I FORGOT TO MENTION IN MY LAST E-MAIL THAT BLUFORD SPENCE, SON OF ISAAC, 1837-1863, WAS KILLED IN THE CIVIL WAR. ISAAC R. SPENCE FIRST SHOWS UP IN THE 1850 CENSUS LIVING IN THOMAS COUNTY GEORGIA. HE SHOWS TO BE THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE. IS 26 YEARS OLD (WHICH MEANS HE WAS BORN IN EITHER 1824 OR 1825). HIS WIFE IS WINNEY?(SP). ( HER MAIDEN NAME IS NOT LISTED BUT I FOUND OUT IT IS LEWIS). SON JOHN IS 5 YEARS OLD, DAUGHTER GEORGIA IS 3 YEARS OLD AND ELIZABETH IS 1 YEAR OLD. A RICHARD LEWIS WHO IS 16 YEARS OLD IS ALSO LIVING IN THIS HOUSEHOLD. ( I BELIEVE THIS IS PROBABLY A BROTHER TO WINNIE LEWIS SPENCE). 1860 CENSUS - TRINITY COUNTY TEXAS. I. R. SPENCE , HEAD OF HOUSE, IS 35 YEARS OLD , WIFE MARY IS 23 YEARS OLD. (THE CENSUS DOES NOT SHOW IT BUT MARY'S MAIDEN NAME WAS MARY LEVENS, OR LEVINS.) GEORGIANN 12, WILLIAM (?) YEARS OLD, MARY C. 3 YEARS OLD AND 2 OTHER MALES WHOSE NAMES AND AGES ARE NOT LEGIBLE. 1870 CENSUS FROM TRINITY COUNTY TEXAS. ISAAC R. DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE CENSUS ROLL. MARY IS SHOWN AS A WIDOW SHO EVIDENTLY ISAAC HAD ALREADY DIED. FROM THE AGES OF ISAAC R. SPENCE SHOWN IN THE CENSUS RECORDS HE WAS BORN IN EITHER 1824 OR 1825. FROM OTHER DATA I HAVE HE IS SHOWN TO HAVE DIED ON 28 SEPTEMBER 1871. HOWEVER, IF HE DIED IN 1871 WHY WAS HE NOT ON THE 1870 CENSUS ROLL? i HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CLARIFY THIS. HE WAS BURIED IN TRINITY COUNTY TEXAS AND I HAVE NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMIN JUST WHERE. NONE OF THE OLD CEMETERY RECORDS IN TRINITY COUNTY HAVE HIM LISTED. MAYBE HE WAS BURIED BEHIND THE BARN OUT ON THE FARM. MARY LEVENS SPENCE WAS BORN ON 25 DECEMBER 1836 AND DIED IN 1905. SHE IS BURIED IN THE HAYES SPRINGS CEMETERY AT GRAPELAND, HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS. THIS IS THE SPENCE AND A FEW OTHER FAMILIES CEMETERY. MY GRANDFATHER WILLIAM WASHINGTON SPENCE AND OTHER UNCLES, AUNTS, COUSINS, ETC. ARE BURIED. 1870 CENSUS - TRINITY COUNTY TEXAS MARY SPENCE, WIDOW,. IS HEAD OF THE HOUSE. IS 45 YEARS OLD. BORN IN TEXAS (ACCORDING TO THIS CENSUS, BUT I REALLY DOUBT THIS) AMY IS 17 YEARS OLD, CANDACE 13, WESLIE?10, CHARITIE 4, ALEXANDER 2 YEARS. (I REMEMBER UNCLE ALEX, WE CALLED HIM, WHEN I WAS A SMALL BOY.) 1880 CENSUS HOUSTON COUNTY TEXAS MARY SPENCE. IS A WIDOW. IS HEAD OF THE HOUSE. 45 YEARS OLD. BORN IN TEXAS (AGAIN I BELIEVE THIS IS WRONG). CANDIS AGE 22, IS A WIDOW. (I HAVE NO IDEA WHO HER DECEASED HUSBAND WAS) MOLLIE 16, ALEXANDER 12 AND BILL (MY GRANDFATHER) IS 9 YEARS OLD. (ONE OF MY AUNTS TOLD ME THAT MY GRANDFATHER WILLIAM WASHINGTON (BILL) SPENCE WAS BORN ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER ISAAC R. SPENCE DIED). 1890 CENSUS WAS DESTROYED BY A FIRE IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AT WASHINGTON D. C. ISAAC R. SPENCE'S FAMILY GROUP: BITHA? ANN SPENCE, BORN 18 JUNE 1843 IN THE SPENCE COMMUNITY, THOMAS COUNTY GA. DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. JOHN ASHLEY SPENCE, BORN IN 1845, SPENCE COMMUNITY, THOMAS COUNTY GA. DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. GEORGIANN SPENCE, BORN 27 FEBRUARY 1847, SPENCE COMMUNITY, THOMAS COUNTY GEORGIA. DATE A PLACE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. ELIZABETH SPENCE, BORN 7 FEBRUARY 1848, SPENCE COMMUNITY, THOMAS COUNTY GA. PLACE AD DATE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. JAMES SPENCE, BORN 15 DECEMBER 1851, SPENCE COMMUNITY THOMAS COUNTY GA. DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. AMY SPENCE, BORN 13 NOVEMBER 1852, SPENCE COMMUNITY, THOMAS COUNTY GA. DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. MARCIA SPENCE, BORN 25 MARCH 1854, PROBABLY IN GEORGIA BUT UNKNOWN. DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. RICHARD SPENCE, BORN 29 SEPTEMBER 1855. AGAIN PROBABLY IN GEORGIA. DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. MARY SPENCE, BORN 28 JULY 1857, PROBABLY IN GEORGIA. DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. WESLEY SPENCE, BORN 2 FEBRUARY 1860, PROBABLY IN TEXAS. DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. STEPHEN A. SPENCE, BORN 11 JULY 1862. IN TEXAS, PLACE AND DATE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. MOLLIE SPENCE, BORN 22 NOVEMBER 1864, IN TEXAS. DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. CHARITY SPENCE BORN 24 MARCH 1866, IN TEXAS. PLACE AND DATE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. . ALEXANDER SPENCE, BORN 15 FEBRUARY 1868 IN TEXAS. DATE AND PLACE OF DEATH UNKNOWN. WILLIAM WASHINGTON SPENCE (MY GRANDFATHER) BORN 15 OCTOBER 1871 IN TRINITY COUNTY TEXAS. DIED 29 JANUARY 1948 ON HIS FARM WEST OF GRAPELAND, HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS. BURIED IN THE HAYES SPRINGS CEMETERY, HOUSTON COUNTY TEXAS. WIFE:(MY GRANDMOTHER) MARTHA LOUISE MOBLEY SPENCE. THEY WERE MARRIED 12 AUGUST 1892 IN GRAPELAND, HOUSTON COUNTY TEXAS. SHE IS ALSO BURIED IN THE HAYES SPRINGS CEMETERY. I HAVE IN MY POSSESSION A BIBLE THAT MY GRANDFATHER, WILLIAM WASHINGTON SPENCE HAD. HE GAVE IT TO MY FATHER WHEN HE DIED AND MY FATHER GAVE IT TO ME. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS TAKEN FROM THIS BIBLE. THE BIBLE WAS PUBLISHED IN 1846. THE SECOND LEAF IN THIS BIBLE READS: FROM REV. THOS. C. STANLEY TO LEWIS A MIDDLETON, PANAMA APRIL 3 1851. THE FIRST LEAF IN THIS BIBLE READS: I. R. SPENCE THIS BOOK BROUGHT FROM GALVESTON, WHERE IT BECAME MINE IN THE FORTUNES OF WAR ON JANUARY 1ST A. D. 1863. ( THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF GALVESTON BAY WAS FOUGHT IN THIS TIME PERIOD AND THE MILITARY RECORDS SHOW THAT ISSAC R. WAS IN THE SERVICE AT THIS TIME PERIOD. I DON'T KNOW IF LEWIS A MIDDLETON WAS A FRIEND OR AN YANKEE SOLDIER.) THIS BIBLE ALSO CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING BIRTH RECORD OF ISSAC R. SPENCE'S CHILDREN BITHA? ANN, BORN 18 JUNE 1843 JOHN ASHLEY, BORN 1845 GEORGIANN, BORN 27 FEB. 1847 ELIZABETH, BORN 7 FEB. 1848 JAMES, BORN 15 DECEMBER 1851 MARCIA, BORN 25 MARCH 1854 RICHARD, BORN 29 SEPTEMBER 1855 AMY, BORN 13 NOVEMBER 1852 MARY, BORN 28 JULY 1857 WESLEYBORN 2 FEBRUARY 1860 STEPHEN A., BORN 11 JULY 1862. MOLLY, BORN 22 NOVEMBER 1864 CHARITY, BORN 24 MARCH 1866 ALEXANDER, BORN 15 FEBRUARY 1868 WILLIAM WASHINGTON, BORN 15 OCTOBER 1871. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE FILES OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES IN WASHINGTON, D. C. IT PERTAINS TO AN APPLICATION THAT MARY SPENCE WIDOW OF ISAAC R. SPENCE, MADE FOR A PENSIONCLAIM ON ISAAC R. SPENCE'S ,IL;ITARY SERVICE IN THE SEMINOLE INDIAN WARS IN FLORIDA IN 1840-1841. THE APPLICATION WAS DATED 14 SEPTEMBER 1892, IN HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS. IT STATES THAT MARY SPENCE IS 62 YEARS OLD AND A RESIDENT OF HOUISTON COUNTY TEXAS. SHE IS THE WIDOW OF ISAAC R. SPENCE, WHO ENLISTED AT THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA ON THE 1ST DAY OF MARCH 1841 AS A PRIVATE IN CAPT. REDDENS COMPANY AND THAT HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE AT OCILLA RIVER, FLORIDA. ON 1 APRIL 1841. OTHER PENSION PAPERS IN THE PENSION FILE CONTAIN DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW HE ENLISTED IN A CAPT. TOWNSENDS COMPANY AS A PRIVATE ON 8 FEBRUARY 1840 AND WAS MUSTERED OUT ON 16 NOVEMBER 1840. HE WAS PAID FOR HIS TIME IN THE SERVICE PLUS ONE DAY'S PAY FOR TRAVEL TIME BACK HOME. IT ALSO SHOWS HIS TIME IN CAPT. REDDING'S TO HAVE BEEN FROM 9 DECEMBER 1840 TO 13 MARCH 1841 AND THAT HE WAS MUSTERED OUT AT CHASE'S FERRY, EAST FLORIDA. MARY'S APPLICATION STATES THAT SHE AND ISAAC WERE MARRIED ATR BLAKELY, ALABAMA ON 15 JULY 1848 BY A JUDGE BURNS, WHO WAS A PROBATE COURT JUDGE AND THAT HER MAIDEN NAME WAS MARY LEVENS. SHE FURTHER STATES THAT ISAAC R. SPENCE WAS MARRIED PREVIOUSLY TO WINNIE LEWIS WHO DIED IN 1847 IN EAST FLORIDA. THAT ISAAC SPENCE DIED IN TRINITY COUNTY TEXAS ON 28 SEPTEMBER 1872.. AT THE AGE OF 62. (THIS 1872 DEATH DATE CONTRADICTS THE TIME OF DEATH OF ISSAC R. IF MY GRANDFATHER WAS NOT BORN UNTIL AFTER ISAAC'S DEATH. MY GRANDFATHER WAS BORN 15 OCTOBER ACCORDING TO ALL PUBLISHED RECORDS.) MARY STATES SINCE HIS DISCHARGE FROM SERVICE THEY HAD LIVED IN EAST FLORIDA FOR 1 YEAR, VAN ZANDT COUNTY TEXAS FOR 1 YEAR, TRINITY COUNTY TEXAS, FOR 12 YEARS AND IN HOUSTON COUNTY TEXAS FOR 13 YEARS. STATED THAT SHE HAD NOT REMARRIED SINCE THE DEATH OF ISAAC AND THAT SHE WAS BORN ON 25 DECEMBER 1830. ( SHE DID NOT STATE WHERE SHE WAS BORN). SHE SIGNED HER NAME WITH AN X. AND IT WAS WITNESSED. EVIDENTLY SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE. THERE ARE SEVERAL DISCREPANCIES IN THE STATEMENTS THAT MARY GAVE ON THE APPLICATION FOR PENSION. THERE ARE DIFFERENT DATES ON WHEN ISAAC ENLISTED AND WHEN HE WAS MUSTERED OU AND WHERE HE WAS MUSTERED OUT. IT APPEARS FROM THE RECORDS FROM THE ARCHIVES IN WASHINGTON, THAT HE MAY HAVE ENLISTED TWICE AND WAS MUSTERED OUT AT TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. SHE STATES THAT SHE AN ISAAC WERE MARRIED IN ALABAMA BUT THE LATER CENSUS STATE THAT SHE WAS BORN IN TEXAS. I BELIEVE THAT THE CENSUS RECORD IS WRONG. SHE STATES THAT ISAAC'S FIRST WIFE, WINNIE LEWIS, DIED IN EAST FLORIDA IN 1847 BUT THE 1850 CENSUS FROM THOMAS COUNTY GEORGIA, SHOWS ISAAC'S WIFE TO BE WINNEY AND SHE IS 26 YEARS OLD. SHE STATS THAT ISAAC DIED ON 28 SEPTEMBER 1872 AT THE AGE OF 62. HOWEVER, CENSUS RECORDS ON ISAAC SHOWS HIM TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN EITHER 1824 OR 1825, SO IF HE DIED IN 1872 HE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN 62 YEARS OLD. MARY STATES THAT SHE WAS BORN ON 25 DECEMBER 1830 BUT HER HEADSTON AT THE CEMETERY GIVES HER DATE OF BIRTH AS 1836. WE MUST REMEMBERE THAT ACCORDING TO THE DATE I FOUND, MARY PROBABLY COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND THAT THE PENSION APPLICATION SHE MADE OUT WAS IN 1892 WHICH WAS SOME 20 YEARS AFTER ISAAC HAD DIED. SHE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REMEMVBER THE EXACT DATES AND THE PERSON HELPING HER MAKE OUT THE APPLICATION JUST MADE AN APPROXIMATION OF THE DATES AND AGES. FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS TAKEN FROM RECORDS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AT THE DALLAS, TEXAS LIBRARY. ISAAC R. SPENCE----COMPANY MUSTER ROLL FOR 1 NOVEMBER 1862 TO 2 FEBRUARY 1863. HE ENLISTED 4 JULY 1862 AT HOUSTON, TEXAS. SWORN IN BY CAPTAIN STAFFORD. HE IS FROM TRINITY COUNTY, TEXAS. ONE MUSTER ROLL SHOWS HE DESERTED FROM CAMP LUBBOCK WHICH WA NEAR HOUSTON, WHILE UNDER MARCHING ORDERS FOR LOUISIANA. THIS MUSTER ROLL DATED 27 OCTOBER 1863. DATE OF DESERTION 7 MAY 1863. HOWEVER, IN ANOTHER FILE IT SHOWS A REGISTER FROM THE GENERAL HOSPITAL HIN HOUSTON, TEXAS THATT PVT. ISAAC R. SPENCE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL ON 5 MAY 1863 WITH RUBEOLA. ANOTHER FILE SHOWS HIM IN THE SAME HOSPITAL 27 SEPTEMBER 1862 TO 1 OCTOBER 1862 WITH ICTERUS (JAUNDICE). HE WAS A PRIVATE IN CAPTAIN HUGHES COMPANY, TEXAS LIGHT ARTILLERY, ALSO KNOWN AS CAPTAIN WILSON AND CAPTAIN GONZALES COMPANY. NO DATE WAS GIVEN FOR HIS DISCHARGE. I BELIEVE THAT HE WAS IN THE BATTLE OF GALVESTON BAY WHICH TOOK PLACE ON 1 JANUARY 1863 BECAUSE OF THE BIBLE HE BROUGHT BACK HOME WITH HIM THAT SAYS IT CAME TO HIM DUE TO THE FORTUNES OF WAR ON JANUARY 1, 1863.