64. Edward Sparkman
This family had land grants in the western portion of North Carolina in what was known as the "Tanasive Territory" and is now known as the Great Smokie Mountain Park. There is a family bible in the "Christis Garden" museum just outside of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
The Bertie County Tax lists show the following Sparkmans':1788 In one household
EDWARD SPARKMAN
GEORGE SPARKMAN, son of Edward
WILLIAM SPARKMAN, ORPHAN, brother of Edward
THOMAS SPARKMAN, brother of Edward1791 In one household
WILLIAM SPARKMAN, orphan, son of Edward d. 1790
THOMAS SPARKMAN, orphan, son of Edward d. 1790
GEORGE SPARKMAN
WILLIAM SPARKMANNow some background information which was obtained by Sparkman descendants from Dr. C. C. Miller, Jr. of Natchez, Mississippi.
"In 1835 a bunch of the Sparkman's in White Co., Tennessee granted power of attorney to Aquilla Todd of Grainger County, Tennessee to help them get their share of their Uncle Edward's estate-in Bertie Co., N. C.".....the following year a bunch of other Sparkmans' followed suit...interestinly enough the following people were the ones who wanted thier "Uncle Edward's" estate
In 1835 they were
JOHN "JACKIE" SPARKMAN, son of James
GEORGE SPARKMAN, JR or II, son of George b. 1765
SOLOMON SPARKMAN, son of George b. 1765
LEWIS SPARKMAN son of George b. 1765
BRYANT SPARKMAN (Thomas Bryant b. 1803), son of George b. 1765
WILLIAM SPARKMAN, son of George b. 1765
MICAJAH SIMMONS & NANCY, son-in-law & daughter of George b. 1765
DRURY SIMMONS & TABITHA, son-in-law & daughter of George b. 1765
FRANCIS SIMMONS & MARTHA, son-in-law & daughter of George b.1765It is a pretty well known fact that George b. 1765, James, Thomas, etc. are descended from Edward Sparkman who died in 1790. In fact, Captain William Sparkman mentions both Edward and his son Edward in his will which is dated 1782 and proven in 1785.
White Co., Tennessee - buried Sparkman Cemetary
ID: I2287 Name: Jacob BERKEL II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Sex: M ALIA: Jacob [Berkel] /Pirtle/ II
Birth: 1760 in Laurens County, PA Birth: 1760 13
Death: 14 MAY 1837 in Hardeman Co., TN
Death: 1837 13
Burial: 1837 Pirtle's Bluffs, Hardeman Co., TN
Burial: Pirtle's Bluff 13 Reference Number: IND22266Note:
"The Pirtle Family" by Hazel Dell Pirtle King & Phyllis Inez Pirtle Smith, Page 13. "The Pirtle Families of Hardeman Co., TN" By James Riley Pirtle:Emigrated from South Carolina to Caldwell and Livingston Counties in Kentucky about 1797 before settling in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Supposedly raised the first corn crop in Hardeman County in 1821 and was on the commission that established that county in 1823. Also served as Justice of the Peace in that county. CEMETERY LISTINGS:TN:Northwestern Hardeman Co:Vol. I:Copyright 1995: By Owen-Davidson-Cox :Page 25 Rainey Cemetery. WILLS:TN:"Wills-Estates Settlements and Guardian Bonds" Extracted by Faye Tennyson Davidson, Fae Jacobs Owens and Compiled by R. Harold Cox, Page 11. DEEDS:SC:Deed Book "E":Greenville Co., SC, 1830:AL:CENSUS:Bibb Co:Listed Tennessee the Volunteer State 1769—1923: Volume 1:HARDEMAN COUNTY Hardeman County was erected on October 16, 1823, from the Western District and was named in honor of Col. Thomas Jones Hardeman. By the act which created it this county was directed to have the first sessions of its courts held at the house of Thomas McNeil. On October 17, 1823, the county was organized by the following named commissioners: Andrew Taylor, Wm. Polk, Jacob Pirtle, Jno. Y. Cochran, Wm. P. Robertson, Nathan Stell, and John Rosson. Wm. Polk was chosen chairman and Thos. Hardeman, clerk and J. C. N. Robertson, sheriff of the first Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. Settlements began in 1819, but the first notable settlement was made in 1821 by Col. Ezekiel Polk, grandfather of President James K. Polk, William Polk, son of Col. Ezekiel Polk, Thomas McNeal, son-in-law of Col. Ezekiel Polk, Thomas J. Hardeman and his grandson, Rufus P. Neely. The committee appointed to select the county seat was composed of Abram Maury, Wm. Hall, James Fentress and Benj. Reynolds. They selected a site one mile north of the present location, and Maj. Wm. Ramsey donated twenty-six acres for the site. The county seat was at first called Hatchie, but in 1824 the present site was selected and was called Bolivar in honor of Simon Bolivar, the patriot and liberator of Venezuela. Major Ramsey and Colonel Polk gave fifty acres for the new town site. The first teacher in the county was, perhaps, Henry Thompson. Early papers were the Palladium, The Sentinel, and Free Press. Bolivar is the home of the Western Hospital for the Insane. Statistics of Hardeman County: Population of 1920, 22,278. Assessed valuation of taxable property, 1921, $9,282,472. Area, 640 square miles. Number of farms, 3,535. Railway mileage, 95. Borders on Mississippi and drained by the Big Hatchie. Its surface is nearly level and in sections covered with fine timber. Soil fertile, and it is one of the best cotton producing counties. Other staples are corn and hay. Traversed by Illinois Central, Southern, and N. C. & St. L. Railroads. Bolivar, the county seat, is on the I. C. 18 miles south of Jackson, and has a population of 1,031, with good schools and churches, weekly newspapers, two banks, and manufacturing and commercial establishments. Scholastic population of county, 8,414; high schools, 6; elementary schools, 104. TAX ROLLS:KY:Livingston Co:Dated March 10, 1800:Michael, Purtle Sr., Michael Purtle, Jr., *Jacob Purtle, Martin Purtle, Peter Purtle, and Samuel Purtle, all appeared on the tax 1800 roll. LAND GRANTS:KY: Kentucky Land Grants, The:Jillson:Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, reprint 1971:Both the Cammack and Purtle families settled in the Livingston County,Kentucky area. We find the following land grants to the Pirtle family in Kentucky: Jacob Pirtle, 200 acres, surveyed December 30, 1798, in Christian Co. KY and 100 acres surveyed June 1, 1803, in Livingston County, KY. Martin Pirtle, 200 acres, surveyed February 6, 1799, in Christian Co., KY Michael Pirtle, 200 acres, surveyed December 31, 1799, in Christian Co., KY, and 50 acres, surveyed July 25, 1800, in Livingston Co., KY; Peter Pirkle, 200 acres, surveyed February 12, 1801, and 50 acres surveyed February 5, 1803, both in Livingston Co., KY. (4)-) Part 1, p. 386. "Descendants of Michael B. Purtle" by Buckley, James Leo, Jr:Jacob Pirtle built his home (mounds of where the chimneys stood were evident at the turn of the century) by a wonderful spring in the vicinity near where Tennessee Highway 100 now crosses the Hatchie River - about four miles west of Toone. By 1823 there were enough residents in the district that a petition was sent to the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee at Murfreesboro to organize a county. Among the signers of this petition were Jacob Pirtle and his sons, William C., Benjamin W. and Robert Pirtle. Jacob Pirtle served on the Commission that established the county when it was organized from Hardin Co. on Oct. 17, 1823, and he was a member of the first Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held on Nov. 17, 1823. He served on the court for many years. He also served on the first jury in the county. Jacob Pirtle died in 1837 (his wife, Mary called "Polly", had died in Kentucky) and was buried on his 190 acre tract of land on the high hill at the mouth of Gin Creek and the Hatchie River (these bluffs along the Hatchie River were known as Pirtle's Bluffs in steam boating days). He also owned another tract of land on Short Creek on the south side of the Hatchie River. His will was recorded. [JLB Note: Polly Purtle gave mother's consent on Feb. 27, 1821 for the marriage of their daughter Priscilla to Walter D. Scott in Caldwell Co., Ky. "Descendants of Michael B. Purtle" by Buckley, James Leo, Jr:In 1833 two of Jacob Pirtle's sons, Benjamin W. Pirtle (by 1840 he lived in Red River Co., Texas) and two daughters, Priscilla (she married Walter Scott) and Mary M. (she married Isaac Jones) moved to Western Arkansas (the Dallas, Ark., area) with James Pirtle (son of Martin Pirtle). Jacob Pirtle's youngest son ,Isaac Pirtle, (he married Eunice Cunningham) also moved there by 1836, but he later lived in Ouachita Co., Ark., and then moved on to Lamar Co., Texas, where he died in 1875. The residence of Jacob Pirtle's other two daughters, Sally married ___ Gibbs) and Rebecca married ___ Boutt), is unknown. However, four of Jacob Pirtle's sons - Michael Pirtle, John B. Pirtle, William C. Pirtle and Robert Pirtle - lived out their lives in Hardeman Co., and they and their families have made significant contributions to the county. The two sons of Martin Pirtle were:James Pirtle (he married Charity Roberts), and Martin W. Pirtle (he married Martha Jane Duboise and later was a Justice of the Peace in Hardeman Co.). Tradition has it that they floated down the Tennessee (or Cumberland), Ohio and Mississippi rivers and up the Hatchie River in flat boats. Jacob Pirtle may have visited the area as early as 1819. "Goodspeed's History of Tennessee" does state that Jacob Pirtle "raised a crop of corn in 1821". KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS:Volume 1;Part 1;CHAPTER VII GRANTS WEST OF TENNESSEE RIVER (1822-1858) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY: page 685:Grantee: Pirtle, Jacob:Acres: 100:Book: E:Page: 215:Date Survey: 10-10-1817 County: Caldwell:Watercourse: Tennessee River: page 685:Grantee: Pirtle, Jacob:Acres: 200:Book: E:Page: 216:Date Survey: 10-10-1817 County: Caldwell:Watercourse: Tennessee River: KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS:Volume 1;Part 1;CHAPTER VII GRANTS WEST OF TENNESSEE RIVER (1822-1858) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY:page 386;Grantee: Pirtle, Jacob;Acres: 100;Book: 6;Page: 253;Date Survey: 6- 1-1803;County: Livingston;Watercourse: Poplar Creek;Grantee: Pirtle, Jacob;Acres: 200;Book: 6; Page: 254;Date Survey: 12-30-1798;County: Christian;Watercourse: Livingston Creek; Kentucky Land Grants:Volume 1;Part 1;Chapter IV: Grants South of Green River (1797-1866):THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY:Page 388:Grantee: Purtle, Jacob;Acres: 200;Book: 21;Page: 332;Date Survey: 1- 1-1799;County: Christian;Watercourse: Skinframe Creek Although there are many descendants of Jacob Pirtle living in Hardeman Co. today, there are very few there with the Pirtle name. And when one returns to present day Hardeman Co. to see the old homesteads, cemeteries and other places related to the family history, he will be disappointed. Even the Pirtle Cemetery, located about one-half mile south of the Bolivar- Cloverport Road and one-half mile west of Tennessee Highway 100, is now hard to find in the woods. Fortunately, the Toone Cemetery, Rainey Cemetery and Vernon Cemetery are still kept up and easily found. These are all located near Toone, Tenn., and are the resting place for many of the Hardeman Co. Pirtle's .The old Greenwood Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which was the church home to most of the Pirtle's is gone. It had moved three times through the years. The fine antebellum homes of Isacc Walter Pirtle and Robert Jackson Pirtle have been torn down. The school houses are gone. Even the roads have changed. There is little to remind you that for generations Pirtle families lived off the land in the Toone community. It is an age passed by, but for all the descendants, Hardeman Co. is where our roots are, and we are proud of our heritage." JLB Note: The above was copied in its entirety rather than being inserted in chronological sequence since it provides an excellent history of the Hardeman Pirtles. The following notes are more closely in chronological order. "Wills - Estate Settlements and Guardian Bonds" Extracted by Faye Tennyson Davidson, Fae Jacobs Owens and Compiled by R. Harold Cox; Page 11; Will Book I page 510; 14 May 1835: Jacob Pirtle Sons: Michael Pirtle Daughters: Sally Pirtle Gibbs Rebbecca Pirtle Boutt* The rest of property he does not specify relationship: John Pirtle Priscilla Pirtle Scott* William Pirtle Benjamin Pirtle Mary Pirtle Jones Robert pirtle Isaac Pirtle Exec: Sons William & Robert pirtle Wits:John Caldwell & Johnson Day Jacob Pirtle 1830 PIRTLE JACOB Hardeman Co TN 374 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule TN 1830 Federal Census Index TNS3a1460235 1800 PURTLE JACOB Livingston County KY No Township Listed Tax list KYEarly Census Index KYS1a2474294 1790 Fed. Census of South Carolina The following items concern the Purtle family and their appearance in the First Census. The entries were recorded on page 70: Name of head of family: Purtle, Jacob Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white males under 16 years: 2 Free white females, including heads of families: 2 Name of head of family: Purtle, Martin Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white males under 16 years: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 2 Name of head of family: Purtle, Michal Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 3 Free white females, including heads of families: 2[Fleet.ged] In 1819, Jacob and his family came by flatboat down the Ohio, Mississippi and Hatchie Rivers to settle in Hardeman Co., TN northwest of Toone, TN. He was one of the Commissioners who helped to organize Hardeman County in 1823. Buried Pirtle's Bluff close to Hatchie River on William's farm.
Father: Michael Leonhardt BERKEL </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3486> b: 20 AUG 1736 in PA Mother: Barbara MCCLAIN </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3487> b: ABT. 1735 in Greenville Co., SC Marriage 1 Mary DAY </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3484> b: ABT. 1760 in Scotland
Married: ABT. 1781 in Greenville Co., SC
Marriage fact: 14 MAY 1837 in Hardeman Co., TN
Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse
Children
Sally PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I1824> b: ABT. 1782 in Hardeman Co., TN
Rebecca PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0219> b: ABT. 1784 in Hardeman Co., TN
Michael PIRTLE III </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0073> b: ABT. 1786 in TN
John B. PIRTLE , Sr. </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0175> b: 1788 in Greenville Co., SC
William (Billy) C. PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3466> b: 16 JUL 1790 in Granville Co. SC
Mary Ann PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I2575> b: ABT. 1794 in Callwell Co., KY
Priscilla PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0082> b: 1796 in Greenville, SC.
Benjamin W. PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I2255> b: ABT. 1797
Robert W. PIRTLE , Sr. </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0080> b: 15 SEP 1805 in Toone, Hardeman Co., TN
Isaac PIRTLE , Sr. </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I1828> b: 29 JUN 1809 in Hardeman Co., TN
Sources:Title: BOOKS:"Pirtle Family, The" by Hazel Dell Pirtle King & Phyllis Inez Pirtle Smith Author: The Kentucky Line is not proven as part of the Tennessee line. Publication: July 1979 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: page 13
Title: Manuscript:"Pirtle Families of Hardeman Co., The" Author: By James Riley Pirtle Publication: TN:1995 Repository: Note: Copy in Wanda Pirtle Cronauer's files Call Number: Media: Manuscript
Title: CEMETERY LISTINGS:TN:Northwestern Hardeman Co:Vol. I: 1995 Author: by Owen-Davidson-Cox Publication: Copyright 1995 Repository: Note: Copy in Wanda Pirtle Cronauer's files Call Number: Media: Tombstone Page: Page 25 Rainey Cemetery.
Title: WILLS:TN:Wills-Estates Settlements and Guardian Bonds:Extracted by Faye Tennyson Davidson, Fae Jacobs Owens and Compiled by R. Harold Cox Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Page 11
Title: 1830:AL:CENSUS:Bibb Co Repository: Call Number: Media: Census
Title: BOOKS:"Tennessee the Volunteer State Vol 1:Hardeman Co" TN: 1769-1923 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book
Title: TAX ROLLS:KY:Livingston Co:Dated March 10, 1800 Repository: Call Number: Media: Civil Registry
Title: LAND GRANTS:KY: Kentucky Land Grants, The:Jillson:Genealogical Publishing Co.Baltimore, reprint 1971 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book
Title: Manuscript: "Descendants of Michael B. Purtle" Author: by Buckley, James Leo, Jr. Repository: Note: Copy in Wanda Pirtle Cronauer's files Call Number: Media: Manuscript
Title: KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS:Volume 1;Part 1;CHAPTER VII GRANTS WEST OF TENNESSEE RIVER (1822-1858) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY Repository: Note: Copy in Wanda Pirtle Cronauer's files Call Number: Media: Book Page: page 386
Title: Kentucky Land Grants:Volume 1;Part 1;Chapter IV: Grants South of Green River (1797-1866):THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY Repository: Note: Copy in Wanda Pirtle Cronauer's files Call Number: Media: Book Page: page 388
Title: Persi:"Jacob Pirtle will, 1837, Hardeman co., TN" - "Family Findings, Vol 3, Number 2, Apr 1971 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic
Title: gedcom file:Fleet.ged Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Jun 12, 1999
121. Mary Day
ID: I3484 Name: Mary DAY 1 2 Sex: F Birth: ABT. 1760 in Scotland Death: in KY 1 Death: ABT. 1810 in KY Reference Number: IND649 Marriage 1 Jacob BERKEL II </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I2287> b: 1760 in Laurens County, PA
Married: ABT. 1781 in Greenville Co., SC
Marriage fact: 14 MAY 1837 in Hardeman Co., TN
Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse
Children
Sally PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I1824> b: ABT. 1782 in Hardeman Co., TN
Rebecca PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0219> b: ABT. 1784 in Hardeman Co., TN
Michael PIRTLE III </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0073> b: ABT. 1786 in TN
John B. PIRTLE , Sr. </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0175> b: 1788 in Greenville Co., SC
William (Billy) C. PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I3466> b: 16 JUL 1790 in Granville Co. SC
Mary Ann PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I2575> b: ABT. 1794 in Callwell Co., KY
Priscilla PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0082> b: 1796 in Greenville, SC.
Benjamin W. PIRTLE </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I2255> b: ABT. 1797
Robert W. PIRTLE , Sr. </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I0080> b: 15 SEP 1805 in Toone, Hardeman Co., TN
Isaac PIRTLE , Sr. </cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1783673&id=I1828> b: 29 JUN 1809 in Hardeman Co., TN
Sources:Title: gedcom file:Fleet.ged Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Jun 12, 1999
Title: Persi:"Jacob Pirtle will, 1837, Hardeman co., TN" - "Family Findings, Vol 3, Number 2, Apr 1971 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Wits:John Caldwell & Johnson Day