John Alexander Meek (1791 - 1863)

Born 16 Apr 1791 in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Spraggins) Meek — married 12 Dec 1809 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1863 at age 71 in Warren, Bradley, Arkansas, United States

Biography

John Meek was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

John was born in 1791. He passed away in 1863.

• South Carolina Marriage Index, 1641-1965

Name John Meek

Spouse Sarah Spraggins

Marriage Date 1774-1890

County Abbeville

Source Marriages, Ninety-Six and Abbeville District

Arkansas Marriages, 1779-1992

Name Dr. John Meek

Marriage Date 12 1845 - Jun

Spouse Eliza Vincent

County Union

State Arkansas

Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1942

Name John Meek

Gender Male

Marriage Date 19 Jul 1826

Marriage Place , Greene, Alabama

FHL Film Number 1290852 V. A-C1 Household Members Name Age Eliza Forney Webb John Meek

Sources

Encyclopedia Of Arkansas: John Alexander Meek

"United States Census, 1860", Franklin Township, Union, Arkansas FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M871-DXW : 18 February 2021), J A Meek, 1860.

J A Meek Male 70 S Carolina

Eliza J Meek Female 43 N Carolina

Sarah E Meek Female 13 Arkansas

Ellen Meek Female 7 Arkansas

"United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", Franklin Township, Union, Arkansas FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKV3-6FT2 : 16 October 2019), John Meek, 1860. Owner of 16 slaves, ranging in ages from 55 down to 0.

• *Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 January 2020), memorial page for Dr John Alexander Meek, Sr (16 Apr 1791–9 Jan 1863), Find A Grave Memorial no. 102244935, ; Maintained by Roanna Dolan Griffin (contributor 47928961) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a He died in his sleep while visiting his son and because of the snow and impassable roads it is believed he was buried on the property where he passed..

Find A Grave: Memorial #102244935

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKN5-J49 : 4 December 2014), John A. Meek, Captain, Company G, 19th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Dockery's), Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M376 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 16; FHL microfilm 821,826.