Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....SPENCE, WILLIAM M. 1845 - 
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WILLIAM M. SPENCE, farmer, Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ga., son of Hiram and 
Angeline (Cheney) Spence, was born in Morgan county, Ga., in 1845. His 
paternal grandparents, George and Mary (Knight) Spence, were born in Maryland, 
came to Georgia in ox-carts in 1798 and settled in the woods in what is now 
Morgan county. He was a delegate to the secession convention, served many 
years as a justice of the peace and lived to be a very old man.. Mr. Spence's 
parents were born in Morgan county, his father in 1821, and removed to Carroll 
county in 1847, settling in the woods and clearing for a farm the place where 
Mr. Spence now lives. He was a justice of the peace many years. During the war 
he served in the state militia and participated in the defense of Atlanta. 
Both parents were members of the Primitive Baptist church and were much 
esteemed by their neighbors. The parents of his mother, Thomas and Lucy 
Cheney, were born in Maryland and came to Georgia in 1798. They ranked among 
the best people in every respect. Mr. Spence was reared on the farm where he 
now lives, and taught by his mother, he learned his ABC's out of the old 
family bible. Then he attended school in a log cabin in the woods, with dirt 
floor, seats made of slabs and the chimney of sticks and mud, with square 
holes cut through the sides for windows. In March, 1864, he enlisted in 
Company K, Second Georgia regiment, known as state line troops, and after the 
Confederate army entered Georgia, served under Gens. Johnston and Hood. After 
the war he resumed_farming at which he has prospered and placed himself in 
comfortable circumstances. Mr. Spence was married in 1868 to Miss Delphia 
McPhearson (born in Carroll county), daughter of Elijah and Sarah McPhearson, 
who migrated from Tennessee to Georgia and were among the early settlers of 
the county. To him nine children pave been born: Leon, Ella, Ida, Cora, 
William, Newton, Albert, Mary and Ivey. Mr. Spence is regarded as one of the 
county's most substantial and reliable citizens, and is highly respected by 
all who know him. Mrs. Spence is a member of the Primitive Baptist church. 
 
	HENRY H. STRICKLAND, farmer, Carrollton, Carroll Co., Ga., son of John 
M. and Sarah (Knight) Strickland, was born in Coweta county in 1842. His 
father was born in Butts county, Ga., in 1811 and his mother was a daughter of 
John Knight. Mr. Strickland was reared on the farm and received a good common 
school education. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B (Capt., afterward Co. 
Ector) Thirteenth Georgia regiment, and was first W Gen. Lawton’s brigade, 
then in Gen. J. B. Gordons and lastly in Gen. Clement A. Evans'. He was with 
Gen. Evans when the following incident occurred: Gen. Evans received an order 
from Gen. Lee to assault and capture a certain position, but afterward, 
believing it too hazardous, Gen. Lee countermanded the order. When Gen. Evans 
received the first order he made the assault and received the counter order in 
the captured position. Mr. Strickland was in the battles at Cotton hill, 
Martinsburg, Winchester, Cedar run, the seven days' fight, Spottsylvania court 
house, Sharpsburg and second Manassas, and in innumerable skirmishes in the 
valley, at one thirty days of almost continuous fighting. He was wounded three 
times--at Sharpsburg, Cedar run and second Manassas--one wound disabling him 
for nearly three months, but he escaped capture. 
After the war he attended Bowdon college two years and a half, afterward 
taught school three years and then engaged in fanning, at which he has 
prospered, owns a fine landed estate, including a farm and property in Bowdon. 
Mr. Strickland was married in 1871 to Miss Mary E. Camp, born in Coweta 
county, daughter of G. W. and Mary A.(Colbert) Camp, and to them ten children 
have been born: Maud, George, Henry, John, Sallie, Lillian, Colbert, Lee, 
Warner and Katie. Mr. and Mrs. Strickland and all of their children save 
Sallie, are members of the Methodist Episcopal church south, and Mr. 
Strickland is a Master Mason. He has honestly obtained the high estimation in 
which he is held.



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