William Myrick Speights

Abt 1814 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	William Myrick Speights  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1814	Georgia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  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
  Person ID	I3194	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John Speights,   b. Bef 1796   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Ewing,   b. Bef 1798   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza R. Young,   b. Abt 1814, Tennessee d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1850  [1]
  Children	1. John Henry Hopkins Speights,   b. Abt 1850, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1814 - Georgia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District Enumerated 1 Oct 1850 16-16 (Reliability: 3).