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James Sparks

Birth
Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
25 May 1834 (aged 90)
Jackson County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Sparksville, Jackson County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Descendants of Simon Sparks:
A Revolutionary War Soldier buried in Jackson County, Indiana - Born: abt. 1744 - near Brandberry (Cranbury), New Jersey - Died: May 25, 1834 - buried in Brown Cemetery - or Sparks Cemetery.

Soldier lived between the Youghiogheny and Monongahela Rivers near Elizabethtown in Westmoreland County (the part that was later in Allegheny County), Pennsylvania at enlistment. About 1782, soldier moved from Pennsylvania to Jefferson County, Kentucky and, in 1800, he moved to Vincennes Indiana and, in 1803, he returned to Jefferson County, Kentucky, then to Bullitt County, Kentucky and, in 1822, he moved to Jackson County, Indiana, where he applied 15 November 1833, aged nearly 90 years - soldier died May 25, 1834.

James Sparks was my father's Great-Great-Great-grandfather. He served in The American Revolution 1777. He served three years and four months. During these tours he had been "engaged in defending the frontier settlements...against the Indians and sometimes the British and Canadians who assisted the Indians."

15Mar2022: Suggested Edit:
Birth date per your info in the memorial and:
https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A107874
Thanks to: Contributor: D E Paulson (47847955)
Descendants of Simon Sparks:
A Revolutionary War Soldier buried in Jackson County, Indiana - Born: abt. 1744 - near Brandberry (Cranbury), New Jersey - Died: May 25, 1834 - buried in Brown Cemetery - or Sparks Cemetery.

Soldier lived between the Youghiogheny and Monongahela Rivers near Elizabethtown in Westmoreland County (the part that was later in Allegheny County), Pennsylvania at enlistment. About 1782, soldier moved from Pennsylvania to Jefferson County, Kentucky and, in 1800, he moved to Vincennes Indiana and, in 1803, he returned to Jefferson County, Kentucky, then to Bullitt County, Kentucky and, in 1822, he moved to Jackson County, Indiana, where he applied 15 November 1833, aged nearly 90 years - soldier died May 25, 1834.

James Sparks was my father's Great-Great-Great-grandfather. He served in The American Revolution 1777. He served three years and four months. During these tours he had been "engaged in defending the frontier settlements...against the Indians and sometimes the British and Canadians who assisted the Indians."

15Mar2022: Suggested Edit:
Birth date per your info in the memorial and:
https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A107874
Thanks to: Contributor: D E Paulson (47847955)


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