Re: Help Please! Annie Spears--Tenn>Texas
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Help Please! Annie Spears--Tenn>Texas
4/03/99
My maternal ggrandmother was Nancy Amanda Spears, who had 6 siblings:Sarah E., Samuel, Lucy, Martha Jane, Mary Frances, and Matilda Anne.Not sure of her birth date, but her parents, Lazarus Spears, and Elizabeth Mary Amis.Believe Nancy Amanda was born 22 Dec. 1837, which would be about right.Lazarus Spears was bn. 29 Sep. 1786 in Pasquotank, NC, and Elizabeth Mary Amis was bn. 17 Dec. 1812.Lazarus' parents were Samuel Spears, bn. 1761 in Halifax, NC and Mrs. Samuel Spears, bn. about 1765, also in NC.Lazarus had a brother, Jesse, bn. 23 Aug. 1789.Apparently many are buried in Hawkins Co., TN.