This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sparks/White/Tickell/McWhorter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Dd.2ADE/1410 Message Board Post: Believe Thomas Sparks who married Rutha White was same Thomas Sparks who was son of John Sparks and Sarah Tickell who lived in Jasper/Morgan County,Ga area ca 1800. Believe Thomas left Rutha about 1835/6 and married McWhorter. Info anyone?