David Spear

Last updated 2 Jan 2024 in Spear–Johnson Family.

Individual

Born: 14 Aug 1801

Died: 21 Aug 1869

Father: James Spear (? – abt 1821)

Supporting evidence for:
name

census-us-1830-ps-oh-belmont-kirkwood-200: 1830 U.S. Census, population schedule, Ohio, Belmont County, Kirkwood Township, page 200; 1830 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed before 11 Aug 2018) ⟩ "Ohio ⟩ Belmont ⟩ Kirkwood" images 25-26; citing “Fifth Census of the United States, 1830, NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 127 (of 201), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.” [FHL microfilm 0337938]

Reference Detail: Line 19

Comment Detail: Source includes name (David Spear).

land-heirs-of-james-spear-land-transfer-1832: Deed transfer for heirs of James Spear (1832); Belmont County Recorder, Ohio (https://belmontcountyrecorder.org/: accessed 1 Jan 2024); Instrument Number: DEED1-00000P-0168 to DEED1-00000P-0169, Book Volume P, Pages 168-169

Reference Detail: Lines 1-8 (names can be found elsewhere in document, sometimes spelled differently)

Comment Detail: Source includes name (David Spear).

marker-david-spear-1869: Gravestone of David Spear (1869); Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 10 May 2021), memorial ID 41015590, photograph uploaded 3 Mar 2011; citing “Spears Cemetery (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, USA; from State Road 46 roughly 30 miles east of Terre Haute, Indiana, turn north onto Fish Creek Rd / County Road 450W (Owen Putnam State Forest), at about 3.1 miles turn left onto Lennox Road, at about 0.3 miles turn left onto Phaedrus Road, cemetery is on the right)”

Comment Detail: Source includes name (David Spear).

marriage-spear-vance-1831: Wedding record for David Spears and Jane Vance (1831); Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 11 Jul 2021), “⟩ Guernsey ⟩ 1810 - 1863”, image 210, right page, entry 2 (#1455); citing “Marriage Records, Ohio Marriages; Various Ohio County Courthouses”

Comment Detail: Source includes name (David ⟨spelling⟩). See research notes for spelling details.

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,
birth

marker-david-spear-1869: Gravestone of David Spear (1869); Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 10 May 2021), memorial ID 41015590, photograph uploaded 3 Mar 2011; citing “Spears Cemetery (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, USA; from State Road 46 roughly 30 miles east of Terre Haute, Indiana, turn north onto Fish Creek Rd / County Road 450W (Owen Putnam State Forest), at about 3.1 miles turn left onto Lennox Road, at about 0.3 miles turn left onto Phaedrus Road, cemetery is on the right)”

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Aug. 14, 1801).

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death

marker-david-spear-1869: Gravestone of David Spear (1869); Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 10 May 2021), memorial ID 41015590, photograph uploaded 3 Mar 2011; citing “Spears Cemetery (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, USA; from State Road 46 roughly 30 miles east of Terre Haute, Indiana, turn north onto Fish Creek Rd / County Road 450W (Owen Putnam State Forest), at about 3.1 miles turn left onto Lennox Road, at about 0.3 miles turn left onto Phaedrus Road, cemetery is on the right)”

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Aug 21, 1869).

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father

land-heirs-of-james-spear-land-transfer-1832: Deed transfer for heirs of James Spear (1832); Belmont County Recorder, Ohio (https://belmontcountyrecorder.org/: accessed 1 Jan 2024); Instrument Number: DEED1-00000P-0168 to DEED1-00000P-0169, Book Volume P, Pages 168-169

Reference Detail: Lines 1-8 (names can be found elsewhere in document, sometimes spelled differently)

Comment Detail: Source identifies David Spear as an heir of James Spear. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship. In common practice, the term heir usually indicates a child (or a child's spouse) of a person, as opposed to legatee, who is a named beneficiary in a will.

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Family

Spouse/Partner: Jane Vance (? – ?)

Married: 15 Jan 1831 in , Guernsey County, Ohio, United States

Supporting evidence for:
marriage

land-heirs-of-james-spear-land-transfer-1832: Deed transfer for heirs of James Spear (1832); Belmont County Recorder, Ohio (https://belmontcountyrecorder.org/: accessed 1 Jan 2024); Instrument Number: DEED1-00000P-0168 to DEED1-00000P-0169, Book Volume P, Pages 168-169

Reference Detail: Lines 1-8 (names can be found elsewhere in document, sometimes spelled differently)

Comment Detail: Source includes deed transfer date ("third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thrty two") and notes Jane is the wife of David Spear.

marriage-spear-vance-1831: Wedding record for David Spears and Jane Vance (1831); Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: accessed 11 Jul 2021), “⟩ Guernsey ⟩ 1810 - 1863”, image 210, right page, entry 2 (#1455); citing “Marriage Records, Ohio Marriages; Various Ohio County Courthouses”

Comment Detail: Source includes date (18[?] January A.D. 1831) and location (State of Ohio, Guernsey County). [The day is something of a guess; the second digit is presumed to be an 8, but could be a 5.]

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Miscellaneous Facts

Events

Burial: at Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States

Cemetery: Spears Cemetery at Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States

Supporting evidence for:
events

marker-david-spear-1869: Gravestone of David Spear (1869); Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 10 May 2021), memorial ID 41015590, photograph uploaded 3 Mar 2011; citing “Spears Cemetery (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, USA; from State Road 46 roughly 30 miles east of Terre Haute, Indiana, turn north onto Fish Creek Rd / County Road 450W (Owen Putnam State Forest), at about 3.1 miles turn left onto Lennox Road, at about 0.3 miles turn left onto Phaedrus Road, cemetery is on the right)”

Comment Detail: Source includes location (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States).

marker-david-spear-1869: Gravestone of David Spear (1869); Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 10 May 2021), memorial ID 41015590, photograph uploaded 3 Mar 2011; citing “Spears Cemetery (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, USA; from State Road 46 roughly 30 miles east of Terre Haute, Indiana, turn north onto Fish Creek Rd / County Road 450W (Owen Putnam State Forest), at about 3.1 miles turn left onto Lennox Road, at about 0.3 miles turn left onto Phaedrus Road, cemetery is on the right)”

Comment Detail: Souce includes cemetery (Spears Cemetery) and location (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States).

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Attributes

Residence: at Kirkwood Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States

Residence: at , , Ohio, United States

Supporting evidence for:
attributes

census-us-1830-ps-oh-belmont-kirkwood-200: 1830 U.S. Census, population schedule, Ohio, Belmont County, Kirkwood Township, page 200; 1830 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed before 11 Aug 2018) ⟩ "Ohio ⟩ Belmont ⟩ Kirkwood" images 25-26; citing “Fifth Census of the United States, 1830, NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 127 (of 201), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.” [FHL microfilm 0337938]

Reference Detail: Line 19

Comment Detail: Source includes official census date (1 June 1830) and location (Kirkwood Township, Belmont County, Ohio).

land-heirs-of-james-spear-land-transfer-1832: Deed transfer for heirs of James Spear (1832); Belmont County Recorder, Ohio (https://belmontcountyrecorder.org/: accessed 1 Jan 2024); Instrument Number: DEED1-00000P-0168 to DEED1-00000P-0169, Book Volume P, Pages 168-169

Reference Detail: Lines 1-8 (names can be found elsewhere in document, sometimes spelled differently)

Comment Detail: Source includes event date ("third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two") and residence state (Ohio [, USA]). The county is given as one of two choices, either Belmont or Guernsey.

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General Notes and Anecdotes

In 1830, bothers William, Robert, James, Samuel, David, Andrew, and Joseph Spear were all living in separate households in Kirkwood Township, Ohio. The record also suggests that Robert and William were next-door neighbors, as were James, David, and Andrew. [census-us-1830-ps-oh-belmont-kirkwood-197, census-us-1830-ps-oh-belmont-kirkwood-200]

Supporting evidence for:
general notes

census-us-1830-ps-oh-belmont-kirkwood-200: 1830 U.S. Census, population schedule, Ohio, Belmont County, Kirkwood Township, page 200; 1830 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed before 11 Aug 2018) ⟩ "Ohio ⟩ Belmont ⟩ Kirkwood" images 25-26; citing “Fifth Census of the United States, 1830, NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 127 (of 201), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.” [FHL microfilm 0337938]

Reference Detail: Lines 11, 18, 19, 20

census-us-1830-ps-oh-belmont-kirkwood-197: 1830 U.S. Census, population schedule, Ohio, Belmont County, Kirkwood Township, page 197; 1830 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed before 11 Aug 2018) ⟩ "Ohio ⟩ Belmont ⟩ Kirkwood" images 19-20; citing “Fifth Census of the United States, 1830, NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 127 (of 201), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.” [FHL microfilm 0337938]

Reference Detail: Lines 13, 14, 24

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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)

SPELLING

Surname: This database uses Spear. The marriage record uses the spelling Spears. [marriage-spear-vance-1831]

FOLLOWUP

David may have been born in Virginia and died in Owen County, Indiana. [research-a-spear-family-history]

The 1830 U.S. Census identifies the household as containing David and one female between 30 and 40 (unknown), one male child under 5 and another between 10 and 15. [census-us-1830-ps-oh-belmont-kirkwood-200]

He may have lived in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 1836. [online family tree]

If he lived in Tuscarawas County, there exists a land grant from 1837 for David. [BLM General Land Office, ⟨www.glorecords.blm.gov⟩]

Supporting evidence for:
research notes

research-a-spear-family-history: {private} Engelmann, A Spear Family History, privately printed 1988, updated 2002, 2005; privately held

(no additional information)

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