA , d. 1835, BEDFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE
Age: 74 years
Mother SALLIE ANN DUDLEY, b. 24 Nov 1763, VIRGINIA , d. Between 1840 and 1850, CARROLL COUNTY, ARKANSAS
Age: 76 years
Married Bef 1783 Family ID F150 Group Sheet
Family 1 MARTHA AGNES WHITE, b. 11 Nov 1808, NORTH CAROLINA
, d. 20 Sep 1880 Age: 71 years
Married Abt 1827 Married Abt 1827 - PROBABLY TENNESSEE
Children 1. DICKSON DUDLEY SPEARS, b. 16 Dec 1827, TENNESSEE , d. 16 Jun 1909, YARDELLE, NEWTON, ARKANSAS
Age: 81 years
2. WILLIAM SEIGLE SPEARS, b. 19 Feb 1828, BEDFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE , d. 14 May 1916, YARDELLE, NEWTON, ARKANSAS
Age: 88 years
3. SALLY ANN SPEARS, b. 21 Nov 1829, TENNESSEE , d. Bef 1904 Age: < 74 years
4. SAMUEL H. SPEARS, b. 23 Feb 1832, TENNESSEE , d. 1902, ARKANSAS
Age: 69 years
5. THOMAS J. SPEARS, b. 6 Jan 1834, TENNESSEE , d. Yes, date unknown
6. PLEASANT H. SPEARS, b. 3 Mar 1836, TENNESSEE , d. 1923, ARKANSAS
Age: 86 years
7. MILLA J. SPEARS, b. 5 Jun 1838, TENNESSEE , d. Yes, date unknown
8. ELIZABETH SPEARS, b. 29 Nov 1841, ARKANSAS , d. Yes, date unknown
9. SUSAN SPEARS, b. 1 Feb 1845, CARROLL COUNTY, ARKANSAS , d. 5 Mar 1930, IOLA, ALLEN, KANSAS
Age: 85 years
Family ID F149 Group Sheet
Family 2 CATHERINE SPEARS, b. Apr 1822, MISSOURI , d. 12 Jul 1890, MISSOURI
Age: ~ 68 years
Married Aft 1880 Family ID F1857 Group Sheet
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1840 CARROLL COUNTY, ARKANSAS FEDERAL CENSUS
1850 CARROLL COUNTY, ARKANSAS FEDERAL CENSUS
PROPERTY RECORD IN MARSHALL COUNTY, TENNESSEE SHOWS A TRANSFER OF LAND
(NINETY EIGHT ACRES) FROM SAMUEL SPEARS AND HIS WIFE, SALLY, TO JOHN T.
SPEARS. THE TRANSFER INCLUDED LIVESTOCK SUCH AS HORSES, HOGS, CATTLE AND
EVERY OTHER DESCRIPTION, WAGON AND GEAR, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, HOUSEHOLD
AND KITCHEN FURNITURE, AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
WITNESSES' NAMES ON THE DEED WERE SAMUEL CROCKETT, AND FITS Z. PATTERSON.
ALSO THE NAME OF MASTER W. OAKLEY, COURT CLERK, WAS ON THE DEED. JOHN T.
SPEARS IS SAMUEL AND SALLY SPEARS' SON.
ON 15 AUGUST 1835 SAMUEL SPEARS TRANSFERRED 68 ACRES OF LAND IN BEDFORD
COUNTY, TENNESSEE TO JOHN T. SPEARS, HIS SON. THE LAND WAS LOCATED ON
DUCK RIVER. THE LAND JOINED THE PROPERTY OF FRANCIS AND WILLIAM HAMILTON
AND ROBERT PATTERSON. THE DEED WAS RECORDED ON 20 JUNE 1837.
GINA WOOTEN COULDN'T FIND A DEED OR BILL OF SALE WHEN JOHN T. SPEARS LEFT
BEDFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE SOMETIME IN 1839.
1850 CARROLL COUNTY, PRARIE TOWNSHIP, ARKANSAS FEDERAL CENSUS, PAGE 51
LADY , 70 TO 80 YEARS OLD
JOHN SPEARS 32
AGNES " 31
WILLIAM " 12
DICKSON " 13
SAMUAL " 8
THOMAS " 6
PLEASANT " 4
MILLA " 2
1850 CARROLL COUNTY, JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, ARKANSAS FEDERAL CENSUS, PAGE 171
FATHER, JOHN T. SPEARS, AGE 42, BIRTH PLACE GEORGIA, DATE 1808
WIFE AGNES 41 NORTH CAROLINA 1809
SON WILLIAM S. 22 TENNESSEE 1828
SON DICKSON D. 23 TENNESSEE 1827
SON SAMUEL 18 TENNESSEE 1832
SON THOMAS J. 16 TENNESSEE 1834
SON PLEASANT 14 TENNESSEE 1836
DAUGHTER MILLA J. 12 TENNESSEE 1838
DAUGHTER ELIZABETH 9 ARKANSAS 1841
DAUGHTER SUSAN 5 ARKANSAS 1845
ACCORDING TO GINA WOOTEN, ALL OF JOHN T. AND AGNES KIDS IN 1850 LIVED
TOGETHER IN JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP AT CARROLL COUNTY, ARKANSAS. JOHN'S FARM
WAS WORTH $1000. WILLIAM S. LIVED WITH THEM TOO, HIS WIFE AND SON, JOHN R.
JOHN AND AGNES MOVED TO NEWTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS BETWEEN 1850 AND 1860.
HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A FARMER BUT HE WAS THE COUNTY CORDNER FROM 1844 TO
1846.
IN 1864 JOHN AND AGNES, SUSAN, AND THE OTHER CHILDREN MOVED TO
SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI BECAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR. THINGS WERE VERY BAD IN
ARKANSAS. THEY ALL RETURNED TO NEWTON COUNTY IN 1867.
BY 1880 ALL HIS BOYS WERE BACK IN ARKANSAS ACCORDING TO GINA WOOTEN. GINA
DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM AFTER THAT.
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