Mary Lucretia (Amos) Speaks (abt. 1767 - 1858)

Born about 1767 in Coosha, Lauderdale, Mississippi

Descendants

Died 1858 at about age 91 in Iredell, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary Lucretia Amos was the daughter of a Choctaw leader named simply Amos ( Amos, Sr.). She was born on the Tombigbee River in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Other sources list her birth year as 1766, but, based on census data that doesn't always match up, it should be between 1776 and 1780 but that would be too late for her daughter, Mary, born in 1783.

Lucretia married Aaron Lucky Speaks. ^{[1] [2]} Probate records list at least six children for Aaron Lucky Speaks and Mary Lucretia Amos.

Aaron was born 1764 in Rowan County (the part that became Iredell County in 1778), North Carolina. He later joined the Army, and was sent to Coosha, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to quell an uprising of the Creek Indians against the Choctaw Indians. While there, he met and married Mary Lucretia Amos, a Choctaw Indian girl. ^[2]

Lee Elbert Johnson describes Mary Lucretia Amos as a niece of Nahotima Amos through an unidentified brother of Nahotima, who according to Johnson was a chief in the Choctaw Nation. Johnson fails to provide documentation; however the information is not discounted. Lucretia died in the year 1858 in Iredell County, North Carolina, moving there with her husband after their marriage. ^{[2] [3]}

Children

Probate records in 1855 show the children of Aaron Luke Speaks as follows:

1. Mary "Polly" Speaks (1783-1872), married Micajah Cader Privett (1781–1841)
2. Alfred Speake (1790-1824)
3. William Richmon Speaks (1795-1820)
4. Allison Speaks (1796-1863), married Nancy Redman (1796-1869)
5. Aladelphia Delphia Speaks (1796-1852), married William Bell (1788-1860), moved to Indiana
6. Musedine Speaks (1799-1885), married Aladelphia Dorous (1804-1887)
7. Sue Speaks (1804-?)

The birth and death dates have been inserted, based on profiles. Either the birth year for her first daughter, Mary, is wrong or Lucretia's birth year is wrong.

Census

1800: Salisbury, Iredell, North Carolina, USA ^[4]

Household of Luckey Speaks: White Males: Under 10 (3), 10-15 (1), 16-25 (1), 26-44 (1, Lucky). White Females: Under 10 (1), 10-15 (1), 16-25 (1, Lucretia), 26-44 (1).

1810: Iredell, North Carolina, USA ^[5]

Household of Lucky Speaks: White Males: Under 10 (1), 10-15 (1), 16-25 (1), 45+ (1, Lucky). White Females: 10-15 (1), 16-25 (1), 45+ (1). Slaves: 6. For Lucretia, this doesn't match the other census - she should be 30-34.

1820: Iredell, North Carolina, USA ^[6]

Household of Luckey Speaks: Lists 1 White Male 45 and over (Luckey), and 1 White Female 26 thru 44 (Lucretia). Also lists 5 male Slaves and 7 female Slaves.

1830: Iredell, North Carolina, USA ^[7]

Laudia Speaks, Head of household, lists 1 female between 50-59 years of age.

Sources

1. ↑ Lucretia Amos and Aaron Lucky Speaks Marriage Record, Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA; Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Graham, Harold. The Family Connections of Jack Amos, Jack Amos, Newton County Citizen, Newton County, Mississippi Historical and Genealogical Society.
3. ↑ A L Speaks Wills and Probate Record 1825 via Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch, Luckey Speaks, Salisbury, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 626, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905. Note: First name mis-transcribed as Lockey.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch, Lucky Speaks, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 176, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 40; FHL microfilm 337,913.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch, Luckey Speaks, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 235, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 80; FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch : 29 July 2017 Link (Laudia Speaks), Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing 33, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 122; FHL microfilm 18,088. Note: First name mis-transcribed as Laudia.

• "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVCP-C5V : 30 July 2017), M Speakes, Iredell county, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing line number 7, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 444,666.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Crater Family Tree.ged on 04 January 2011.