John
Spann Family
South Carolina, Florida and
Alabama
John
Edward Spann Sr.
b. about 1799 Ridge Springs, Edgefield Co. (now Saluda Co.),
S.C.
d. 9 Jul 1860 Balkum, Henry Co., AL
buried: Spann-Roney Family Cemetery, Henry Co., AL
m.
Marcilla Odom abt. 1825
b. about 1804 Ridge Springs, Edgefield Co. (now Saluda Co.),
S. C.
d. abt 1866 Balkum, Henry Co., AL
buried: Spann-Roney Family Cemetery, Henry Co., AL
father: Dildatha Odom
mother: unknown
his father -
Henry Spann
his mother- Mary Couch
| Children with Marcilla Odom |
| Henry A. Spann |
b. 1826 Ridge Springs, Edgefield Co. (now Saluda Co.),
S. C. |
d. 10 Oct 1864 Carroll Prison, Washington, D. C.
buried: Arlington Nat Cem. CSA |
m. Mary Roney 12 Sep 1846 Henry Co., AL
(dau of John Edward Spann
Sr.) |
| John Edward Spann JR. |
b. 6 Sep1828 Ridge Springs, Edgefield Co. (now Saluda
Co.), S. C. |
d. 2 Sep 1891 Henry Co., AL |
m. Elizabeth Holland, abt 1848 Henry Co., AL
|
| Mary Martha "Polly"
Spann |
b. 1830 Ridge Springs, Edgefield Co. (now Saluda Co.),
S. C. |
d. 1852 Henry Co., AL
buried: Spann-Roney Family Cemetery, Henry Co., AL |
m. 25 Aug. 1846 Henry Co., AL James Roney
(father: Hugh Roney)
|
| Camilla C. "Milly" Spann |
b. 16 Aug 1834 Balkum, Henry Co., AL |
d. abt 1928 Geneva Co, AL |
m. William D. Harrison, abt 26 Oct 1851 Henry Co., AL |
Dildath Odom Spann
"private, Co. E. 25th Geo. Infantry, CSA
|
b. 16 Aug 1834 Balkum, Henry Co., AL |
d. 25 Nov 1862 Augusta, Richmond, GA
buried: Spann-Roney Family Cemetery, Henry Co., AL |
m. Elizabeth Box, 24 Nov 1859 Henry Co., AL |
| Raiford M. Spann |
b. 29 Mar 1839 Balkum, Henry Co., AL |
d. 28 Jan 1918 Balkum, Henry Co., AL |
m. Zilphia Dilla Whitehead 14 Mar 1866 Henry Co., AL
(1842 - 1922) buried: Balkum Cem. Henry Co., AL |
| William James Spann |
b. Jan 1841 Balkum, Henry Co., AL |
d. |
1m. Elizabeth Armstrong, 8 May 1862 Henry Co., AL
(1839-1868 buried, Spann-Roney Cem.)
2m. Elizabeth Roney 17 May 1869 |
| George Franklin Spann |
b. Mar 1845 Balkum, Henry Co., AL |
d. 2 Oct 1905 probably AL
|
m. Fannie M. Robins 19 Nov 1894 Crenshow, AL |
| Marcilla Spann |
b. 20 Nov 1846 Balkum, Henry Co., AL |
d. 20 Feb 1903 Balkum, Henry Co., AL |
1m. Thomas J. Armstrong 14 Jul 1861 Henry Co., AL
m. William J. Roney 17 Sep 1868 Henry Co., AL (father: Hugh Roney) |
1825, Apr 2 - John Spann bought 80 acres in
Cahaba Co., AL
1825, Apr 22 - John Spann bought 80 acres
in Cahaba Co., AL
1829, July 1 - John Spann bought 80 acres
in Cahaba Co., AL
1839, Sep 20 - John Spann bought 47 acres
filed in Sparta, AL [p. 371 BLM land records,
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/convertedimage/AL2210_.371_1_s.gif]
Certificate no. 3907
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To all to whom these presents shall come,
Greeting: WHEREAS John Spann of Henry
County Alabama has deposited in the GENERAL
LAND OFFICE of the United States, a Certificate of the
REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE at Sparta whereby
it appears that full payment has been made by the said
John Spann according to the
provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820,
entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the
Public Lands," for
the South East quarter of the South East
quarter of Section Eighteen in Township Seven of Range
Twenty eight in the District of Lands subject to Sale at
Sparta, Alabama containing Forty Seven Acres and Ten
Hundreths of an Acre
according to the official plat of the
survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land office
by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased
by the said John Spann
NOW KNOW YE, That the United States of America, in
consideration of the Premises and in conformity with the
several acts of Congress, in such case made and provided, Have
Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant,
unto the said John Spann and to
his heirs, the said tract above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
the same, together with all the rights, privileges,
immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto
belonging, unto the said John Spann
and his heirs and assigns forever
In Testimony Whereof, I Martin Van Buren President of the
Unities STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters to made
PATENT, and the SEAL of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE to be hereunto
affixed.
GIVEN under my hand at the CITY OF WASHINGTON, the twentieth
day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty nine, and of the INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES THE sixty fourth BY THE PRESIDENT: Martin Van Buren
Jun.
by M. Van Buren Jun. Sec'y
H. M. Garland Recorder of the General Land Office.
@1840 - They move to Henry Co. Alabama
1846 - Hugh Roney, Jr. is born
1850 - Henry Co., census, John Spann Jr. is
here with his bride, Elizabeth Holland.
page no. 402A
Spann J. E.
22
M Farmer SC
Spann Elizabeth 17 F
AL
[Henry
Co.,
Alabama
Census, p. 402]
page no. 432A
Spann George F. 38
M Farmer GA
Spann Phidaria
30 F
GA
Spann Richard A. 14
M GA
Spann John W.
12 M
AL
Spann Cornelius
8 M
AL
Spann Phidaria
3 F
AL
Spann Sarah J.
1
F AL
Wolley Levi
20 M AL
1858, Sept 1 - John E. Spann bought 47
acres filed in Elba, AL, [p. 76 BLM land records,
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/convertedimage/AL2420_.076_s.gif]
Certificate No. 19643
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To all to whom these presents shall come,
Greeting: WHEREAS John E. Spann of Henry
County Alabama has deposited in the GENERAL
LAND OFFICE of the United States, a Certificate of the
REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE at Elba whereby
it appears that full payment has been made by the said
John Spann according to the
provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820,
entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the
Public Lands," for
the South East quarter of the South East
quarter of Section Eighteen in Township Seven of Range
Twenty eight in the District of Lands subject to Sale at
Sparta, Alabama containing Forty Seven Acres and Ten
Hundreths of an Acre
according to the official plat of the
survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land office
by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased
by the said John E. Spann
NOW KNOW YE, That the United States of America, in
consideration of the Premises and in conformity with the
several acts of Congress, in such case made and provided, Have
Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant,
unto the said John E. Spann and
to his heirs, the said tract above described: TO HAVE AND TO
HOLD the same, together with all the rights, privileges,
immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto
belonging, unto the said John E. Spann
and his heirs and assigns forever
In Testimony Whereof, I James Buchanan President of the
Unities STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these Letters to made
PATENT, and the SEAL of the GENERAL LAND OFFICE to be hereunto
affixed.
GIVEN under my hand at the CITY OF WASHINGTON, the twentieth
day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty nine, and of the INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES THE eighty third
BY THE PRESIDENT: James Buchanan
by T. S. Albright - Sec'y
J. W. Granger. Recorder of the General Land Office.
1861-65 It seems that three of the sons of
John Spann fought in the Civil War.
6th Alabama Infantry Regiment ~~ Company B
Roster
SPANN, George F. (Private, Company B 6th
Alabama Infantry Regiment)
SPANN, John E. (Private, Company B 6th Alabama Infantry
Regiment)
SPANN, Raiford M., (Private Company B, 6th Alabama Infantry
Regiment)
[http://home.att.net/~al_6th_inf/company_b_roster.htm]
1891 - Raiford M. Spann files for 39+ acres
of land at the Montgomery, Alabama land office. The land is
listed as North West Quarter of the North East quarter of
Section eighteen in Township five North of Range twenty nine
East of the St Stephens Merdian in Alabama. [BLM land records. ,
homestead certificate no. 7626]
about 1996 - Monument stone at
the Spann Roney Cemetery give the dates listed above as well as
this history of the family.
"Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations."
"This cemetery and the adjoining lands are
the site of the John Edward Spann, Sr.
Homestead. He came to Henry County with his wife and
children from Ridge Springs, S. C. in the winter of
1832-33. We believe this ground was first set aside for
use as a family cemetery in 1852. At the close of the
Civil War other local families began using the cemetery as a
community graveyard. The cemetery was maintained by the
Spann family for many years afterwards. The original
gravestones and other markers were destroyed in the early
1980's and the cemetery placed in pine tree cultivation.
It was restored in 1996 through the efforts of Spann and Roney
family members and concerned residents with the cooperation of
the Georgia Pacific Corporation. The Old Spann one and a
half story log home sat just west of here near the
Abbeville-Columbia Road. It was also destroyed at the
same time as the cemetery. Morris and Hugh Roney
came to Henry County in 1825 and 1837 from Barnwell, S. C. The
Roney lands were just south of here. It is believed that
a few Indians are buried here. Everyone buried here may
never be known. "
"May all these souls rest with God."
sources:
U. S. Census records
Records of Barbara L. Spann, 9539 Maplewood St., Bellflower, CA
90706-3046 . email - BSpann1234@aol.com
Bureau of Land Management(BLM) - land records,
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
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