Ann Sparks (Witt) Fitzpatrick (1777 - aft. 1850)

Born 16 Jun 1777 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Fitzpatrick Sr — married 18 Jun 1792 in Amherst County, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 6 Jul 1850 after age 73 in Atwood, Piatt County, Illinois, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Called Ann Sparks Fitzpatrick in the 1818 (written in 1816) Nelson County will of her father (copy attached in Images), David Witt, she was given "a negro man Joe". In the year 1820, Ann's mother, Sarah "Sally" Witt began to distribute her husband's estate, including transferring the slaves (with the exception of Hannah and Bet, who she kept in her household). Joe ought to have been transferred to Ann that year. No slaves appear in the 1820 census for Samuel Fitzpatrick, but it may be that Sarah had not yet transferred Joe before the census was taken that year. She had transferred some, but not all, of the slaves, and a male between the ages of 14-25 is listed in her household that could have been Joe.

Ann's husband, Samuel, died in 1825, and as a result of an Indenture, much of the household's goods, furniture, livestock, and crops were sold.

Slaves

• Joe Witt

Census

1850^[1]: Living in Augusta County, Augusta, Virginia, with her son-in-law William Merritt and daughter Rachael. Ann is 73 and born in Virginia.

Research Notes

One of the merged profiles listed Ann's death place as Atwood, Douglas, Illinois, United States; however, she was in Virginia per the 1850 census. There is no source for this information, so am adding here. If someone has a primary source, please provide it.

Find-A-Grave Ann Sparks Witt Fitzpatrick BIRTH 16 Jun 1777 West Virginia BURIAL Harshbarger Cemetery Atwood, Piatt Co. IL Daughter of David and Sally (Abney) Witt. Parents David Witt 1750-1818 Sarah Abney Witt 1755-1818 Spouse Samuel Fitzpatrick 1771-1825 Siblings Dannett Abney Witt 1771-1840 Celia Witt Oglesby 1779-1862 Malinda Linney Witt Wade 1780-1860 Candice Cecil Witt Hamlett 1781 - unknown Burgess Witt 1783-1872 Children Jane Fitzpatrick Johns 1795-1854 Samuel Iota Fitzpatrick 1808-1862 Barbara Ann Fitzpatrick Brown 1814-1891 Clough Shelton Fitzpatrick 1816-1903 Rachel Ann Fitzpatrick Merritt 1820-1872

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Ann Sparks Witt Birth Place: VA Spouse Name: Samuel Fitzpatrick Marriage 1792 VA

Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 Name: Ann Sparks Spouse: Samul Fitzpatrick Marriage Date: 18 Jun 1792 Marriage Location: Amherst Co. VA

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M88G-H3H : 12 April 2016), Anna S Fitzpatrick in household of William Merrett, Augusta county, Augusta, Virginia, United States; citing family 776, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLT-FB9 : accessed 24 May 2021), Samuel Fitzpatrick, Waynesboro, Augusta, Virginia, United States; citing p. 23, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 132; FHL microfilm 193,691.
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9PH-9WL FamilySearch website (no citation available, this links to original document of estate sale)
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P7-S9QW-8 FamilySearch website (no citation available, this links to original document for indenture)