TALBOT COUNTY, GA - ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: ============== SPINKS FAMILY 82 - Spinks Cemetery - From Talbotton, GA go east on US Hwy 80 for 9.3 miles, turn right and go 4 miles, turn right and go 0.1 mile to cemetery on right of road. Recorded by Morgan. Spinks, Martha Dau of Isaac Sr Spinks, Mary Dau of Isaac Sr Additional information: They appear to have been raised by Littleton Pierson and his wife. In his will he left everything to them, his wife having already passed away. 1830 > GEORGIA > TALBOT > NO TWP LISTED Series: M19 Roll: 20 Page: 344 (HQ) image 45 Littleton C. Pearson 000001000(0000) 00010100000 -------- 1840 CENSUS TALBOT CO. GA 227 IMAGE 69 PAGE 4 Pierson, L. C. 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 40-50, 5 male slaves under 10, 1 male slave 10-24, 1 male slave 24-35, 2 female slaves under 10, 2 female slaves 10-24, 1 female slave 24-35, 10 in h/h employed in agriculture. -------- 1850 CENSUS 24TH DISTRICT TALBOT COUNTY GEORGIA PAGE 551 ENUMERATION DATE OCTOBER 3 1850 HOUSEHOLD 917 FAMILY 917 Pearson, Littleton---age (54), male, farmer, real value 1000, born SC Pearson, Nancy---age 50, female, born GA Spades, Mary---age 26, female, born GA Spades, Martha---age (24), female, born GA ---------- 1860 Talbot Co., GA Centre P O Series: M653 Roll: 137 Page: 551 60/60 (HQ) Littleton Pearson 62 m planter 2000/5892 SC Nancy 61 GA Mary Spinks 33 GA Martha 32 GA Franklin 18 GA John 14 GA 61/61 Isaac Spinks 71 m farmer 200re/278pe NC Rachael 48 f GA c/n r/w Elizabeth 21 f GA c/n r/w Jackson 20 m GA atnd sch Nancy 18 f GA Sarah A. 16 f GA Thomas 12 m GA Frances 9 f GA --------- 1870 > GEORGIA > TALBOT > HARTS DIST pg 67(written), Jun 24 1870, Robt. D. W___, Series: M593 Roll: 175 Page: 100b 495/494 (HQ) Littleton Pierson 73 farmer 800re/150pe NC >21 Martha Spinks 40 khouse GA Mary Spinks 4 GA --------- Georgia Marriages to 1850 Name: Littleton Pearson Spouse: Nancy McCorkle Marriage Date: 28 Jan 1817 Marriage County: Jones Marriage State: Georgia -------- both died -- no issue ------- Will: Littleton Pierson leaves all to Martha E. Spinks and Mary Spinks, who he raised from small children and who have lived with him since he took them and attended to him faithfully, as well as in health and from the results of the war. There is enough to support them. Appoints John T. Pearson as executor. Wit: B. T. Pye E. J. Holmes Signed Nov. 5, 1873 Littleton Pearson seal John T. Pearson declines & refuses to qualify as Executor S? John T. Pearson Recorded May 11, 1874 G. W. N. Forbes, Ordinary Talbot County, Ga. Book B, p. 202 (As typed by Sydney Kilpatrick) ------------ 1880 census/familysearch District 886, Talbot, Georgia FHL Film 1254166 NA Film Number T9-0166 Page Number 260B Mary SPINKS Self S Female W 45 GA Keeping House GA GA Martha SPINKS Sister S Female W 43 GA GA GA ---- 1900 > GEORGIA > TALBOT > PRATTSBURG Series: T623 Roll: 222 Page: 75 (HQ) 32/35 June 2 1900, Henry B. Kembrough, enum 57, sheet 2A, stamped 75 in h/h of (Gus Wilson?) & Ella Miss Martha Spinks aunt w f Mch 1825 75 s GA GA GA ----- 1910 > GEORGIA > TALBOT > PRATTSBURG Series: T624 Roll: 214 Page: 70 (HQ) 106/108 May 5 1910, Mrs. Sallie C. Matthews, enum 124, sheet (5)B in the h/h of Jack Spinks Martha Spinks half-sister f w 86 GA GA GA E none r/w ----- I didn't find Martha in 1920. So looks like Mary died between 1880 & 1900, and Martha died between 1910 & 1920.