Jesse’s birth date
Census Age Year born Place
1830 20-30 1800-1810 -
1840 30-40 1800-1810 -
1850 46 1804 TN
1860 56 1804 TN
1870 - not found – assume he died between 1860-1870

1825 - Jesse Salts married Sarah “Sally” Bryan on Feb. 15, 1825 in Wilkes County, NC.

1830 - Washington Co., TN
SALTS, Jessee Salts [listed as Salls]
one male between the ages of 0-5
one male between 20-30
one female between the ages of 0-5
one female aged between 20-30.
The children listed do not fit any of the children who were named on the 1850 census. However, the ages for Jessee and his wife do match.

Families living close by them in 1830 - Polly Salts married Andrew McCoy on 5 May 1830. In the 1830 census, Andrew McCoy is listed on the same page as Jesse Salts. The date of the 1830 is 1 June 1830. So Polly (Mary) has just married and moved out of her father’s house. In the 1830 census, Polly is shown as 15 to 20 and Andrew is shown as 20-30. I have not been able to find Andrew McCoy in any later census.

1831 – This is the first time Jesse Salts shows up on the tax list. He is in the Humphrey West District along with Andrew, Daniel and Peter Salts.

1833 – Jesse Salts is in the Brown Dist. on the Tax list. No other Salts are in this District.

1834 – Jesse Salts is in the Hooker District on the tax list. No other Salts are in this District.

1835- Jesse Salts is in the Reed District on the tax list. No other Salts are in this District. Peter Salts was listed in the Reed District in 1834.

1836- Jesse Salts is listed twice, in both District 4 & 6 on the tax list. No other Salts are in these Districts.

1838 - Jesse Salts is in District 6 on the tax list. No other Salts are in this District.

1839 - Jesse Salts is in District 6 on the tax list. No other Salts are in this District.

1840 - Washington County, Tennessee166
1 boy under five
1 boy between 5 and 10
1 boy between 10 and 15
1 man between 30 and 40

1 girl under five [born 1836 to 1840, died or already married by 1850?]
1 girl between 5 and 10
1 girl between 10 and 15
1 woman between 30 and 40

1844 - He is listed in the Washington County, Tax Book 1844-1850 District 6, which was the city of Embreeville and surrounding area (Jonesborough Courthouse Vault Records)

1846 - He is listed in the Washington County, Tax Book 1844-1850 District 6, which was the city of Embreeville and surrounding area (Jonesborough Courthouse Vault Records)

1847 - He is listed in the Washington County, Tax Book 1844-1850 District 6, which was the city of Embreeville and surrounding area (Jonesborough Courthouse Vault Records)

1849 - He is listed in the Washington County, Tax Book 1844-1850 District 6, which was the city of Embreeville and surrounding area (Jonesborough Courthouse Vault Records)

1849 – daughter Elizabeth Salts married Jacob Henley White on 11 Dec 1849 in Washington County, TN

1850 - Washington County, Tennessee167
SALTS, Jesse head age 46 b. TN
SALTS, Sarah wife age 49 b. NC married 25 years. Their "silver anniversary"
Elizabeth Salts has already married Jacob Henley White. Lewis is just married.
SALTS, Mariah dau age 17 soon marries Jacob's brother (?) Isaac
SALTS, Thomas son age 14
SALTS, John son age 12 soon marries Hannah Mitchell, a cousin(?) Dies in the war.
SALTS, Henry son age 7
CLICK, John [na] age 18 He is16, the son of Susan Ralston & Elijah Click m. 1833. Elijah died bef. 1840 when she remarried. This shows a contact between Jesse Salts and Ralstons ten years before he was living with Martha Ralston Spurrier. I think Martha and Susan were sisters, and also Sarah "Sallie" Ralston who married William Starnes, Jr. and raised Jesse and Martha's son William's son, William, Jr. The other son, John, was raised by Rebecca Starnes and John White [See note at the end of this.] From Dixie 28 Feb 2009

Family 1257, 31 Oct 1850
WHITE, Jacob 36 m farrier NC
LUTTENELL, Elizabeth 28 f TN
WHITE, Jacob H. 24 m TN
WHITE, Flora 20 m TN
WHITE, Paxton 16 m TN
WHITE, Sarah G. 14 f TN
WHITE, Mariah E 13 f TN
WHITE, Eliz. 11 f TN
WHITE, Elizabeth 19 f TN [Jesse Salts’ daughter, b. 1829]
Jessee and his family were living close to Frederick Starnes.

1852- Mariah Salts married Isaac White on June 15, 1852 in Washington County, TN

1860 - Washington County, Tennessee, District 1168
Family 1166
SALTS, Jesse 56 forgeman TN
SPURIOR, Martha 46 TN

On the 1860 census, Jesse is living with Martha Spurior. However, his wife Sarah, is living with their son Lewis (Jesse and Sarah Bryant's son). It looks like they split sometime between 1850 and 1860 and Jessee moved in with Martha Spurior. However, on the 1870 census Jesse is not listed and Martha is listed as a Salts. There is also a boy the age of 13 named William Salts.

1865 – Patsy (Martha) Raulston married Jessee Salts on 15 Oct 1865 in Washington Co., TN.

1870 Census, District 8, Washington County, TN, 22 July, 1870
Post Office – Garber’s Mill,
Family 53
WHITE, Isaac 49 m w day labor TN
WHITE, Mariah 30 f w TN [Mariah is refusing to age!]
WHITE John 17 m w day labor TN
WHITE, Mary J. 16 F W TN
WHITE Sarah E. 13 F W TN

Family 54
SALTS, Lewis 42 m w oarsman TN
SALTS. Louiza 38 f w NC
Sarah L. 18 F W TN
John A. 16 m w day labor TN
Landon H. 11 m w TN
Mary 7 m w TN
Francis F. 2 m w TN
Family 55 is Joseph Rogers 56, son of Reuben Rogers
Family 56 is William Starnes 28 and Sarah 29

District 6, Post Office Jonesboro, 22 July 1870
Family 43
WHITE, J.H. 46 m w cooper TN
WHITE, Elizabeth 40 f w TN
WHITE, John P.19 m w blacksmith TN
WHITE, Samuel 7 m w TN
WHITE, Flora 3 f w TN

Family 70
SALTS, Martha 58 f w TN
SALTS, William 13 m w TN
Note: Apparently Jessee Salts died after Oct. 15, 1865 and before July 22, 1870.

1875 - Obituary - Newspaper: January 21, 1875; Died; Near Embresville on Monday last, Mrs. Salts wife of Lewis Salts of pneumonia.

John Bryan, married Frances Battle. He was a Captain in the Revolution and while home on a furlough, the first or second morning, was killed at his own door by Colonel Flanning, a British officer with a squad of men, who had by some means learned of his presence. They called him to the door and demanded that he take oath to support the King's cause and shot him upon his refusal to do so. He is said to have had a large family. One son, Lewis Bryan, married Elizabeth White and had six children:
1 Sarah, married Jesse Salts.
2 Annie, married Isaac Rebber.
3 Polly, married Peter Barnes.
4 Fannie, married James Davis.
5 Battle, married Rebecca Miller.
6 John Gilson, married Pollie Morris.
John Gilson Bryan lived to be 98 years old. Battle Bryan and Rebecca Miller had twelve children: Polly, Susan, John Gilson, Henry M., William, Lewis, Nancy, Elizabeth, Joseph D., Sally, Jane, Caroline and Ann.
William Lewis Bryan married Sallie Hayes; had eight children: Julia C., James H., Cora L., George A., Carrie H., Robert K., Bartlett R. and Lewis L.
6 Elinor Bryan, daughter of Morgan, senior, married William Linville. Name appears in many deeds of Augusta County. They later went to North Carolina and both are said to have been killed by Indians.
7 Mary (daughter of Morgan), probably married a Mr. Forbes, as Morgan in his will leaves "to my granddaughter, Mary Forbes, my great pot of five shillings". This could not be Mary, daughter of his son, Thomas, as she was not born until 1769, although she did marry a Mr. Forbes.

I have no idea if they ever married. However, after years of looking at them, I finally put it all together.