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William Sparkman Will

William Sparkman Will

WILLIAM SPARKMAN, Deceased.  Probated April Term 1832, Williamson County, Tennessee Dated April 18, 1829 In the name of God amen, I WILLIAM SPARKMAN of Williamson County, State of Tennessee, being in perfect mind and memory, blessed be almighty God for the same, considering the certainty of death do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form as follows, That is to say, first that all my just debts be paid, Second, I give and bequeath to my beloved…

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Pre Civil War History in Williamson

Pre Civil War History in Williamson

The Tennessee General Assembly created Williamson County on October 26, 1799, from a portion of Davidson County. This territory had long been inhabited by at least five Native American cultures, including the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Shawnee. It is home to two Mississippian-period mound complexes, the Fewkes site and the Old Town site, built by people of a culture dated to about 1000 CE, which preceded such historic tribes. European-American settlers arrived in the area by 1798, after the Revolutionary War. Fur traders had preceded them. Scots traders had intermarried with Native…

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Edward Giles Will – 10 March 1818

Edward Giles Will – 10 March 1818

WILL OF EDWARD GILES, MECKLENBURG COUNTY VA. 10 MAR. 1818 LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA4S FILE OF MECKLENBURG CO., VA. VA WILL BOOK # 8, (1813-1819) – PAGE 415-416 Reel #25  In the name of God Amen, I Edward Giles of Mecklenburg County and State of Virginia doth make this my last will and testament, – It is my will and desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid from the Sale of my Crop of Tobacco Bacon and…

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William Sparkman Marriage Record

William Sparkman Marriage Record

Affidavit made by Rosanna Sparkman, widow of William Sparkman, in connection with a claim under the Bounty Land Act of 1855: State of Tennessee, County of Williamson On this 23rd day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and 55, aforesaid, ROSANNA SPARKMAN, aged 84 years, a resident of Williamson County in the State of Tennessee…….declares that she is the widow of WILLIAM SPARKMAN, deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain McMahan, in the regiment of Volunteers commanded by General Coffee,…

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Williamson County Miscellaneous Land Records

Williamson County Miscellaneous Land Records

CLAIBORNE WILLIAMS deed to JOHN ROBERTSON [ROBINSON] 7 Feb. 1803; $160 for 137 acres being a part of 274 acres formerly belonging to WILLIAM T. LEWIS adjacent WILLIAM SPARKMAN.  JO. HERNDON, witness.  Entered 23 Apr. 1803.  Deed Book A1, pg. 300. (Note:  Any relationship between Claiborne Williams and Rosanna Williams is unknown.  Claiborne is found in Mississippi in the 1850 census, in which he is reflected as having been born in South Carolina.  Rosanna is likely the daughter of Williams who can be established as neighbors of…

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Miscellaneous Court Records

Miscellaneous Court Records

Oct. Court, 1805.   (i) WILLIAM SPARKMAN appointed overseer of public road from intersection of the Natchez road for five miles, and JOHN ROBINSON, JOSHUA GRINDER, JAMES WALDRUP, THOS. SUTTON, JESSE WHITE, JEREMIAH HAMILTON, CHARLES ROBINSON, MICHL ROBINSON, JOHN ROBINSON, JOHN MOORE to work thereon.  (ii) DAVID ROBINSON appointed overseer of public road from WILLIAM BRIGHT to where WM. SPARKMAN overseer, and RICHD WILLIAMS, LINVILL McDANIEL, JEFFREY JOHNSON, GREENHAM TAYLOR, WM. JOHNSON, THOS. TAYLOR, MOSES SPRINKLE to work thereon. Inventory Book I, Page 156; Jan….

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William Sparkman Land Grants

William Sparkman Land Grants

TENNESSEE LAND GRANTS William Sparkman, 1813, 50 acres, District G, Maury Co., Book G, pg. 556, #5082 William Sparkman, 1827, 200 acres, District M, Maury Co., Book 7, pg. 781, #6310 William Sparkman, 1827, 400 acres, District M, Maury Co., Book 7, pg. 815, #6345 William Sparkman, 1828, 50 acres, District M, Williamson Co., Book 10, pg. 658, #8643

Leiper’s Fork Church of Christ

Leiper’s Fork Church of Christ

According to an article published by Leo Boles in the Gospel Advocate 11 Dec. 1930, John Dobbins donated a plot of land for the construction of a religious meetinghouse in Leipers Fork (Hillsboro) in 1815, named Union, which was dedicated to be shared by all denominations with usage by the various groups an alternating Sundays.  Primitive Baptists dominated both the community and usage of the meetinghouse in its early years.  Dissension arose in their ranks in the following years over the preaching of “Campbellism”,…

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