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Joseph Sparks

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Queen Anne Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Death: March 21, 1809 (74-83)
Providence Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph A Sparks, Sr and Mary Sparks
Husband of Mary Sparks
Father of Joseph Sparks; James Sparks; Mary Murray; Solomon Sparks; Rebeckah Irons and 4 others
Brother of Solomon Sparks, Sr.; Josiah Sparks, Sr.; Merum Sparks; Jonathan Sparks; Charles Sparks and 10 others
Half brother of Wlliam Sparks

Managed by: Terry Hubert Brown
Last Updated:
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Immediate Family

About Joseph Sparks

GEDCOM Source

@R850635740@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=102456297&pi...


GEDCOM Note

Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801

Colerain Township, Bedford County, 1775, p. 79

Sparks Jos: | 0:6 3/4 | 0:6:0



Colerain Township, Bedford County, 1776, p. 135

Sparks Joseph | 0.6.6 1/4 | 0.3.5
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Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801

Colerain Township, Bedford County, 1779, p. 25

Joseph Sparks Land: 100 Horses: 5 Horned Cattle: 6 _____________________________________________

1781 PA Tax List: Bedford Co. Providence Twp.

Joseph SPARKS _____________________________________________

Bedford County [PA] 1779 Tax List and 1784 Census; Family Line Publications, Westminster, Maryland, 1989

[1784 Census], Providence Township, p. 69

Joseph SPARKS: 3 Whites

[or, this could represent Joseph Jr.] _____________________________________________

1785 PA Tax List: Bedford Co. Providence Twp.

Joseph SPARKS, Sr. -- 300 acres _____________________________________________

Pennsylvania Septennial Census [ancestry.com]

1786 A List of the Taxable Inhabitants of Bedford County (Continued) Providance Township

Joseph Sparks _____________________________________________

1790 PA Census: Bedford Co. Township not stated [but consistent with later Providence Twp.] p. 236, line 51 Series M637, roll 9

Joseph SPERKS Free white males of 16 years and upwards, including heads of families: 1 Free white males of 16 and under: 3 Free white females, including heads of families: 4

(it is possible that this is Joseph Jr.) _____________________________________________

1798 US Direct Tax: PA, Bedford Co, Providence Twp.

Joseph SPARKS

Shind. House, 20 X 16, value $40 Cabn. Barn 33 X 22 neighbor: John Stackman

Cabn. Kitchen, 18 X 16 Grist Mill Sqd. Logs, 26 X 24 neighbor: John Martin Acres: 346, value $1,211 _____________________________________________

1800 PA Census: Bedford Co. Providence & Colerain Twps. p. 412

Joseph SPARKS Senr. Males: 1 (45+) Females: 1 (26-45) ______________________________________________

1808 PA Triennial Tax Assessment: Bedford Co, Providence Twp.

Joseph SPARKS Sr. 150 Acres Patent; Horse, 2 Cattle, $512; Tax $192 _______________________________________________

Bedford County, PA Will Book 1, p. 268, year 1809. Abstract.

Joseph Sparks Sr., late of Providence Township Will dated 13 Mar 1809, probated 3 April 1809 Names: eldest son Joseph other sons Solomon & James five oldest daughters Mary, Rebeckah, Susannah, Elizabeth, Sarah youngest daughter Cloe all real estate Executors: daughter Cloe and son Joseph Witnesses: Amos McDaniel, Peter McDaniel, Joseph Neal ________________________________________________

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Joseph Sparks's Timeline

1730
1730
Queen Anne Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
1754
March 25, 1754
Frederick County, Maryland
1755
1755
Church Hill, Frederick County, Maryland
1757
1757
Frederick County, Maryland
1760
June 13, 1760
Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
1762
1762
Church Hill, Frederick County, Maryland
1764
1764
Church Hill, Queen Anne's, Maryland, United States
1764
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
1767
April 6, 1767
Frederick County, Maryland