A sharp difference of opinion continues among aviation researchers and historians over Whitehead's work. Some believe that he was the first human to fly a powered heavier-than-air machine, while others believe none of his powered machines ever flew and that he contributed nothing to aviation.
Sparks, Maryland. Sparks is an unincorporated community that is located in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. It is situated approximately 20 miles north of Baltimore, Maryland and is considered to be a suburb of the City of Baltimore. The Gunpowder River runs through Sparks.
A resident of NC during the Revolution, Jeremiah Sparks removed from Rockingham Co, NC to Franklin Co, GA by 1788, and to Morgan Co, GA by 1809. He was born circa 1760. In 1825, he was certified as a Revolutionary War Soldier by the Morgan County Court, and entitled to two draws in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery.