James
Madison
Sparkman
Sr.
Born about in North Carolina
Ancestors 
Brother of
Thomas Sparkman, Elizabeth (Sparkman) Byrd, George Thomas Sparkman Sr., Sarah (Sparkman) Todd, Solomon Sparkman, William B. Sparkman Sr. and Edward Edmund Sparkman Jr.
Husband of
Frances (Hughes) Sparkman
— married
30 Nov 1790 in Windsor, Bertie Co., NC
Descendants 
Father of
Angeline Ray Sparkman, John R. Sparkman, Hardeman Sparkman, William Soloman Sparkman Sr., George Sparkman, Nancy (Sparkman) January, Martha Sparkman, Frances Narcissa (Sparkman) Morris, James Madison Sparkman Jr. and Henry Sparkman
Died
at about age 75
in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Feb 2014
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Biography
James first appears in the Bertie Co., NC tax list in 1794. His Will: Sept. 3, 1844 Grainger Co., Tennessee. James is buried in the McElroy Cemetery in Van Buren Co. TN.
Children
- 1. Angeline Ray "Angy" Sparkman (1797-). No cemetery.
- 2. John "Jack" Sparkman (1801-1884). Died at age 83. Memorial #5824280.
- 3. Hardeman A. "Hardy" Sparkman (1803-1876). Died at age 73.
- 4. William Solomon Sparkman (1809-1892). Died at age 83. Memorial #5826341.
- 5. George Sparkman (1811-1860). Died at age 49. No cemetery.
- 6. Frances Narcessa Sparkman (1815-1888). Died at age 73.
- 7. Martha "Patsy" Sparkman (1817-). No cemetery.
- 8. James Madison Sparkman, Jr. (1819-1869). Died at age 50. Memorial #5826339, Memorial #5826343, and Memorial #5826344.
- 9. Henry Sparkman (1820-1883). Died at age 63. No cemetery. Died in Dallas County, Texas.
Sources
- https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZVP-8JN/james-madison-sparkman-sr.-1770-1845
- Bertie Co., NC Marriage Index 1728-1850
- http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/i/s/Ruth-B-Fisher/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0443.html
- 1800 Bertie Co., NC Census shows James 26-45 years old, a son 1-10 years old, a son 16-26 years old, a daughter 1-10 years old and his wife 16-26 years old.
- Findagrave.com http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sparkman&GSfn=James&GSmn=Madison&GSby=1770&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=5826339&df=all&
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~3.12%
Nancy Sparkman
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a957775 [compare], Ancestry member nsbrownlee
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~1.56%
Wesley Franklin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M170459 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #81528
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~1.56%
Joshua Sparkman :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Sandra Nowak :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Linda (Carey) Ahearn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Darlene Franklin :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Anne Woodworth :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Teri Roberts :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jennifer Hart :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A647226 [compare], Ancestry member jvenar1
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~0.78%
D (Ray) Kenney :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A481764 [compare], Ancestry member Tergiversada
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~0.78%
Tracy (Walker) Morales :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A341533 [compare], Ancestry member tracymmorales
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~0.78%
Debra Holloway :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Brenda (Knight) Smith :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T086417 [compare], FTDNA kit #464275
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Bob Thomas :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Laverne (Hammock) Tornow :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HF8149298 [compare], yourDNAportal LAV08eebf1d, Ancestry member lavhamm1
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~0.39%
Lee Sparkman :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member matthew_lee_sparkman
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