Individual Details

Solomon's birth year is found anywhere from 1748 until 1757, but he is said to have 21 when he died which would actually be about 1767. Since he appears on tax lists by 1786 and was likely age at least 21, that places his birth as before 1765.

Kentucky Land Grants
20 Aug 1786. On Oct 1779 there was granted to Solomon Spears and Henry Christ, as assignees of Parmanus Briscoe, tract of 400 acres by survey 22 Jul 1784, in the county of Jefferson on Long Lick Creek, waters of Salt River. Metes and bounds mention the salt works.
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Surveyed 1 Nov 1785 - 340 acres on Long Lick Creek, Nelson Co, KY

1786 PA Census Lists - Rostraver, Westmoreland County
Regina Spears
Solomon Spears
Jacob Spears, Single [the word Single is written after several of those on the list - but Solomon was also single]

1787 PA Tax Lists - Rostraver, Westmoreland
Regina Spears: Patent for 130 acres, Warrants for 180 and 150 acres. 3 Negroes. 2 horses. 8 head of cattle. Value £219
Solomon Spears: 1 Negro Value £25
Jacob Spears: 2 Negroes. 2 horses. 1 Still Value £84.10

Solomon was killed by Indians on Salt River in KY, May 1788 - The Battle of the Kettles There are said to have 13 people in the party that had come to make salt; most were killed. Solomon was unmarried and childless so his siblings were his heirs - it was 1825 before the estate was settled and some of his siblings had died, making nieces and nephews his heirs.

As told in Collins History of Kentucky, a flat bottomed boat, loaded with kettles intended to be used in the manufacture of salt at Bullitt's Lick left Louisville with 14 persons, 12 armed men, a woman and a Negro boy, on board. The boat was owned by Henry Crist, Christian Crepps and Solomon Spears. A sound of gobbling of turkeys lured them ashore. Soon they were attacked by over one hundred Indians. Creeps and Spears were killed. Crist and several other escaped, while the woman was made a captive.

Nelson Co KY Commissioners Deeds, 1823-1842, Land Book 3, p.47-49.
3 Oct 1825 between the unknown heirs of Elizabeth Kuykendall, the unknown heirs of Mary Reasoner, and Henry Crist, Catherine Lewright & John Lewright her husband, Nicholas Crist, Rebecca Cartmell & Jacob Carmell her husband, heirs of Sarah Crist, dec'd., Nathan Crist, Catherine Crist, Rebecca Crist, & Sarah Crist, the last four infant heir of Jacob Crist who was one of the heirs of Sarah Christ, the said Henry Crist is also named as heir of Sarah Crist, the unknown heirs of Christina Frye, Catherine Ernest & William Ernest her husband, Henry Spears, Jacob Spears, Nancy Frye & James Frye her husband, Elijah Cartmell, Sarah Brown and Joseph Brown her husband and Regina Crist, the three last heirs of Susannah Cartmell who was one of the heirs of Solomon Spears, Rachel Bird, Mounce Bird her husband, the unknown heirs of Regina Owens & Noah Spears.

This is the best known list of the children of Henry Speers & Regina Froman.

1. Elizabeth Speers married James Kuykendall
2. Mary Speers married Peter Reasoner, her first cousin once removed. His mother was Maria Magdalina Froman, an aunt of Regina Froman
3. Sarah Speers married Nicholas Crist. Their son Henry was the sole male survivor from the Battle of the Kettle. He and Solomon were co-owners of the board Catherine Lewright was a daughter of Sarah & Nicholas Crist - she was married first to Nathan Cartmell, 2nd to John Lewright. Nicholas Crist was another child of Sarah & Nicholas. Rebecca Carmell was another daughter.
4. Christina Speers married Samuel Frye. They had 12 children, but this was apparently unknown to the Court
5. Catherine Speers married William Ernest as her second husband - her first was Benjamin Frye, son of Abraham & Agnes Ann Young
6. Rev. Henry Speers married Rebekah Frye
7. Jacob Speers married Elizabeth Kellar - they moved to Bourbon Co, KY. Jacob is likely responsible for named Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
8. Nancy Speers married James Frye - my husband's direct ancestors
9. Susannah married Nathan Cartmell - her children were Elijah, Sarah who married Joseph Brown and Regina who married Jacob Crist. Susannah and Nathan may have divorced - Nathan later married Catherin Crist, daughter of Sarah Speers & Nicholas Crist
10. Rachel Speers married 2 William Fry and 2nd, Mounce Bird (I'm not sure about this - documents from Kentucky suggest that Rachel, widow of William Fry, married Abraham Bird, brother of Mounce Bird.
11. Regina Speers married Joshua Owings
12. Noah Speers married Nancy Virginia Frye
Solomon was the 13th child. Some believe there was an oldest child Joseph, but no record of him has ever been found.

Birth	Abt 1765
Death	28 May 1788	Nelson County, Kentucky

Father	HENRY SPEERS (1725 - 1773)
Mother	REGINA FROMAN (1729 - 1805)
Sibling	Joseph SPEERS (1744 - 1770)
Sibling	Elizabeth Spears (1746 - 1773)
Sibling	Mary "Molly" Spears (1747 - 1805)
Sibling	Sarah Spears (1748 - 1814)
Sibling	Rachel Spears (1749 - 1820)
Sibling	Susanna Spears (1750 - )
Sibling	Catherine Spears (1751 - 1816)
Sibling	Christena Spears (1752 - 1841)
Sibling	Jacob Spears (1754 - 1825)
Sibling	Rev. Henry Speers Jr. (1756 - 1840)
Sibling	ANN "NANCY" SPEARS (1759 - 1839)
Sibling	Regina Speers (1763 - 1827)
Sibling	Noah Speers (1769 - 1832)

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