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Rebecca (Smith) Spears (abt. 1782 - 1849)

Rebecca Spears formerly Smith
Born about in Tennesseemap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of
Died at about age 67 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, USAmap
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Profile last modified | Created 10 Mar 2011
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Biography

Rebecca (Smith) Spears was born in Tennessee before statehood.

Rebecca Smith was born about 1782,[1] probably in North Carolina although no source documents her birth. Her maiden name is also based on undocumented family trees.

Research Notes

Sticker changed from "US Southern Colonists Sticker|North Carolina" to the Tennessee Sticker. The Colonists sticker is for those born before 4 July 1776 (for WikiTree purposes, the start of "USA").

"Hawkins County" was removed from the birth place datafield, since Hawkins County (North Carolina) was not formed until 1787.
"Hawkins County, NC, formed from Sullivan [County], which functioned in parallel with State of Franklin's Spencer [County]--------------1787"[2]

Tennessee was admitted as a state in 1796.[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ On 1 September 1820, Samuel Spears described his wife in his application for a Revolutionary War pension, saying that she was about 38 years of age, suggesting that she was born in 1782. See: "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files," North Carolina, Samuel Spears, File # S 39085 digital images, image 5 of 17, application statement of Samuel Spears, Hawkins County, Tennessee, 1 Sep 1820, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/16813655); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M804, roll 2253.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 History of County Formations in Tennessee 1776-1985 (accessed 17 April 2024).

See also:

Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7179083&pid=-859555313 Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.

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This person was created through the import of Smith-Hunter.ged on 10 March 2011.





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Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
text has reference to her husband's pension application with a fold3 link.

From the transcription by Will Graves of pension application #S39085 (pdf), posted by Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters:

"State of Tennessee, Hawkins County: August Sessions 1818 Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
"Personally appeared in Open Court the 25 day of August 1818 Samuel Spears aged about fifty Seven Years, a Citizen of said County & State & being sworn in due form of law deposeth & saith: that he Enlisted in the County of Hallifax [sic, Halifax], North Carolina..."
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"That my occupation is that of a farmer but owing to weakness & frailty am unable to work much. That my wife is about thirty eight Years old, a daughter 8 or 9 Years old, one other daughter about 7 Years, a son about 5 Years, one daughter about 3 Years old the Youngest about 9 or ten months old. S/ Samuel Spears, X-his mark"
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Smith-235654 June (Smith) Cabourne
I removed Louther and Barbara (Louderback) Smith as her parents. If the given birthdate is anywhere near correct, she was older than either proposed parent. Her name is not on the list of all of his children that Louther made in a property indenture in 1803 in Hawkins, TN.
posted by June (Smith) Cabourne
Smith-235654 June (Smith) Cabourne
She may not be a child of Louther and Barbara (Louderback) Smith or her birthdate is wildly off.
posted by June (Smith) Cabourne
Pieterse-13 Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Warning: Check the data.

A child's birth date should not be before a parent is six years old.

posted by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen

Rejected matches › › Rebecca Smith (1764-) › Rebecca Smith (1771-)

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