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    1. [TXSABINE-L] William Myrick Speights
    2. Sharon Speights Varnes
    3. Posted on: Sabine Co. Tx Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Sabine?read=272 Surname: Speights, Young, Caraway, Carroway, Allen ------------------------- Eliza R. Young first married to Vestal Caraway of South Carolina and they had 3 children. In 1850 Census Sabine Co., Texas with added family information and corrections by Helen Gomer Schluter and Blanche Finley Toole has Eliza R. (Young?) 36 f born in Tenn, married first to a Carroway and in the household 16/16 William Myrick Speights 36 m, born in Ga, a farmer, with Nathaniel Jackson Carroway, 15 m Miss. (married Mary Speights, dau of William Speights & Rebecca Hopkins); William R. Carroway 12 m Miss.; Ellen E. Carroway 10 f Miss; and John Henry Hopkins Speights 7/12 m Tex ( married Mrs. Emma Jane Marshburn Bourland). William Myrick Speights b.July 09, 1815 in Ga. Son of John Speights and Mary " Polly" Ewing Speights married Eliza R. in Sabine Parish, Lousiana abt 1847. This John Speights was the brother of Willliam Myrick Speights, Jr. b.January 28, 1787 married to Rebecca Hopkins. Rebecca's son Green William Speights b.July 11, 1839 married Jerusha Caroline Allen. The Speights family loved to used the same names! Hope this helps. Sharon Speights Varnes

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