Error correction: Allen Spear was in Thomas County censuses 1840-1870. There was also an Allen Spear in Thomas County in the 1830 census. It's tempting to assume that he was the father of my 2-great grandfather and that he had died by 1840... because there was only one Allen Spear there in 1840... but I haven't a clue whether or not that is correct. RW Richard White wrote: > Also... anyone who has insight on that "Hoppoi Miccoy" identification > for my 4-great grandmother, I would love to hear about that as well. > Maddox's writings on Wilkinson County history give some details of the > Mackey, Ridley and Etheridge descendants of "Hoppoi Miccoy"... but my > specific ancestor Sarah Ridley's spouse Allen Spear was seriously > misidentified by Mr. Maddox, as an old man at the time of his marriage > to Sarah Ridley. My 2-great grandparents Allen Spear and Sarah Ridley > were approximately the same age. I believe that Maddox was thrown off > by Allen Spear having been born in Florida and passing through > Wilkinson County only briefly... and by the couple moving to Thomas > County soon after they married in 1836. They were in Thomas County > for censuses from 1840 through 1860 and though Allen remarried and > briefly lived in Decatur County with his second wife, Mary Penny > Barber, when he died in 1879 he was buried with his first wife and 2 > of their 3 sons who died in Confederate service, in the Old > Thomasville Cemetery.