John Henry Hopkins Speights: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

1.	John Henry Hopkins Speights was born about 1850 in Sabine County, Texas (son of William Myrick Speights and Eliza R. Young); and died. Notes: Said to have married Emma Jane MARSHBURN. She was said to have also married a BOURLAND.

Generation: 2

William Myrick Speights was born about 1814 in Georgia (son of John Speights and Mary Ewing); and died.

Notes:

The book "1850 Census Sabine County, Texas with added family information and corrections," includes a list of slave owners in Sabine County. William Myrick Speights was shown as owning 15 slaves.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 1 Oct 1850
16-16
William R. Speights 36 M Farmer $5000 Ga
Eliza R. Speights 36 F Tenn
Nathaniel J. Carroway 15 M Miss
William R. Carroway 12 M Miss
Ellen E. Carroway 10 F Miss
John H. H. Speights 7/12 M Texas

William married Eliza R. Young before 1850. Eliza was born about 1814 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza R. Young was born about 1814 in Tennessee; and died.

Notes:

She married second William M. Speights, and is listed with him on the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census, with her three Carroway children and infant son John H. H. Speights.

Children:

1. John Henry Hopkins Speights was born about 1850 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.

Generation: 3

4. John Speights was born before 1796; and died.
John married Mary Ewing. Mary was born before 1798; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5.
Mary Ewing was born before 1798; and died.
Children:

2. William Myrick Speights was born about 1814 in Georgia; and died.