Elizabeth C Sparks (1818 - abt. 1851)

Born 1818 in Mississippi, United States

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Died about 1851 at about age 33 in Texas

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Elizabeth C Sparks was born in 1818 in Lawrence County, Mississippi. Her parents were Richard Sparks and Elizabeth Cooper. She went with her parents to Yazoo County, Mississippi, about 1826 where they settled in an area that would become Holmes County in 1833. It was probably there that she was married to Samuel Everett Rogers about 1834. He had been born about 1809 in Tennessee. Shortly after their marriage, Sam and Elizabeth moved to Texas where their first child was born on September 18, 1835. Just two weeks earlier, Sam had been granted a "League and Labor" of land by the Mexican government. The land was located in what would become Montgomery County in 1837.

In the 1850 census Eliza (age 32) was in My Subdivision, Smith, Texas, United States.^[1]

She died about 1851, probably at the time their youngest child was born, and the family broke up. Some of the children went to live with their mother's relatives and in 1860, Frank Rogers, 16, and his sister, Mary Rogers, 11, were living in the household of their uncle, Stephen Franklin Sparks, in McLennan County. Living nearby was their brother, William Rogers, 18, in the household of their uncle, James Hawkins Sparks.

The estates of Richard and Elizabeth (Cooper) Sparks were settled on January 30, 1851. Named as heirs and appearing in court on the last Monday in August 1850, were the following:

• Stephen F. Sparks
• James Sharp, as guardian of the children of Mary A. Sharp: Elizabeth J., Emeline E., Joseph H., and Mary E.
• James Hawkins Sparks
• Eliza C. Rogers, alias Eliza C. Sparks, represented by her husand and attorney, Samuel Rogers.
• William F. Sparks, represented by his attorney, Stephen F. Sparks
• Thomas B. Sparks
• Andrew Jackson Sparks
• John M. Sparks, represented by his guardian appointed by the court,

Stephen F. Sparks

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: My Subdivision, Smith, Texas; Roll: 915; Page: 45b; Line Number: 3
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #1596746 (accessed 25 August 2023)
   Eliza C Rogers (32) in My Subdivision, Smith, Texas, USA. Born in Mississippi.

   Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Samuel Rogers	M	42	Farmer	North Carolina
   Eliza C Rogers	F	32		Mississippi
   James C Rogers	M	14		Texas
   William E Rogers	M	11		Texas
   Joseph F Rogers	M	6		Texas
   Thomas H Rogers	M	3		Texas
   John M Rogers	M	2		Texas
   Oliver G Martin	M	28	Cabinet Maker	Kentucky
   William H Carter	M	40	Lawyer	South Carolina

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