JOHN T. SPEARS^[1]

1807 - 1891  (84 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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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
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  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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  		Born - 22 Feb 1807 - ELBERT COUNTY, GEORGIA Child - WILLIAM SEIGLE SPEARS - 19 Feb 1828 - BEDFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE Child - ELIZABETH SPEARS - 29 Nov 1841 - ARKANSAS Child - SUSAN SPEARS - 1 Feb 1845 - CARROLL COUNTY, ARKANSAS Buried - May 1891 - YARDELLE, NEWTON, ARKANSAS Died - 19 May 1891 - YARDELLE, NEWTON, ARKANSAS  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  ADDITIONAL SOURCES: 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S528] PEGGY LEE SPEARS CAUDLE, 1205 NORTH SHERMANOKMUL. [S525] PEGGY LEE SPEARS CAUDLE, 1205 NORTH SHERMANOKMUL. [S527] PEGGY LEE SPEARS CAUDLE, 1205 NORTH SHERMANOKMUL. [S526] PEGGY LEE SPEARS CAUDLE, 1205 NORTH SHERMANOKMUL.