Jesse Sparks

1773 - 1825  (52 years)

• Name	Jesse Sparks  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55]
  Born	1773  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55]
  Gender	Male
  DNA Test	5th great-grandfather  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55]
  Name	Jesse Sparks  [4, 5, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 27, 32, 34, 37, 38, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 50, 52]
  Died	1825  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55]
  Person ID	I147067	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2020

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Mary Sparks,   b. 1 Jan 1793, South Carolina ,   d. Aft 1880, Floyd County, Georgia  (Age 87 years) + 2. Mary Polly Sparks,   b. 1798,   d. 1850  (Age 52 years) + 3. John Sterrett Sparks,   b. 1802,   d. 1863  (Age 61 years) + 4. Sarah Sallie Sparks,   b. 1811,   d. 1862  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F55079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Research): Ancestry.com's Thrulines has 59 DNA matches through Jesse (Josiah) Sparks 1773-1825) with 55 of them through my 4th great-grandmother Mary Sparks Allred (1792-1880), listed in her record. Mary Polly Sparks (1798-1850), half 5th great-aunt ☞ Preston M. Gillum (1837-____) → Melissa Gillem (1877-1947) → Roy F. William Senior (1900-1988) → Roy Fredrick Williams (1922-2000) → private → Theodore Reichle { 9 cM | 1 segment } John Sterrett Sparks (1802-1863), half 5th great-uncle ☞ Minerva Caroline (Callie) Sparks (1842-1918) → Mary Catherine (Carrie) Driver Norris (1864-1947) → Daisy Mae Norris (1890-1972) → Vestal Lindsey Henderson (1910-2004) → Wanda Hogue { 7 cM | 1 segment } ☞ Catherine R. Sparks (1843-1922) → Ozama Elizabeth Randolph Stokes Byars (1875-1963) → Catherine Lou Vivian Stokes (1904-1998) &rar; private → Kristin Breith { 14 cM | 1 segment } Sarah Sallie Sparks (1811-1862), 5th great-aunt ☞ Juda Jinkins Crain Dill (1841-1915) → Frances Annie Lou Dill (1856-1919) → William Walter Knight (1877-1926) → Walter Hayse Knight (1908-1975) → Sheila Kendall { 21 cM | 1 segment } [1]

  
  

• Reference

  If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Jesse Sparks" (accessed July 15, 2025) | http://www.palmspringsbum.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I147067&tree=Legends.