Toot,

No, when I re-checked, the one Spence that I have, stayed in Coosa, AL. I can say that it was a common migration pattern from Alabama to Arkansas prior to and just after the civil war. I've seen a couple of blacks migrate after the civil war. My guess would be that Daniel was a was brought to Arkansas as a slave before the end of slavery. I think you already know this, and it's a long-shot but you could order the probate court index film from the LDS for Talladega County to see if Benjamin Spence died between the 1850 census and the 1860 census.

Ron