Individual Details

Research of Hank Adams said he was born Aix-la-Chappel, Germany - that is actually the French name for the Aachen in Prussia, Germany. These parents have not been conclusively proved - they exist in old research that was not in anyway documented.

Naturalized 21 Aug 1770. Fought in the Battle of Brandywine during Revolution.

George Spears married Christeenah around 1752, and they had ten children, eight of whom were to emigrate to Kentucky. George, the father, appears to have been quite a well-to-do planter, since at the time of his death, the bond on his estate, consisting of land, cash and slaves, was fixed at $40,000. His name appears on land sale records in Virginia Deed Books in the 1700’s like that of George Zimmerman. His children were also taught to read and write in English, girls included.
George Spears fought in the Revolutionary War at Brandywine and as a veteran was also entitled to his land grants. Records indicate that between 1780 and 1789, he obtained several parcels of land amounting to 2,700 acres by land grants, at least some of which were adjacent to Carpenter’s Station. In spite of these large land holdings, and the ties with his children, George maintained his residence in Virginia and did not migrate to Kentucky.

It is probable that George settled along the Shenandoah River in August Co in the 1740's near his uncle Henry Speers.

All but two of his children moved on to Kentucky.

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~carpenter/genealogy/manuscript.html
George Spears, the father of all these Spears children, died sometime shortly after 1800, and his will was presented and proved in the November 1803 court in Rockingham County, Virginia. Catherine Carpenter inherited £40 as a specific bequest and shared in the 2/3 portion of the estate which was divided among her brothers and sisters. Several documents relating to the settlement of the George Spears estate are in the Carpenter family papers; one dated April 6, 1805, indicated that Christennah Spears (wife of George) was to have “use of the new house, stable, spring house, oven and yard that is next to Linville Creek”.

Birth	6 May 1731	Aachen, Prussia, Germany
Marriage	Abt 1754	Rockingham County, Virginia - Christina ?Hardwin
Military	1776	Capt. Baxter, Rockingham Co VA, Revolutionary War
Death	Nov 1803	Rockingham County, Virginia

Spouse	Christina ?Hardwin ( - )
Child	Jacob Spears (1757 - 1818)
Child	Elizabeth Spears (1755 - 1832)
Child	Catherine Spears (1760 - 1848)
Child	George Spears (1764 - 1838)
Child	Mary Agnes Spears (1766 - 1852)
Child	Hannah Spears (1769 - 1835)
Child	John F. Spears (1771 - 1866)
Child	David Spears (1773 - )
Child	Sarah Spears (1774 - )
Child	Daniel Spears (1777 - )
Child	Isaac Spears ( - )
Child	Rachel Spears ( - )

Father	Michael Christopher Speers (1709 - )
Mother	Marie Louisa de la Noye ( - )
Sibling	Rachel Speers ( - )
Sibling	Jacob Speers (1730 - )