This is what I have on the Speights family of Sabine County. I don't see the people you are looking for in particular, but it is very likely my information is not complete. I am not a Speights descendant, rather several members of my family lines married into this family. My sources were the book SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS and the census extracts from 1850-1880 prepared by Blanche Toole and others, and emails from other Sabine County researchers. If anyone on the TXSABINE-L has any corrections or additions, I'd certainly like to correct this so it is as accurate as possible. Melinda McLemore Strong Descendants of William Speights 1 William Speights b: January 23, 1787 in Virginia d: October 23, 1842 in Mississippi .. +Rebecca Hopkins b: 1796 in North Carolina m: December 17, 1817 in Virginia ...... 2 Susan Speights b: November 03, 1818 d: July 28, 1819 ...... 2 Joshua M Hopkins Speights b: December 07, 1819 in Georgia .......... +Esther C. Leece b: April 05, 1835 m: March 08, 1854 in Sabine Co, TX ...... *2nd Wife of Joshua M Hopkins Speights: .......... +Sally J Youngblood m: 1873 ...... 2 Thomas Green Speights b: October 09, 1822 in Mississippi ...... 2 Susan A Green Speights b: August 07, 1826 .......... +Dr. James Low b: Abt. 1821 in South Carolina m: 1848 in Sabine Co, TX d: Bef. 1860 .............. 3 Mary Benena J Low b: 1849 in Texas .................. +Drayton Pratt b: 1845 in Alabama ...................... 4 Anna L Pratt b: 1869 ...................... 4 Susan L. "Sudie" Pratt b: May 30, 1871 in Texas d: June 11, 1911 in Sabine County, Texas (Speights Cemetary) .......................... +Robert Earl Harris b: August 11, 1867 in Texas m: January 01, 1890 in Sabine County Archives (per Linda Davenport) d: December 29, 1934 in Sabine County, Texas (Speights Cemetary) ...................... 4 James Hampton Pratt b: 1873 .......................... +Mary Cooper b: Abt. 1874 ...................... 4 Mary E Pratt b: 1873 ...................... 4 Reese Pratt b: Abt. 1875 ...................... 4 Lena Pratt b: 1877 ...................... 4 Drayton Pratt, Jr. b: April 1880 ...... 2 Jonathon M.H. Speights b: June 20, 1828 in Mississippi .......... +Emily Ann Scott m: November 01, 1853 in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas .............. 3 Madora E. Speights .................. +Dan Leak .............. 3 Thomas Green Speights b: November 12, 1854 d: December 10, 1913 .............. 3 Dr.John William Speights b: October 29, 1856 .................. +Mary Head .............. *2nd Wife of Dr.John William Speights: .................. +Sallie Wilson b: Abt. 1866 in Texas m: January 20, 1884 in Sabine Co, TX ...................... 4 Thomas Green Speights b: February 15, 1885 in Texas .......................... +Arlis Emmaline Bennett b: March 16, 1885 in Texas m: July 12, 1905 ...................... 4 Dora E. Speights b: February 07, 1886 .......................... +Cade Drew White, Jr. b: Abt. 1884 m: January 22, 1905 in Sabine Co, TX d: Aft. 1914 ...................... 4 Orin Wilson Speights b: February 26, 1887 ...................... 4 Mermond Leon Speights b: December 22, 1891 in Sabine County, Texas d: May 05, 1985 in Hemphill, Texas .......................... +Ruth Elvira McLemore b: December 04, 1893 in Hemphill, Texas m: December 22, 1913 d: March 19, 1980 in Hemphill, Texas ...................... 4 Emily Ann Speights b: Aft. 1892 d: Bef. 1900 ...................... 4 Buford Arlington Speights b: Abt. 1898 .......................... +Abbie Conn ...................... *2nd Wife of Buford Arlington Speights: .......................... +Mattie McGown ...................... 4 Sallie L. Speights b: Abt. 1903 in Texas .......................... +Sam Cammack b: Abt. 1899 ...................... *2nd Husband of Sallie L. Speights: .......................... +Med Thompson ...... *2nd Wife of Jonathon M.H. Speights: .......... +Rebecca Washburn (Frances?) Halbert b: 1846 m: August 29, 1865 in Sabine Co, TX ...... *3rd Wife of Jonathon M.H. Speights: .......... +Macie Elizabeth Davis m: Abt. 1866 ...... 2 Amanda Malvina Speights b: July 20, 1832 in Mississippi d: September 16, 1846 in Sabine County, Texas ...... 2 Mary A.F.C. Speights b: December 06, 1835 in Mississippi .......... +Nathaniel Jackson Carroway b: 1835 m: 1855 in Sabine Co, TX d: in Civil War ...... 2 Green W Speights b: July 11, 1839 in Mississippi d: Aft. 1920 .......... +Jerusha Caroline Allen b: May 16, 1845 in Sabine County, Texas m: November 1865 in Sabine Co, TX d: 1888 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas .............. 3 Lola Speights b: 1868 in Texas .............. 3 Susan B. Speights b: 1870 in Texas .................. +W.R. Blackshear .............. 3 Lillie A. Speights b: 1873 in Texas .............. 3 John C. Speights b: 1875 in Texas .................. +Leelee ??? b: Abt. 1876 in Texas ...................... 4 Weldon W. Speights b: Abt. 1912 in Texas ...................... 4 Irene Speights b: Abt. 1919 in Texas .............. 3 Della M. Speights b: 1878 in Texas .............. 3 Levy H. Speights b: Abt. 1882 .............. 3 Alvy V. Speights b: Abt. 1885 Brenda Parker wrote: > Posted on: Sabine Co. Tx Query Forum > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Sabine?read=271 > > Surname: spights, speights, turner > ------------------------- > > I am looking specifically for information about Tempe and John J Spi(e)ghts, > parents of Rebecca Marinstia Spi(e)ghts (1960-1932), who married James > Turner in 1883 in Texas. James and Tempe also had two sons, Azamor (bca1857) > and Henry (bca1858), and the family was listed in Rapides Parish, LA, in > 1860. Tempe Spi(e)ghts lived until around 1920; John was last seen during > the Civil War, possible leaving to enlist, but maybe not. Grandpa remembers > that he went to school with some of the Spe(i)ghts children at Hemphill, > and that some were buried in the area; he said Granny Spe(i)ghts did not > want to talk about any of the Speights family. I would welcome information > on any of the Sabine county Speights or Spights families.