Jesse Spear was probably the son of Lewis Spear. Jesse was born about 1802 in Georgia and died around 1866 in Jasper County, Georgia. He was captain of Georgia Militia District 364 between 1824 and 1841. Jesse Spear married Isabella Coursey on December 28, 1824 in Jasper County. Isabel was born about 1805 probably in South Carolina and died February 18, 1884 in Jasper County. Jesse and Isabella Spear lived in southwest Jasper County south of Gladesville near the Jones County line. Some early neighbors mentioned in an 1828 deed included Gatewood Dunn, William Taylor, Henry Head, Jeptha Alford, Frances N. Taylor, and Henry and Seaborn Jones. Another deed in 1855 mentions John F. Weathersby, Frances N. Taylor, Michael M. Toland, William Barclay, Amy Mostello, and James McClenden. When the Jesse Spear land was sold in 1884, their property adjoined the lands of Williamson P. Middlebrooks, Brown Sanders, Patience E. Toland, and David M. Langston. Jesse Spear c1802- c1866 Isabella Coursey c1805-Feb. 18, 1884 children Lewis W. Spear c1827- Frances Spear c1829- Elizabeth Spear c1831- Martha Spear c1833- Mary Ann Spear c1834- Lucinda Spear c1837- John Andrew J. Spear Jan. 2, 1838-Jan. 21, 1912 Isabel Spear Jun. 11, 1839-May 18, 1888 Brabara Nancy Spear c1842- Elbridge G. Spear May 15, 1845-May 8, 1914 Francis Marion Spear Aug. 3, 1846-Jan. 18, 1918 Lewis W. Spear married Frances M. Lucinda Spear married a Cheek John Andrew Jackson Spear married Elizabeth (Anderson?) Isabella Spear married George Washington Plymale Elbridge G. Spear married 1. Frances Ann Lunsford 2. Mollie Riggins Francis Marion Spear married Sarah "Sallie" Lavonia Marsh Francis Marion Spear the last child of Jesse Spear and Isabella Coursey was born in Jasper County, Georgia on August 3, 1846 and died in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia on January 18, 1918. Marion Spear married Sarah "Sallie" Lavonia Marsh the daughter of James William Marsh and Lucinda H. Lynch on July 24, 1869 in Jasper County. Sallie was born March 31, 1852 in Jones County, Georgia and died June 28, 1926 in Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia. In later years, Marion worked in the cotton mill in Juliette, Georgia, then in the cotton mill in Griffin, Georgia. Sallie took care of a boarding house owned by the cotton mill in Griffin. Francis Marion Spear and Sallie Lavonia Marsh were members of New Hope/Caney Creek Primitive Baptist Church in northern Jones County not too far from Round Oak, Georgia. They are both buried at New Hope/Caney Creek Church. Francis Marion Spear Aug. 3, 1846-Jan. 18, 1918 Sallie Lavonia Marsh Mar. 31, 1852-Jun. 28, 1926 children Anna Jane Spear May 18, 1870-Jun. 2, 1870 Mary Lou Spear Jan. 14, 1872-Apr. 17, 1933 Minnie Judson Spear May 19, 1873-Oct. 31, 1917 Carrie Elizabeth Spear Jul. 29, 1876-Feb. 4, 1951 Pearl Estella Spear May 11, 1878-Nov. 28, 1880 Sallie Lavonia Spear Dec. 29, 1880-May 20, 1923 Rose Ella Spear Aug. 3, 1884-Jul. 9, 1942 Willie Mae Spear Sep. 13, 1886-Dec. 3, 1936 James "Jim" Marion Spear Jun. 23, 1889-Mar. 1, 1943 Jessie Kate Spear Sep. 13, 1891-Sep. 18, 1892 Arthur Lee Spear Dec. 20, 1893-May 17, 1958 Anna Jane Spear died as an infant Mary Lou Spear married William Walter Jackson Minnie Judson Spear married Edgar Ardean Jackson Carrie Elizabeth Spear married Huey Augustus Funderburk Pearl Estella Spear died as a young child Sallie Lavonia Spear married James I. Funderburk Rose Ella Spear married Walt Brazier Willie Mae Spear married Frank Snipes James Marion Spear married Eunice Odell Hamilton Jessie Kate Spear died as a young child Authur Lee Spear married Novie Landers I hope this will help someone and if anyone has additional information or facts on this family please contact me. Thanks Gene Funderburk [email protected]