HERE ARE SOME TIDBITS I PICKED UP DOING RESEARCH. MAYBE SOME ONE CAN USE THEM. FROM GEORGIA TAX DIGEST: INSELL SPENCE, WILKES CO., GA. 1791, ALSO BURKE CO. GA., 1798. MOSES SPENCE, BURKE CO., GA., 1798 HEADRIGHT GRANTS 1790 THRU 1795 TO MOSES SPENCE COMMISSIONS FROM GOVERNOR OF GA., 1790. BURKE CO., GA MILITIA. JOHN SPENCE, MOSES SPENCE, THARP SPENCE, & THOMAS SPENCE. BURKE CO., GA., LAND LOTTERY OF 1807 --- INSELL SPENCE - 2, JOHN SPENCE - 1, MOSES SPENCE - 2. NORTH CAROLINA MARRIAGE BONDS : WILLIAM SPENCE MARRIED HANNAH MORRIS, 24 DEC. 1792. RECORD #09201219. BONDSMAN DAVID SPENCE. ISAAC SPENCE MARRIED ELISABETH BOWDEN, 27 APRIL 1769. RECORD #03501079. BONDSMA : LEVIN WATKINS. SAMUEL SPENCE MARRIED JULIAN GRAY, 19 AUG. 1786. RECORD #07501079. BONDSMAN JOHN SAWYER. FROM GEORGIA PIONEERS, BOOK 1968, PAGE 124: THOMAS COUNTY GEORGIA MARRIAGES.: ISAAC SPENCE AND HANNAH TAYLOR -- 4 APRIL 1839. BLUFORD SPENCE AND MANDY MCKINNON -- 2 FEB. 1858 JOSHUA SPENCE AND AMY LEVINS -- 10 DEC. 1835. WINFRED SPENCE AND ELLEN HOUSE -- 4 MAY 1843. FROM GEORGIA PIONEERS, BOOK 1968, PAGE 226. FROM PASSENGERS TO AMERICA- TEPPER-PORT OF LONDON, 18 TO 25 DECEMBER 1773. HENRY SPENCE, AGE 25, TALLOW CHANDLER, FROM LONDON, SHIP "CAROLINE", TO VIRGINIA, AN INDENTURED SERVANT. PAGE 193. WILLIAM SPENCE OF CAMBRIDGE, AGE 20 YEARS, 5 MOS., 19MARCH 1699, INDENTURED SERVANT TO WM. BENN, MASTER OF THE "ELIZABETH ANN", BOUND FO MONTSERRATTE IN THE WEST INDIES AND TO AMERICA. WILLIAM IS FROM LIVERPOOL. PAGE 282. PORT OF LONDON, 21 TO 28 MARCH 1774. WILLIAM SPENCE, AGE 23, A BAKER, FROM SCOTLAND. SHIP "DIANA". TO MARYLAND. IS INDENTURED. PAGE 303. PORT OF LONDON, 7 TO 14TH JUNE 1774. ROBERT SPENCE, AGE 23, A STAYMAKER, FROM LONDON. SHIP "PRINCESS CAROLINE". TO JAMICA. IS GOING ON A BUSINESS TRIP. PAGE 338. PORT OF LONDON, 28TH NOV. THRU 3 DEC. 1774. PHILLIP SPENCE, AGE 14. FROM KENT. SHIP "GENEROUS FRIEND". TO ANTIGUA, GOING AS A MERCHANTS CLERK. PAGE 371. PORT OF LONDON, 27TH MARCH TO 3RD APRIL 1775. JAMES SPENCE, AGE 41. A SHIP WRIGNT. FROM KENT. SHIP "BLAND". TO VIRGINIA. INDENTURED FOR 4 YEARS. WILLIAM N. SPENCE, SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR THE ALBANY CIRCUIT COURT, WAS BORN IN STEWART CO. 25 FEB. 1851. SON OF WILLIAM AND SUSAN HILLIARD SPENCE. THE SPENCE FAMILY IN AMERICA DESCENDS FROM ENGLISH EMIGRANTS OF EARLY COLONIAL DAYS. THERE WERE TWO BROTHERS, JOSEPH, WHO CAME TO VIRGINIA AND WILLIAM WHO SETTLED IN N. C. THE GREAT GRANDFATHER OF WILLIAM N. SPENCE WAS A THORPE SPENCE, VORN IN VA., WHO MIGRATED TO BURKE CO., GA., WHERE HE MARRIED AN ORPHAN GIRL, CHARITY SMITH, WHO HAD BEEN RAISED IN THE HOME OF WILLIAM HINDS. THORPE DIED IN MIDDLE AGE LEAVING 5 SONS: BLUFORD, GREEN, LITLETON, EASTERN AND JOSEPH. CHARITY MARRIED A MR. MILLER AND HAD TWO SONS: GEORGE AND LEVI MILLER, WHO LIVED IN ALABAMA. BLUFORD SPENCE WAS THE GRANDFATHER OF WILLIAM N. SPENCE. HE MARRIED POLLY FANN AND SHE DIED LEAVING ONE CHILD A DAUGHTER SUSAN WHO MARRIED JAMES ADAMS. BLUFORD BLUFORD MARRIED AGAIN TO ELIZABETH FIRZGERAL, AND DIED ABOUT 1836, LEAVING HIS WIDOW AND 7 CHILDREN: JOSEPH T., GREEN, SARAH BLUFORD ANN, MARY, MARTHA AND WILLIAM. THE FATHER OF WILLIAM N., OUR SUBJECT. WILLIAM N. WAS BORN IN BURKE CO., GA., BUT WAS EDUCATED AND RAISED IN STEWART CO., WHERE HE WAS MARRIED IN 1845 TO SUSAN HILLIARD. HE ENLISTED IN THE C.S.A. AND SERVED MAILY IN TENN. AFTER THE WAR HE MOVED TO HOUSTON CO., WHERE HE DIED IN 1885 AT AGE 63. BY SUSAN HE HAD NINE CHILDREN. WILLIAM N. (SUBJECT), MARY C., IRENE, CARSWELL, SUSAN, ANDREW J., JAMES HILLIARD, CELIA, ELLEN AND BLUFORD SPENCE. WILLIAM M. SPENCE, FARMER OF WALTON CO., GA., WAS BORN IN MORGAN CO., SON OF HIRAM AND ANGELINE CHANRY SPENCE. hIRAM WAS A SON OF GEORGE AND MARY KNIGHT SPENCE, WAS BORN IN MARYLAND AND CAME TO GEORGIA IN OXCARTS IN 1798 TO SETTLE IN MORGAN COUNTY. ANGELINE WAS DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AND LUCY CHENCY, BORN IN MARYLAND, CAME TO GEORGIA IN 1798. WILLIAM N. SPENCE MARRIED IN 1868 TO DELPHIA MCPHERSON, DAUGHTER OF ELIJAH AND SARAH MCPHERSON, WHO CAME FROM TENN. TO GA. THEY HAD 9 CHILDREN: LEON, ELLA, IDA, CORA,WILLIAM, NEWTON, ALBERT,MARY AND IVEY SPENCE. MCALVIN H. SPENCE, HARRIS CO., FARMER WAS BORN IN ROCKINGHAM CO., N. C. IN 1810. SON OF NATHAN AND ADELINE REEVES SPENCE. NATHAN WAS SON OF NATHAN AND ELIZABETH QUINDLEY SPENCE, BORN IN MARYLAND. ADELINE WAS A DAUGHTER OF REV. MALACHIA AND RHODA HOWELL REEVES. NATHAN SR., WAS A REVOLUTIONARY WAR VET WHO MIGRATED TO GA., AND DIED GWINNETT CO., HE WAS IN THE WAS OF 1812 ALSO. MCALVIN MARRIED IN 1830 TO ELIZABETH BORN IN N.C., IN 1812. THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN TO SURVIVE. JAMES, ADELINE, ELIZABETH AND FRANCES. ELIZABETH DIED AND HE MARRIED MARTHA MILLIGAN AND HAD 3 CHILDREN. WILLIAM, GEORGE, AND SAIILE SPENCE. HE WAS MARRIED A 3RD TIME IN 1892 TO MRS. ELIZABETH ELLIS. INEEL SPENCE, TAXPAYER IN DOBBS COUNTY N.C. IN 1780. GEORGIA LAND LOTTERY OF 1827, REGISTER #30. WILKINSON CO., GA., INCEL SPENCE, CAPT. HALL'S DIST#49, DIST 3, SEC 4., COWETA CO. GA.. ISAAC SPENCE ENLISTED FROM BURKE CO. GA., IN 1814 TO SERVE IN WAR OF 1812. INCEL, INSELL, SPENCE -- IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR. FROM N.C., SERVED IN BRADLEY'S COMPANY. ENLISTED 20 JULY 1778 FOR 9 MOS. MUSTERED OUT OCT. 1778. NOT ON PENSION ROLL.