SPARKMAN Mary "Polly"

Other Events:

• Immigration: Dec 1796, Nashborough (present day Nashville), TENNESSEE

Notes:

"William sold his remaining lands in Martin County to Joseph Witherington on September 14, 1796, and subsequently headed with his wife, 5 year daughter Mary and 2 year old daughter Celia to Nashborough (present day Nashville), Tennessee, arriving around Christmas Day." source: Sparkman Cemetery website

Children of William Sparkman and Rosanna Williams:
1.) Mary "Polly" Sparkman, b. 03 Sept.1791, Martin Co., NC; d. 18 Aug. 1888, Polk County, MO; m. Noah Walker 13 Oct. 1814, Williamson Co., TN; he d. 11 Feb. 1827, Williamson Co., TN. Sparkman Cemetery website,

Birth:
date: handwritten entry in William Sparkman family Bible, a New Testament published in 1817 in Boston by W. Greenough Printers. source: Sparkman Cemetery Website

Immigration:
"In November, 1795, after selling certain of his Martin County lands to Richard Taylor during the previous month, William Sparkman accompanied Joseph Witherington to the State's Land Office in Raleigh, where Joseph obtained his Revolutionary War land warrant, which he indorsed on the spot to William, John Gray Blount, brother to Tennessee governor William Blount and an associate of North Carolina Secretary of State James Glasgow, being the witness. William sold his remaining lands in Martin County to Joseph Witherington on September 14, 1796, and subsequently headed with his wife, 5 year daughter Mary and 2 year old daughter Celia to Nashborough (present day Nashville), Tennessee, arriving around Christmas Day." source: Sparkman Cemetery website

Family/Spouse: WALKER Noah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]