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John Speer (1748 - 1842)

John Speer
Born in County Antrim, Irelandmap
Ancestors ancestors
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married about 1795 in Jasper County, GAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 94 in Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

John Speer was born in 1748 in County Antrim, Ireland, son of John Speer (1723–1771) and Elinor Carlton (1733–1833).

John (46) married Mercy Harris (19) (born about 1775) in 1795 in Jasper County, GA. Their children were:

John died in 1842 in Georgia, United States, aged 93.

Research notes

Possibly relevant record - right sort of age and place : In the 1840 census John Spears (age 89) was in Age 89 No Twnshp Listed, Jasper, Georgia, United States.[1]

Sources

  1. 1840 Census: "Georgia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890"
    Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Georgia Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes; Page: 146
    Ancestry au Record 3542 #3633471 (subscription required, accessed 19 March 2024)
    John Spears (89) in Age 89 No Twnshp Listed, Jasper, Georgia, USA.
  • Source: S122 Author: Ancestry.com Title: OneWorldTree Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Repository: #R37
  • Repository: R37 Name: www.ancestry.com
  • Speer, W.E, editor, W E Speer Family History Newsletter.

Volume 2, July 1999, page 2, <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/p/e/Wade-E-Speer/FILE/0006page.html> as viewed on 27 September 2008.





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Speer-718 and Speer-656 appear to represent the same person because: They both are married to Harris-12471 and have the same death dates.
posted by Sheila Tidwell

Rejected matches › John Speer (1757-)

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