Rebecca Hopkins

Abt 1796 - 1857  (61 years)

• Name	Rebecca Hopkins  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1796	South Carolina   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Oct 1857	Texas   [1, 2]
  Burial	Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Notes	Per "1850 Census Sabine County, Texas with added Family Information and Corrections", Rebecca Hopkins Speights owned 20 slaves. She might instead have been born in North Carolina, or Virginia. On April 27, 2013, a Historic Marker was dedicated at the Speights-Pratt Cemetery in Sabine County and reads "Rebecca Hopkins Speights (b. 1796) arrived in Sabine County in 1842 as a widow with four sons and a daughter*. She owned about 250 acres including this site, which became a cemetery with her burial in 1857. Sited near the Speights' home, the cemetery was actually on land granted to Mathew Arnold Parker, a Texas Revolutionary veteran and First Chief Justice (County Judge) of Sabine County. Joshua M. Hopkins Speights, buried here, was a State Legislator and County Judge. he and Hampton Pratt were among the first merchants in Hemphill. Of fifty-one marked graves, more than half bear the Speights surname. An unknown number of unmarked graves include Speights family slaves. The Speights-Pratt Cemetery Association manages this historic burial ground. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2010." *Most family descendants instead have attributed four daugthers to Rebecca, the eldest Susan, dying as an infant. The other daughters generally are shown as Susan Green Speights Low, the wife of Dr. James Low; Amands Melvina Speights, who died at age 14; and Mary A. F. C. Speights Caraway, wife of Nathaniel Caraway. More work should be done to verify the exact family makeup, and ensure which children commonly attributed to William Speights and Rebecca Hopkins were actually born to them. It may also be possible that the historical marker is incorrect, though that seems less likely.
  Person ID	I958	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	William Myrick Speights,   b. 23 Jan 1787, Virginia d. 23 Oct 1842, Mississippi (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1817	Virginia   [1, 3]
  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 - Abt 1796 - South Carolina Marriage - 17 Dec 1817 - Virginia Death - 4 Oct 1857 - Texas Burial - - Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] McCary, Kay P. "Speights Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 41462689 (Reliability: 3). [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.