Re: Speight family in TX,MO,CA
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In reply to:
Re: Speight family in TX,MO,CA
10/06/99
Mary,
I am Betty Gordon's brother and am running with this genealogy torch for a while.Our branch of the Speight migrated from Greene county, North Carolina by 1820, was in north-central Tennessee for about ten years, and then settled in Dade county, Missouri by the early 1830's. Our g-g-grandfather, Joshua Gray Speight, was in the Missouri militia but was stationed in Greenville, Texas after the Civil War.Although he died while on guard duty, all of his immediate family was in Dadeville, Missouri.Sadly enough, he is still burried in Greenville, TX, and far from home and loved ones. However, there were Speights in surrounding areas of Hunt county who may have been closely related. Presently, the connection is a mystery.
Regards,
Philip