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

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  1. William Houston Speer: Birth: 2 OCT 1812 in Abbeville District, South Carolina, USA. Death: 2 NOV 1878 in Coosa County, Alabama, USA

  2. John Alexander Speer: Birth: 27 APR 1814 in Abbeville District, South Carolina, USA. Death: 10 JAN 1910 in Coosa County, Alabama, USA

  3. James Harvey Speer: Birth: 3 JAN 1816 in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC, USA. Death: 1 NOV 1817 in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC, USA

  4. Sarah Eleanor Speer: Birth: 24 AUG 1817 in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC, USA. Death: 12 OCT 1826 in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC, USA

  5. James Milton Speer: Birth: 19 APR 1819 in Abbeville District, SC, USA. Death: 1 JUL 1890 in Coosa Co., AL, USA

  6. Henry Barr Speer: Birth: 15 FEB 1821 in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC, USA. Death: 15 NOV 1829 in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC, USA

  7. Mary Elizabeth Speer: Birth: 2 DEC 1823 in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC, USA. Death: 11 SEP 1826 in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC, USA

  8. Margaret Eliza Speer: Birth: 8 DEC 1825. Death: 6 SEP 1864

  9. Elijah Hunt Speer: Birth: 14 MAR 1828 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA. Death: 12 FEB 1908 in Abbeville District, South Carolina, USA

  10. Margaret Eleanor Speer: Birth: 14 MAR 1828 in SC. Death: 30 SEP 1894 in Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., NC

  11. Francis Caroline Speer: Birth: 12 APR 1830 in Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC, USA. Death: 17 OCT 1847 in Cherokee Heights, Abbeville Co., SC, USA

  12. Andrew Jackson Speer: Birth: 1 DEC 1833 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA. Death: 24 JAN 1918 in Lung Cancer, South Carolina, USA

  13. George Washington Speer: Birth: 12 DEC 1835 in Cherokee Heights, Abbeville Co., SC, USA. Death: 31 JAN 1915 in Monterey, Abbeville Co., SC, USA


Sources
1. Title:   William1.FTW
Author:   Speer, Wade Edward
Publication:   Compiled 1995-2000
2. Title:   Speer, John, 1860 Census
Author:   Speer, William, Jr.
Publication:   1860 US Census; Abbeville Co., SC; NA, p. 120
3. Title:   History of South Carolina
Page:   page 232
Author:   Snowden, Yates
Publication:   The Lewis Publishing Co, New York; v. IV, 1920
4. Title:   Speer, William Arthur, Jr., Speer Family 1994
Author:   Speer, William Arthur, Jr.
Publication:   1994
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. Title:   Speer, Arthur Jackson, Speer Family Tree
Author:   Speer, Arthur Jackson, Compiler
Publication:   1904
9. 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
10. Title:   Brown, Samuella S., "Speer"
Author:   Brown, Samuella S.
Publication:   in: Abbeville County Family History, Abbeville, SC; Carroll, J. Greg, ed.; 1979
11. 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).
12. Title:   Wynn, Dixie Lee Unruh, DAR Membership 1984
Author:   Wynn, Dixie Lee Unruh
Publication:   1984; DAR; application no. 683895
13. Title:   SC Revolutionary Soliders, Sailers, Patriots...
Author:   Maddox, Joseph T. and Mary Carter
Publication:   Albany, GA: Georgia Pioneers Publications, 1976, v. I
14. Title:   Southern Christian Advocate Notices 1867-1878
Author:   Holcomb, Brent H.
Publication:   Columbia, SC: SCMAR, 1993; Notices from the Southern Christian Advocate
15. Title:   Revolutionary Soldiers in GA & Other States
Author:   McCall, Howard H., Mrs., Compiler
Publication:   Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968
16. Title:   Abbeville Co., SC Tombstone Inscriptions
Author:   Brooks, R.
Publication:   unpublished, no date
17. Title:   Speer, William, Jr., Tombstone Inscription
Author:   Speer, Wade Edward May 1, 1994
Publication:   Old Rocky River Presbyterian Cemetery, Monterey, Abbeville Co., SC
18. Title:   Abbeville Co., SC Cemetery Records Vol. 2
Page:   page 68
Author:   Bratcher, R. Wayne
Publication:   R. Wayne Bratcher; v. 2 (198?).
19. Title:   Abbeville Co., SC, Rocky River Graveyard
Author:   Perrin, L.
Publication:   10 Aug 1933; The Press and Banner, Abbeville, SC
20. Title:   The History of South Carolina
Page:   page 287
Author:   Wallace, D.D.
Publication:   The American Historical Society, 1934; Biographical Volume, v. IV, 1934
21. Title:   Sketch of the South, v. I
Author:   Velasquez, Oscar
Publication:   Erskine College, 1986
22. Title:   Speer, Arthur Jackson, 1957
Author:   Speer, Arthur Jackson
Publication:   Winter, 1957; Some Abbeville Co Names--Monterey; in Names in SC, v. I-XII, 1954-1956
23. Title:   Speer, Arthur Jackson, Monterey
Author:   Arthur Jackson Speer
Publication:   Abbeville County Family History, Abbeville, SC; Caroll, J.G., ed.; 1979
24. Title:   Speer, Foster Pierce to Speer, Letter, Jul 24, 1964
Author:   Speer, Foster Pierce, Rev.
Publication:   Jul 24, 1964 letter from Foster Pierce of Plumb Branch, McCormick Co., SC to Estelle Speer of Marion, McDowell Co., NC
25. Title:   Ninety-Six & Abbeville District, S.C. Marriages 1774-1890
Page:   page 179
Author:   Pursley, Larry E.
Publication:   Publisher unknown, date unknown
26. Title:   Speer, William, Jr., 1874 Manuscript
Author:   Speer, William, Jr.
Publication:   Sep 3, 1874, Abbeville Co., SC
27. Title:   SC & GA Marriages...
Author:   Waddel, Moses

Notes
a. Note:   [William1.FTW]
  William Speer, Jr.'s Family Bible lists a Margaret Eliza Speer (born 8 Dec 1825) between the births of his daughter Mary Elizabeth and his twins Elijah and Mary Eleanor. It is not known who Margaret Eliza Speer is. Apparently she is a daughter of William, Jr.; however no reference to her can be found any where else. Different dates are given in various reports. Many are the same, however Samuella Speer lists 07 May 1788 and 09 May 1790. The date 09 May 1788 is given by Snowden, 1920, Wm Speer Jr, 1869, Wynn, 1984, Holcomb, 1993b, and William Arthur Speer, Jr., 1994. The Wm Speer, Jr. Family Bible gives an age of 88 years at death. The Wm Speer, Jr Estate Packet at the Abbeville Courthose indicates that he was born in 1788. Snowden, 1920 indicates that William, Jr "lived past 1872"; Wynn, 1984 gives "after 1872". The Millers live in the remodled William Speer, Jr. house at Monterey, South Carolina. During remodling, old numbered boards were found, indicating that William, Jr's house was built from an even older house. Presumbly the older house was William, Sr's house which was originally built at Cherokee Ford on the Savannah River in 1785. William's tombstone lists his age at death as 88 years, 8 months and 1 day. William's name is listed as "W. Spear". The following people are listed as living in William's household: Free White Males: 2 0-5 years old 1 10-15 years old 2 20-30 years old 1 50-60 years old Free White Females: 3 10-15 years old 1 40-50 years old Male Servants: 1 0-10 years old 5 10-24 years old 1 24-36 years old 1 55-100 years old Female Servants: 3 0-10 years old 6 10-24 years old 2 24-36 years old 1 36-55 years old
  Sixteen of these people are listed as working in agriculture. William's occuption is listed as Farmer with real estate worth $10,000 and personal estate worth $22,000. William's son George Washington Speer, Sr. is listed as Overseer. William's name is incorrectly spelled "Spears". Four unidentified people live in his household: 2 males age 10-16 1 male age greater than 45 1 female age 16-26 (wife Mary Sue Gill) William housed 14 servants. In addition to Mary Sue Gill, William Houston, John Alexander, and Sarah Elenor, 2 unidentified males age 16-26 also lived in William's househole. William also housed 9 servants: 6 males and 1 female age 0-16 1 male and 1 female age >45
  William inventoried the estate of Richard Moseley on 26 Dec 1831. William, Jr was wounded during his service in the Mexican War (Wallace, 1934, p. 287).
  Sold to Bannister Allen on 26 Oct 1875. Evidently to cover large financial obligations of William Speer, Jr. The first U.S. Post Office was established at Monterey on 06 May 1847. The name was choosen to honor the South Carolina soldiers, especially those from Abbeville County, that fought in the Mexican War. William, Jr. was the first to settle at Monterey and since he took part in the Mexican War, it is assumed that he choose the name for his homestead (A.J. Speer). Wallace, 1934 attributes the name Monterey to William, Jr. (see also Carroll, 1979, Ref IX & OO). William Andrew Giles was the first Post Master.
  Name given as William Alexander Speer in FTM's World Family Tree, v. 5, tree 321 (unknown source)

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