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Claimant Name Type Claim Number Name Mentioned Reel First Last
Smith & Sparks AU 4682 97 79 83
Smith & Sparks AU 4682 Sparks, Richard 97 81 81
The Neches Saline trading post, northwest of Nacogdoches, was operated by Captain Robert W Smith and
Colonel Richard Sparks. The salt deposits in the area around the trading post at the Neches had for many years attracted the Indians, making it a logical site for a mercantile establishment. Smith and Sparks operated their post, land claimed by the Cherokee tribe, on the eastern bank of the Neches River. Neches Saline was near the midway point between Nacogdoches and the "threeforks of the Trinity River" area. Smith and Sparks had taken over the operation of the trading post from Indian agent Martin Lacy. Captain Robert W. Smith was born Dec. 9, 1814 in North Carolina and emigrated to Texas in 1835.
Ref: Sparks Qrtrly
Sparks, Franklin AU 8835 99 402 405
Sparks, James AU 7182 99 417 420
Sparks, James H. UN N/A 256 665 669
Sparks, John AU Unnumbered 01 99 421 424
Sparks, Levi N. AU 8485 99 425 428
Sparks, Levi N. AU 8485 Sparks, Levy N. 99 428 428
Sparks, Levi N. AU 8825 99 429 431
Sparks, Levi N. AU 8825 Sparks, Levi N. (Lt.) 99 431 431
Sparks, Richard AU 4687 99 432 436
Sparks, Richard AU 4693 99 437 443
Sparks, Richard AU 4696 99 444 448
Sparks, Richard AU 7140 99 449 452
Sparks, Richard PD 4696 187 261 263
Sparks, S. F. PE N/A 239 706 736
Sparks, W. F. PE N/A 240 7 16
Sparks, W. F. PE N/A Sparks, William F. 240 8 16
Sparks, William C. AU 9509 99 455 458
Sparks, William C. AU Unnumbered 01 99 453 454
Sparks, William C. AU Unnumbered 01 130 304 308
Sparks, William C. AU Unnumbered 01 Sparks, William C. (Col.) 130 305 308
Sparks, William C. PD 598 187 264 272
Sparks, William F. AU 380 99 459 461
Sparks, William F. AU 469 99 462 463
Name Mentioned Type Claim Number Claimant Name Reel First Last
Edwards & Sparks PE N/A Thorn, John S. 242 94 94
Smith & Sparks AU 4682 Smith & Sparks 97 79 83
Sparks (Col.) AU 1239 Lacy, Martin 58 442 442
Sparks (Col.) AU 360 Crist, Stephen 21 593 593
Sparks, Andrew J. PD 3203 Anderson, Elijah 132 518 521 (order)
Sparks, Franklin AU Unnumbered 01 Parmalee, Richard 80 666 666
Sparks, James H. AU 6855 Parmalee, Richard 81 51 82
Sparks, James R. PE N/A Thorn, John S. 242 94 94
Sparks, John PD 3203 Anderson, Elijah 132 515 523
Sparks, John M. PD 3203 Anderson, Elijah 132 519 521
Sparks, John M. PD 3229 White, J. E. 196 126 126
Sparks, Mathew AU 717 Rusk, David 91 119 119
Sparks, R. (Col.) AU 4998 Thorn, Frost & Co. 104 662 662 -(order)
Sparks, Richard AU 4682 Smith & Sparks 97 81 81
Sparks, Richard AU 4691 Reaves, D. W. 86 663 664
Sparks, Richard AU 4695 Irby, John H. 50 337 337
Sparks, Richard AU 4702 Collicott, James 19 383 386
Sparks, Richard AU 498 Griffith, Horatio 38 362 362
Sparks, Richard AU 717 Rusk, David 91 156 156
Sparks, Richard PD 3203 Anderson, Elijah 132 517 523
Sparks, Richard PE N/A Anderson, Elijah 201 18 18
Sparks, Richard PE N/A Martin, Philip 227 300 300
Sparks, Richard PE N/A Snailum, Thomas C. 239 509 510
Sparks, S. F. AU 4686 Bailey, Howard 4 475 475
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