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GENEALOGIES

GEORGE SPARKS
AND
RACHEL MCCLANAHAN
AND ELIZABETH "BETSEY" WELLS

Appears as though James SPARKS who married Mary ELLIS is given at the lgarrett at mastnet.net database as the son of George SPARKS b. abt. 1764, d. abt. 1835 Nicholas Co. KY. George SPARKS was the son of William SPARKS and Martha MOORE.

The lgarrett at mastnet.net database states 18 April 1805 George SPARKS married Rachel MCCLANAHAN and had the following child.

  • Goerge SPARKS b. abt. 1811 KY, died aft. 1874, married 1836 in Nicholas KY to Catherine STOKES. Then abt. 1848 to Hanna FISHBACK.


Now, this is pretty problematic as it also states that the senior George SPARKS then married 14 June 1790 in Bourbon Co. KY to Elizabeth "Betsy" WELLS who was also born abt. 1764 then proceeded to have childrem from abt. 1791 to 1814.
  • Charles b. abt. 1791
  • Mary b. abt. 1792
  • James b. abt. 1804
  • Otho b. abt. 1804
  • Ellen "Nellie b. abt. 1804
  • John Thornton b. abt. 1809, died 1849 Lewis Co. KY married Elizabeth LAUNTZ 1 April 1830 in Lewis Co. KY
  • William b. 1812 married Sianna Gilbert 23 March 1834 in Lewis Co. KY.
  • Cytha Ann b. abt. 1814 in Fleming Co. KY married Jesse NASH 12 April 1834 in Lewis Co. KY.


Now, as said, the above is problematic but it's all I've got to go on for now and there are certain aspects that fit with the 1820 Nicholas Co. census...and James SPARKS and Mary ELLIS named a second son George and a third son Otho and the fourth son William, so these names fit. family-wise.

And the accounting of the children for this George almost fits the below 1820 Nicholas Co. KY census. And this George SPARKS is living 4 doors from a James McCLANAHAN who is living beside James ELLIS, Mary ELLIS' father. So that fits.

There are 2 males to 10, 2 males 10 to 16, 1 45 and up. Then 1 female 0 to 10, 1 16 to 26 and 1 26 to 45.

So William and George are there, and John and Otho or James, and George Sr., and Cyntha and Ellen, but the elder female doesn't fit.

There is also a Caleb SPARKS in the census. He has 2 males to 10, 2 10 to 16, 1 26 to 45, 3 females to 10, 1 26 to 45 nad 3 males in agriculture.

How does this fit with George's brother William's son Caleb. He would have had 1 male 10 to 16, 1 16 to 18 (or 26), 3 females to 10, 1 female 10 to 16 and she's too young to be his wife Rebecca WILSON plus he's given as having moved to Highland Co. OH in 1813.

And then there's a Catherine SPARKS with 1 10 to 15 male, 3 females to 10, 2 16 to 26 1 45 and up and 1 person in agriculture.

So the household of George almost does fit with George...and George is shown to have a cousin named Caleb and there is a Caleb in the census. But that database is a mess and impossible to trust.

1820 NICHOLAS CO. NICHOLAS TOWNSHIP KY CENSUS
pg. 104 or 105 (pg 1 ancestry.com)
...
Joseph ENDICOTT
Thomas KELLY
John HERRINGTON
Stephen WILSON
Jacob FIFOR
...
pg. 105
...
James BURDIN
Edmund COLLINS
Thomas COTTRILL Jr.
Polly MCDONALD
Hiram HANEY?
Alexander DAVIS
John F?
Rowland HARVEY?
Jacog FIGHT?
Steph MAYNER
William PEYTON
Jesse BOULDEN
John ALLISON
John SHANNON Jr.
John SHANNON (Jr? Sr?) >>
Willis (William?) ROGERS
John MCDONALD
...
William? STEWART
Pursey ELIJAH
John WHALEY?
Wm. McANELLY?
Devon MICHAEL
Ashcroft NORWOOD
William WOOD 3 - - - 1 - 1 - - 1 - - 1
Edward BELL

pg. 107
...
Thomas COLLINS
Nathan WILLIAMS
Thomas WHEATLEY
Francis CAMPBELL
William MULLEKIN
Archibald MULLEKIN
Joseph WHEELER
John WOOD >>
Telman ROSS
Pg. 108 (5 of 26 ancestry.com)
...
Alexander MCDONALD
James SMITH
Thomas HARVEY?
Alexander MCDONALD JR
Jesse ENLOW - 3 - - - 1 1 - 2 - 1 - 4 - - 1 - - - 2 - 1
John HUFFSTULLER
William BARRETT
James ROBESON
James MCDOWELL
Horatis MCDOWELL
...
pg. 15 of 26 Ancestry.com
William HOLLADAY
Bevery BROWN
Thomas LONG
Ellis CORBIN
Nimrod WOOD
John JONES
William MCDOWELL
...
Jane BELL
Eliakin? LONG
Benjamin WILSON >>
John DOUGHERTY
Henry FOSTER
...
Avery LONG
Samuel ARNETT?
Abraham GLASSCOCK
George SPARKS 2 2 - - - 1 1 / - 1 1 - -
Samuel HOWARD
Henry SPHERE?
Nancy CLARK
Jacob BURNS?
James McCLANAHAM
?
James ELLIS - - - - 1 1 - - 2 - 1 - 2 - - - - 1 - 1 - 1
1 m 26 to 45, 1 m 45 and up; 2 females 16 to 26, 1 45 and up, 2 people in agriculture, 1 male 14 to 26 slave, 1 male 45 up slave, 1 14 to 26 female slave
NOTE: Not James Mason ELLIS. Profile of children doesn't fit. But it seems there would be some relation as Thomas DOUGHTY is living the next page over by a PEYTON.
Saul SMART?
George M. BEINGER
? PITT
Daniel BEDINGER
pg. 16 of 26
...
Isaac HUGHES
David MYERS
Margaret MYERS
John WILLS or MILLS
Robert WILLS or MILLS
Saul PEYTON
Thomas DOUGHTY - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - 1
1 male 45 and up, 1 female 45 and up, 1 person in agric.
George JASPER?
Abraham MYERS
Ezekiel MITCHELL
Samuel MOORE
William BRASHARS
Saul BURNS?
Timothy LINN
pg. 17 of 26 (ancestry.com)
Edward BALLINGER
William LYNN
John CAMPBELL 2 - - - 1 - - - 1
John STOOP
William STOOP
Jesse COBERT
John HAYS 1 1 - - 1 - 2 - - 1 - - 2
...
William DORROW
William WHEELER
John WILSON - 1 - - - 1 - 3 4 - 1
William DORROW Jr.
...
John HAYS 1 1 - - 2 - 2 2 1 1 - - 3
...
pg. 18
Bennett HADDEN?
Henry PURYER
...
Jonas WEATHERFORCE
Martin DOTSON
James DOTSON
Thomas PEYTON - 1 - - - 1 - - - - 1 - 2
Saul THOMSON
Susan THOMPSON
...
Alexander MCCLURE
John HENDRIX
John SHANNON 1 - - - 1 - - - - 1 - - 1
Vance HADDON - - - 1 - - 1 1 3 - 1 - 2
Charles McLANE
John CLARKE
Singleton CLARKE
...
pg. 19 of 26 (ancestry.com)
...
Benjamin LETTERBACK
Elijah MCKENNEY?
Adam ?
James BELL
David IRVIN
Enoch HENKLE
John DELAY
...
Thomas MOORE
Livingston? LETTERBACK
James MCKENNEY?
Thomas NELSON
William NEWMAN
Catherine WILSON
David WILSON
Basil MARTIN?
John?
John WORKMAN
Jonas ?
Ephraim METCALF
Catherine SPARKS - 1 - - - - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1
Caleb SPARKS 2 2 - - 1 - 3 - - 1 - - 3
Mary HAYDEN 1 - - - - - - - 3 1 - - 3 - 2 1 1 - 1 1 - 1
pg. 20 of 26
Samuel MCKINNNEY?
John MCKINNEY?
Jeremiah or Susannah WILSON 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - 1
Benjamin STUCKEY
...
Samuel WORKMAN
...
Pg. 21 of 26 Ancestry.com
...
Charles WILSON
...
Pg. 22 of 26 Ancestry.com
...
John WOOD
George WOOD
...
George NOAH
Robert BURR
Wilson? ELLIOTT
James ELLIOTT
...
pg. 23 of 26
...
Catherine SPARKS - - - 1 1 - 1 1 2 - 1 - 2
George HENRY
John PURSLEY
Thomas PURSLEY
Edward BAXTER?
Uriah? WILSON
Jesse WILSON
Thomas CHAMP
Robert CHAMP
Isaac BAKER
Thomas LANE or LOVE - 2 - - - 1 2 - 2 - - - 3
Jane HENKLE or HINKLE
Philip BOLLIS
Abraham DODSON?
Benjamin BOARDMAN
Joshua YOUNGER
William RAYBURN
John NOBLE
...
James CAMPBELL
...
pg. 24 of 26
...
Mary SANDERSON
Samuel SHANNON 2 - - - 1 - 2 - - 1 - - 1
...
Mary BAKER
Hannah? or Manuel COLLINS
Hamlett COLLINS
...
Pg. 26 of 26
...
Robert ELLIOTT
Samuel RULE
Robert ELLIOTT
Spencer ROBINS
Laban JOHNSON



1850 MARTIN COUNTY PERRY TOWNSHIP INDIANA CENSUS
pg. 51A
140/142
John ELLIS 76 farmer b. PA 400 can't read or write
William 38 farmer 200 b. KY can't read or write
John 34 150 b. KY can't read or write
Elizabeth McCAMORIN 36 b. KY can't read or write
Mary ELLIS 32 b. IN
William McCAMORIN 16
Sarah MURPHY 15
Jane MURPHY 15 twins
William McCAMORIN 16 farmer b. IN
141/144
Martin STUCKEY 52 potter 400 b. KY
Catharine 31 b. NC
John 1 b. IN
Martin 1. b. IN
142/145
NOTE: Father of Upton Howard STUCKEY in the next house. First wife was Ruth LOVE b. c. 1790 in Stokes Co. NC, a sister of Hubbard LOVE below and daughter of James and Sabia LOVE. They were married in Martin Co. IN. Martin appears to be remarried. He died 1851 and was buried in the LOVE cemetery.
Upton STUCKEY 27 potter 600 b. IN
Jane 30 b. NC
Martin 4 b. IN
Arthur 1 b. IN
Aaron ROSE 16 potter b. NJ
NOTE: Upton Howard STUCKEY m. 30 May 1844 Jane Elizabeth LOVE in Martin Co. IN.
143/146
Hubbard LOVE 45 farmer
Sarah LOVE 40 $500 b. NC
John 30 farmer b. IN
Sarah J. 18
William N. 15 farmer
Mary Ann 13
Arch 10
Emaline 7
Naller ? 3
NOTE: Hubbard was b. 1805 in Stokes Co. NC. Married 5 April 1827 to Sarah SMITH in Martin Co. IN. He was a brother of the above Ruth LOVE, and son of James and Sabra LOVE. Sabra is in the next house. This James LOVE was the son of John LOVE of Stokes Co. NC. who was born mid 1760s in Brunswick Co. VA to John LOVE and Ruth CROOK. This James who married Sabia moved to Martin Co. IN about 1817 and was named Justice of the Peace in 1819.
144/147
Sabra LOVE 83 b. PA
James S. LOVE 22 farmer b. IN
NOTE: Rootsweb.com LOVE message board (19 Aug 2000, meyers7@gateway.net) gives a James LOVE b. c. 1766, m. late 1780 to Sabra., moved to Davies Co. IN c. 1817 then to Martin Co. IN. in 1820. Their children were: Ruth b. 1790 m. 1819 to Martin STUCKEY in IN; Eliizabeth b. 1798 m. 1819 to Frederick STUCKEY in IN; John b. after 1791 m. Amy HORNER; William D. b. aft. 1791; James W. P. b. 1800 m. Nancy J. LOVE; Hubbard b. c. 1805 m. Sarah SMITH and then Sarah A. LOVEALL.
145/148
Hannah LOVE 26 b. SC
Abigail B., EMORE 8 b. IN
146/149
John CRANE 26 Farmer 200 b. IN
Elvira 36 b. KY
John C. 4 b. IN
p. 51B
William CRANE 3 b. IN
Ben N. 1
NOTE: Worldconnect (caspian64@aol.com) Elvira ELLIS (sister of Mary Ellis SPARKS) , b. 1814 KY, daughter of James M. ELLIS b. 1784 PA or VA and Francis Fanny DOUGHTY. John Cord CRANE was a son of Richard CRANE and Rebecca GARDNER (Rebecca was a sister of Elizabeth GARDNER and Elizabeth married 2nd Richard CRANE). John Cord CRANE died young... "She may not have been in a good mental state. Some records indicate that her children were given away and she is found in one census as 'living with a slew of paupers'. 1850 Census: IN, Martin Co. Perry Twp; 1860 Census: IN, Martin Co. Perry Twp, pg 51; 1870 Census: IN, Martin Co. Center Twp. pg. 300; 1880 Census: IN, Martin Co. Perry Twp.; Holt History of Martin Co IN Vol. 2 (Putnam County Library." Next door is Elvira and Mary's brother James Nicholas ELLIS. 147/150
James N. ELLIS 36 Farmer 500 b. KY
Maria 36 b. KY
Elvira 13 b. IN
Elizabeth 11
Mary J. 9
James A. 4
Benj. 2
NOTE: This is James Nicholas ELLIS b. 21 July 1811 in Nicolas Co. KY and died 3 Sept. 1892 in Neosho Co. KS. His wife is Rebecca Mariah SCOTT b. 1 May 1816 in Nicolas Co. KY. Joel Weintraub writes at Genforum as to Rebecca Mariah SCOTT that her parents were Jonathan SCOTT and Catherine BORDERS, and that Jonathan's father was Simon SCOTT who "was a youngster in Scotland when Pirates captured him, and released him in Virginia when he was of age...thus he knew his first name but not last, so he called his surname Scott after Scotland."
148/151
James SPARKS 46 farmer 300 b. KY
Mary 43 b. KY
George T. 20 b. IN
James E. 18
Otho 16
William 13
Benj. 10
Mary Ellen 5
149/152
Richard A. CRANE 23 Farmer $200
Elizabeth CRANE 22
James S. 2
Richard 49 farmer $650 b. KY 150/153
Elizabeth CRANE 42
John C. 23 farmer
Thomas 22 farmer $400
Isaac E. 19
Elizabeth 17
Benjamin J. 16
Susan R. 16
Charles H. 3
Elisa E. 2
Cary A. BIRCH 2
John A. BIRCH 13
Isaac T. BURCH 12
Martha S. BIRCH 7
George H. CRANE 10
151/156 James and Percilla QUEEN

Name: Joseph, Jr BURCH
Given Name: Joseph, Jr
Surname: Burch
Sex: M
Birth: 18 Feb 1812 in Surry County, NC
Death: 11 Jul 1842 in Greene County, IN
Father: Joseph BURCH b: 8 Aug 1780 in Surry County, NC
Mother: Malinda COLLINS b: 16 Jan 1784
Marriage 1 Elizabeth GARDNER b: 15 May 1813 in Calvert County, MD
Married: 1834 in Greene County, IN
Children
Cary Ann BURCH b: 1835 in Greene Cty, IN
John Wesley BURCH b: 1836
Isaac Franklin BURCH b: 1838
Martha Melinda BURCH b: 1842 http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1571978&id=I70034314

Name: Richard H CRANE
Given Name: Richard H
Surname: Crane
Sex: M
Birth: 28 Jun 1801 in Calvert Co. MD
Death: 27 May 1868 in Love Cemetery, Martin Co. IN
Father: James CRANE
Mother: Christina HALL
Marriage 1 Rebecca Jane GARDNER b: 29 Jul 1804 in Maryland
Married: 24 Dec 1824 in Monroe, IN
Children:
John Cord CRANE b: 26 Mar 1825 in Monroe Co. IN
Richard Allen CRANE b: 1826
William Thomas CRANE b: 1828
Isacc Elsberry CRANE b: 1831
Elizabeth Jane CRANE b: 1833
James Benjamin CRANE b: 1834
Susan Rebecca CRANE b: 1838
George Harrison CRANE b: 1840
Marriage 2 Elizabeth GARDNER b: 15 May 1808 in Maryland
Married: 31 Mar 1846 in Greene Co. IN
Children:
Charles Henry CRANE b: 1847
Eliza E. CRANE b: 1848
Joseph Washington CRANE b: 1850
Lucinda Cathryn CRANE b: 1851
Julie Ann CRANE b: 1854
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1651362&id=I75186483

John Cord CRANE married Alvira ELLIS.

Name: John Cord CRANE
Given Name: John Cord
Surname: Crane
Sex: M
Birth: 26 Mar 1825 in Monroe Co. IN
Death: 4 Jul 1859 in Love Cemetary, Martin Co. IN
Change Date: 11 May 2001
Note:
1850 Census: IN, Martin Co. Perry Twp.
Holt History of Martin Co. IN Vol. 2 (Putnam Co. Library)
Father: Richard H CRANE b: 28 Jun 1801 in Calvert Co. MD
Mother: Rebecca Jane GARDNER b: 29 Jul 1804 in Maryland
Marriage 1 Alvira(Elvira) ELLIS b: Abt 1814 in Kentucky
Married: 19 Mar 1844 in Monroe, IN
Children:
Margaret J. CRANE b: 1858 in Loogootee, Martin Co. IN
John G. CRANE b: 1845
William CRANE b: 1847
Benjamin N CRANE b: 1849
James R CRANE b: Abt 1852
Levi Washington CRANE b: 1854
Rebecca CRANE b: 1857

1860 CUMBERLAND COUNTY ILLINOIS SPRING POINT CENSUS
pg. 738
James ELLIS 38 stone mason b. KY
R. Mariah 44 b. KY
Elvira MILLER 23 b. IN
Mary ELLIS 19
James 14
Benjamin 12
Jonathan 10
Margaret
Sarah A.
Thomas
James W. ? 4
Albert 5
NOTE: James ELLIS was living next to the SPARKS in the 1850 Martin County census.
pg. 740 (76 ancestry.com)
73/73 James W. SCOTT 45 wheelwright $1200 $500 b. KY
Adelia 45 b. GA?
Malison 19 f. b. IL
Carolin 16 b. IL
Robert 12. b. IN
James Wesley SCOTT is going to be a relative of Rebecca Mariah SCOTT married to James ELLIS in the above household.
74/74
James SPARKS 54 M Farmer personal value 200 b. KY
Mary 53 F b. KY
Benjamin D. 21 M b. IN
Mary E. 17 F b. IN
75/75
James SPARKS 26 m Farmer b. IN
Cary A. 24 F b. IN
John 7 M b. IN
Mary E. 3 F b. IN
Martha C. 1 F b. IN
576/576?
John COWWDE? COWWELE 50 b. NY and family
84/84 577/577
Wiley C. VAILS 36 and Susan and family
78/78
Elizabeth M. SCOTT 40 widow
79/79 Davies LARKINS 65 and Ann and family
80/80 John ELLISON 30 and family
81/81 Sanford LARKINS 30
82/82 Wiliam LARKINS 28 and family
83/83 Alfred P. GIBBONS? 43 and family 584/584
D. ELLIS 28 personal property 500 b. ILL
Sarah 25
Martha A. 7
John 5
Andrew Ellison 2
585/585
Samuel SHOPES or SHAPES 36 (PA) and Mary and family
586/586
Stephen SMITH and Julia and family

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