Name: edspeer1 -- Descendants of Rev. William Speer (1652-?) of Aryshire, Scotland

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  1. John Speer: Birth: 5 NOV 1784 in Cherokee Heights, Abbeville Co., SC, USA. Death: 20 APR 1866 in Lowndesville, Abbeville Co., SC, USA

  2. William Speer: Birth: 9 MAY 1788 in Cherokee Heights, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA. Death: 10 JAN 1877 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA

  3. Alexander Speer: Birth: 23 AUG 1790 in Cherokee Heights, Abbeville Co., SC, USA. Death: 28 APR 1856 in paralysis, LaGrange, Troup Co., GA, USA

  4. Margaret Houston Speer: Birth: 1 DEC 1792 in Cherokee Heights, Abbeville Co., SC, USA. Death: 5 SEP 1864 in Ruckerville, Elbert Co., GA, USA


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1. Title:   Holloway, Patsy to Speer Email 1998
Author:   Holloway, Patsy
Publication:   1998; email messages from Holloway of Kinston, TN to WE Speer of Marion, NC
2. Title:   William1.FTW
Author:   Speer, Wade Edward
Publication:   Compiled 1995-2000
3. Title:   DAR Lineage Book 33
Page:   page 4
Author:   Johnston, Sarah Hall, compiller
Publication:   DAR, Washington, DC, 1912; v. XXXIII; no. 32011
4. Title:   DAR Lineage Book 26
Page:   page 364
Author:   Gadsby, Elizabeth, Historian General
Publication:   DAR, Washington, DC, 1908; v. XXVI; no. 25998
5. Title:   DAR Lineage Book 21
Page:   page 76
Author:   Dolliver, Louise Pearsons
Publication:   DAR, Washington, DC; 1897; nos. 20213 & 20214
6. Title:   DAR Lineage Book 66
Page:   page 290
Author:   Ellen Dudley Clarke, Historian General, and Sarah Hall Johnston, Editor and Compiler
Publication:   DAR, Washington, DC, 1918; no. 45676; 1903
7. Title:   History of South Carolina
Page:   page 232
Author:   Snowden, Yates
Publication:   The Lewis Publishing Co, New York; v. IV, 1920
8. Title:   Speer, William Arthur, Jr., Speer Family 1994
Author:   Speer, William Arthur, Jr.
Publication:   1994
9. Title:   DAR Lineage Book 92
Page:   p 159; No. 91489
Author:   McDuffee, Alice Louise, Historian General
Publication:   DAR, Washington, DC; 1912
10. Title:   DAR Lineage Book 92
Page:   p 212; no. 91686
Author:   McDuffee, Alice Louise, Historian General
Publication:   DAR, Washington, DC; 1912
11. Title:   DAR Lineage Book 110
Page:   p 25
Author:   Gillentine, Flora Myers, Historian General
Publication:   DAR, Washington, D.C.; 1914, v. 110
12. Title:   DAR TN Membership and Soldiers 1894-1960
Page:   p 1457
Author:   Edythe Rucker Whitley, Registrar The Tennessee Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Publication:   The Tennessee Society Revolution, 1961
13. Title:   DAR TN Membership and Soldiers 1894-1960
Page:   p 1457 "Strusbone Co., Tyrone, Ireland"
Author:   Edythe Rucker Whitley, Registrar The Tennessee Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Publication:   The Tennessee Society Revolution, 1961
14. Title:   Speer, John Fleetwooe, Dr. to Speer, Letter, 1986
Author:   Speer, John Fleetwood, Dr.
Publication:   1986 letter from Jon Fleetwood of Anderson, SC to Barry Wayne Speer
15. Title:   Speer, Daniel Norwood to Speer, Letter, Feb 19, 1872
Author:   Speer, Daniel Norwood
Publication:   Feb 19, 1872 letter from Daniel N. Speer of GA to Alexander Middleton Speer of GA
16. Title:   Speer, Daniel Norwood to Speer, Letter, Feb 19, 1872
Page:   The location given is "near the town of Stebaul, County Antrim, Ireland".
Author:   Speer, Daniel Norwood
Publication:   Feb 19, 1872 letter from Daniel N. Speer of GA to Alexander Middleton Speer of GA
17. Title:   Whitmire, George William, Sr. to Speer, Letter, Jul 15, 1994
Author:   Whitmire, George William, Sr.
Publication:   Jul 15, 1994 letter from Whitmire of Jacksonville, FL to WE Speer
18. Title:   Whitmire, George William, Sr. to Speer, Letter, Jul 15, 1994
Page:   County Antriun
Author:   Whitmire, George William, Sr.
Publication:   Jul 15, 1994 letter from Whitmire of Jacksonville, FL to WE Speer
19. Title:   Speer, Arthur Jackson, Speer Family Tree
Author:   Speer, Arthur Jackson, Compiler
Publication:   1904
20. Title:   Speer, William, Jr., Family Bible
Author:   Speer, William, Jr.
Publication:   Philadelphia: William W. Woodward; 1816; in possession of William Arthur Speer, Jr, of Atlanta, GA
21. Title:   Brown, Samuella S., "Speer"
Author:   Brown, Samuella S.
Publication:   in: Abbeville County Family History, Abbeville, SC; Carroll, J. Greg, ed.; 1979
22. Title:   Wynn, Dixie Lee Unruh, DAR Membership 1984
Author:   Wynn, Dixie Lee Unruh
Publication:   1984; DAR; application no. 683895
23. Title:   Lamar, Joseph Rucker 1857-1916
Author:   Lamar, Clarinda Pendleton
Publication:   G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1926, 284 p.
24. Title:   Southern Christian Advocate Notices 1867-1878
Author:   Holcomb, Brent H.
Publication:   Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1993; Notices from the Southern Christian Advocate
25. Title:   Southern Christian Advocate Notices 1867-1878
Page:   County Antrim
Author:   Holcomb, Brent H.
Publication:   Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1993; Notices from the Southern Christian Advocate
26. Title:   Speer, William, Jr., 1874 Manuscript
Author:   Speer, William, Jr.
Publication:   Sep 3, 1874, Abbeville Co., SC
27. Title:   DAR Lineage Book 92
Author:   McDuffee, Alice Louise, Historian General
Publication:   DAR, Washington, DC; 1912
28. Title:   Matthews, Ken to Speer, Email 1998
Author:   Matthews, Ken
Publication:   1998 Email from Matthews to WE Speer of Marion, NC
29. Title:   SC Revolutionary Soliders, Sailers, Patriots...
Author:   Maddox, Joseph T. and Mary Carter
Publication:   Albany, GA: Georgia Pioneers Publications, 1976, v. I
30. Title:   Revolutionary Soldiers in GA & Other States
Author:   McCall, Howard H., Mrs., Compiler
Publication:   Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968
31. Title:   SC Patriots American Revolution
Page:   page 886
Author:   Moss, Bobby Gilmer
Publication:   Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, 1983
32. Title:   Andera Collection
Author:   Andrea, Leonardo
Publication:   Manuscript Division, The Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC
33. Title:   DAR Lineage Book 92
Page:   p 221; no. 91686
Author:   McDuffee, Alice Louise, Historian General
Publication:   DAR, Washington, DC; 1912
34. Title:   Speer, William, Sr., Tombstone Inscription
Author:   Speer, Wade Edward May 1, 1994
Publication:   Old Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery, Monterey, Abbeville Co., SC
35. Title:   Abbeville Co., SC Cemetery Records Vol. 2
Page:   page 68
Author:   Bratcher, R. Wayne
Publication:   R. Wayne Bratcher; v. 2 (198?).
36. Title:   Brown, Samuella S., "Speer"
Page:   The date given for William's move to PA is 1774
Author:   Brown, Samuella S.
Publication:   in: Abbeville County Family History, Abbeville, SC; Carroll, J. Greg, ed.; 1979
37. Title:   Mills' Atlas, Abbeville District, SC
Author:   Robertson, William
Publication:   Surveyed 1820; published 1825
38. Title:   The History of Lowndesville, S.C.
Page:   page 60
Author:   Carlisle, Harold Arnette
Publication:   Heritage Papers, Danielsville, Georgia 30633, 1987
39. Title:   DAR Patriot Index
Author:   National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Publication:   Washington, D.C., Diamond Jubilee Adminstration, DAR, 1966
40. Title:   Ninety-Six & Abbeville District, S.C. Marriages 1774-1890
Page:   page 179
Author:   Pursley, Larry E.
Publication:   Publisher unknown, date unknown
41. Title:   DAR Lineage Book 22
Page:   page 165
Author:   Dolliver, Louise Pearsons
Publication:   DAR, Washington, DC, 1906; v. XXII; no. 21449 & 21450
42. Title:   DAR Lineage Book 77
Author:   De Bolt, Mary M., Historian General
Publication:   Washington, D.C.: National Society D American Revolution, 1909
43. Title:   Speer, William & Margaret Houston...
Author:   Speer, Rollo Clayton, D.D.
Publication:   1942; Pocatello, ID
44. Title:   SC Patriots American Revolution
Page:   page 886. Martha's name is given as "Margaret" McBride.
Author:   Moss, Bobby Gilmer
Publication:   Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, 1983
45. Title:   Speer, William, Sr., Will, 1826
Author:   Speer, William, Sr.
Publication:   1826; Abbeville Co., SC Probate Office; Box 89, Pack 2205 (original will) & Will Book 2, 1815-1839 (recorded will on p. 272-3).
46. Title:   Revolutionary Soldiers in GA & Other States
Page:   The name is given as Margaret McBride
Author:   McCall, Howard H., Mrs., Compiler
Publication:   Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968

Notes
a. Note:   [William1.FTW]
  The birth place is given as County Antrim by Snowden, 1920; William Speer, Jr., 1874 and Speer to SpeerB, 1986. William's mother died when he was born and he was raised by her Father William Houston (Snowden, 1920). William Sr. "gave his children the best educational advantages afforded in that time, was a Presbyterian, and rarely ever owed any man" (Snowden, 1920, page 232). William operated a store on his farm at Cherokee Ford. "His father seems to have been a merchant and the son took naturally to the calling" (Andrea Collection). See Wm Speer Jr letter 1869. Wm Jr. lists his father's age as 83 when he died (letter, 1869) William's tombstone lists his age at death as 83 years. In addition to William, the following people were listed as living in his household: Free White Males: 1 0-5 years old 1 10-15 years old 2 15-20 years old 1 40-50 years old Free White Females: listed on census, but omitted by mistake Male Servants: 1 0-10 years old 5 10-24 years old 1 55-100 years old Female Servants: 1 10-24 years old 1 24-36 years old
  William housed 11 servants: 2 males and 2 females age 0-16 2 males and 1 female age 16-26 1 male and 1 female age 26-45 1 male and 1 female age >45 The unsigned letter in the Andrea Collection mentions that "the old soldier" (William Speer, Sr.) had "scars on his ankles, left by manacles worn while a prisioner in the British hulks in Charleston Harbor". This is also refered to on William Arthur Speer, Jr's Family Chart. Clarinda Lamar (1926, p. 19) reports "To the day of his death he wore the scars of injuries received when he was captured by the British under Sir Peter Parker". However no record of his having actually been captured by Parker has been found. William's will was probated 26 April 1830; inventory was made 28 April 1830 by Dr. E. James Hunt and John McCalla. William's wife Martha, his sons John, William, and Alexander, and his daughter Margaret were mentioned in the will.
  The Speer family orginally lived near the town of Straball, County Antrim, Ireland (Wallace, 1934, p. 287). William first settled in Pennsylvania before moving on to South Carolina
  A land survey plat lays out five acres to William Speer and was certified on 12 Apr 1785. The Surveyor was Thomas Finley and the Surveyor General was Ephraim Mitchell. The plat shows that the tract borders on the south with the Savannah River while the land on the east belonged to Alexander McAlpin and the land on the west belonged to William Shannon.
  William, Sr lived in Charleston from 1774 until after Sir Peter Parker's attach on 28 June 1776. Andrea gives 1775 as the year Willima arrived in South Carolina.
  William Speer, Sr's tombstone indicates that he was born in 1747, instead of 1745. The origin of the 18 Oct 1745 date is unknown. Andrea gives the place of origin as Strabane County, Tyrone, Ireland.
  William fought with the Whigs under General Andrew Pickens and defeated the Tories under Boyd, who was killed. After the battle, General Pickins sent William on an "express" to Whitehall, South Carolina (home of Col Richardson?). See file HU for Kettle Creek maps.
  William Spears (Speer?) was paid 23 Pounds, 11 Shillings, and 5 Pence for "his account of Militia duty as Private done since the reduction of Charleston".
  After the fall of Charleston, William Sr. went to North Carolina until the begining of General Green's campaign (Wm Speer, Jr Letter 1869).
  William Spears (Speer?) was one of five men reimbursed for the lost of their horses during the Cherokee Expedition of 1782. William's horse was valued at 11 Pounds, 8 Shillings, and 6.75 Pence.
  General Andrew Pickens led a 400-man Militia into the Cherokee Nation in Oconee County in March, 1782. They burned villages and killed 40 Indians.
  William Spears (Speer?) was paid 21 Pounds, 8 Shillings, and 6 Pence and 1 Halfpence for "300 days in Militia from 10th April, 1781 to 1 March, 1782".
  William Spears (Speer?) was to be paid 25 Pounds, and 6 Pence for 1,950 pounds of beef used by the Militia in 1782 and for 60 days of Militia duty.
  The 5 acre survey plat was recorded on 18 May 1785 by Robert Anderson. Numerous references; see PJ, CL.
  A land survey plat lays out 95 acres for William Speer in Ninety Six District below the ancient Boundry on the Savannah River. The plat was certified on 14 Apr 1875 by Surveyor Thomas Finley and Surveyor General Ephraim Mitchell. The plat shows vacant land on the east and south while the 95 acre tract borders on the Savannah River.
  A survey plat for 95 acres for Wiliam Speer was recorded on 19 May 1785 by Robert Anderson. The plat shows that the tract is bounded by the Savannah River and is bounded on the NW by Alexander McAlpin's land while it is bounded by vacant land on all other sides.
  A land survey was conducted on 6 Apr 1805, probably by Surveyor James Trimble. The plat shows that the tract sits on a branch of the Savannah River and is surrounded by the following land owners: William Spears, Joel Nicks, William Shannon and ?athy Nicks.
  A land survey for 65 acres for William Spear was conducted 6 Apr 1805 by Surveyor James Trimble and certified on 20 Nov 1805 by Surveyor General John Byrum.
  A land survey plat lays out 126 acres for William Spears (William Speer, Sr.) and showns the tract bordering on the Savannah River at the Cherokee Ford and other land owner by William Spears. The survey plat for the 126 acres was received in Surveyor General Benjamin Lyon's office on 27 Nov 1822.
  A survey plat laid out 322.5 acres for William Spears (William Speer, Sr.) on the Savannah River at Cherokee Ford on 29 Apr 1830. Adjacent land owners include William Spears and Ellington. William Speer died in 1830. The Land Grant is signed by his Excellency Paul Hamilton, Governor of South Carolina. Paul Hamilton was Governor from 1804 to 1806 (Coleman and McGarity-Williams, 1988).
  The Land Grant for 126 acres was signed on 06 Jan 1823 by John L. Wilson, Governor of South Carolina. John Lyde Wilson was Governor from 1822 to 1824 (Coleman and McGarity-Williams, 1988).
  A Land Grant for 322.5 acres was awarded to William Spear (William Speer, Sr.) on 22 May 1832 by James Hamilton, Jr., Governor of South Carolina. James Hamilton, Jr. was Governor from 1830 to 1832 (Coleman and McGarity-Williams, 1988).
  Dr. John F. Speer reports that William was granted a total of 1400 acres of land for his Revolutionary War service. If true, land grants for the missing 800 acres are yet to be found (Speer to SpeerB, 1986).
  The unsigned letter in the Andrea Collection mentions William Speer, Sr.'s "brother who came over with him from Strabane, Ireland and who landed with him at Breakwater, Deleware, remained in Pennsylvania and his descendants are now weathly iron manufactures in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania"
  William, Sr. lived "in the family of General Pickens for the next three years except when not in service" (William Speer Jr. letters, 1869 & 1874). This probably refers to Pickens' Block House which he built as a fort in Long Cane to protect the settlers from Indian attack. See Ref LX for description of the Block House.
  William served under General Pickins at the Siege of Augusta. Samuella Brown (Carroll, 1979) mentions that William served under Colonel Hugh McCall at the Siege of Augusta.
  Samuella Brown reports in Carroll, 1979, that William lived in Delaware from 1772-1774, moved to Pennesylvania in 1774, and then moved to Charleston in 1775. In 1776 he moved to Long Cane Settletment.
  William Henry Drayton's South Carolina Patriot recruiting party left Charleston for the back country in mid summer, 1775. Drayton recruited Patriot forces throughout the back country, but left his militia and returned to Charleston. The Patriot forces gathered at Ninety Six, where they (Whigs or Congressional militia) were attacked by Loyalists forces (Tories or the Kings Men) on 19 Nov 1775. This first battle of Ninety Six lasted until a truce was signed on 21 Nov 1775. Drayton, now President of the new Provincial Government, dispatched Colonel Richard Richardson of the Camden regiment to the protection of the back country. Militia volunteers were recruited from all over the state and elsewhere. They rousted the Loyalists from the back country by December 23, 1775 and after a severe blizzard that day, the action became known as the Great Snow Campaign. William Speer, Jr. reported in his letter of 1869 that his father, William Speer, Sr., had been a part of "Drayton's or Snowy Camps", apparently a reference to Drayton's Dragroons and the Great Snow Campaign. He served under Col Richardson according to William Speer, Jr (3 Sep 1874).
  After the Fall of Charleston on 12 May 1780, South Carolina was overrun with British supporters and William Speer, Sr. fled, with many others, to North Carolina. He returned to South Carolina after General Greene took command of the Revolutionary forces there (Wm Speer, Jr letters, 1869 & 1874). Wm Speer, Jr. reports that after the Battle of Kettle Creek was over, General Andrew Pickens sent Wm Speer, Sr on "an express" to White Hall, South Carolina (letter, 1869). White Hall was the residence of General Williamson

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