William Myrick Speights

1787 - 1842  (55 years)

• Name	William Myrick Speights  [1]
  Birth	23 Jan 1787	Virginia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Oct 1842	Mississippi   [1, 3]
  Notes	Might instead have been born in South Carolina. From FindAGrave: "William and a brother, probably Asa, signed on a note for yet another brother, when he could not pay the note, William and Asa were unwilling to pay the note so to protect their assets, they left the state in the middle of the night, crossing the Mississippi River family and slaves. William was suffering from yellow fever, and died in the river crossing and was buried on the banks of the river. His new widow, Rebecca Hopkins Speights continued the journey to Texas and settled in Sabine County in 1843...
  Person ID	I957	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William Speights,   b. 25 Jun 1745, North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Ann Phelps,   b. Bef 1752   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1772	Chowan County, North Carolina   [2]
  Family ID	F700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Hopkins,   b. Abt 1796, South Carolina d. 4 Oct 1857, Texas (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1817	Virginia   [2, 4]
  Children	1. Susan Speights,   b. 3 Nov 1818   d. 28 Jul 1819 (Age 0 years)   2. Joshua Hopkins Speights,   b. 7 Dec 1819, Macon, Bibb County, Georgia d. 25 Aug 1889, Sabine County, Texas (Age 69 years)   3. Thomas Green Speights,   b. 9 Oct 1822, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   4. Susan A. Green Speights,   b. 7 Aug 1826   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Jonathan "Johnse" M. Hopkins Speights,   b. 20 Jun 1828, Mississippi d. 2 Dec 1912, Sabine County, Texas (Age 84 years)   6. Amanda Malvina Speights,   b. 20 Jul 1832, Mississippi d. 16 Sep 1846, Sabine County, Texas (Age 14 years)   7. Mary A. F. C. Speights,   b. 6 Dec 1835, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   8. Green William Speights,   b. 11 Jul 1839, Mississippi d. 23 Oct 1922, Texas (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Jan 1787 - Virginia Marriage - 17 Dec 1817 - Virginia Death - 23 Oct 1842 - Mississippi  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Parker, Brenda (brenda@dphospitality.com) "Beaman-Parker Fa mily Genealogy" Ver. Feb 9 09:31:07 2004 ; http://wc.roots web.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bbparker (Reliability: 3). [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 8 (Reliability: 3). [S58] McCary, Kay P. "Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.