Source Citations for David Spear
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Source Citations
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]
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]
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
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)”
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”
research-a-spear-family-history: {private} Engelmann, A Spear Family History, privately printed 1988, updated 2002, 2005; privately held
Source Reference Details
Name Details
census-us-1830-ps-oh-belmont-kirkwood-200:
Reference Detail: Line 19
Comment Detail: Source includes name (David Spear).
land-heirs-of-james-spear-land-transfer-1832:
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:
Comment Detail: Source includes name (David Spear).
marriage-spear-vance-1831:
Comment Detail: Source includes name (David 〈spelling〉). See research notes for spelling details.
Birth Details
marker-david-spear-1869:
Comment Detail: Source includes date (Aug. 14, 1801).
Death Details
marker-david-spear-1869:
Comment Detail: Source includes date (Aug 21, 1869).
Father Details
land-heirs-of-james-spear-land-transfer-1832:
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.
Marriage Details
land-heirs-of-james-spear-land-transfer-1832:
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:
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.]
Miscellaneous Facts Details “Events”
marker-david-spear-1869:
Comment Detail: Source includes location (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States).
marker-david-spear-1869:
Comment Detail: Souce includes cemetery (Spears Cemetery) and location (Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States).
Miscellaneous Facts Details “Attributes”
census-us-1830-ps-oh-belmont-kirkwood-200:
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:
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.
General Notes Details
census-us-1830-ps-oh-belmont-kirkwood-200:
Reference Detail: Lines 11, 18, 19, 20
census-us-1830-ps-oh-belmont-kirkwood-197:
Reference Detail: Lines 13, 14, 24
Research Notes Details
research-a-spear-family-history:
(no additional information)