Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
NameSamuel SALTS, M
Birth Datebetween 1826-1827
Birth PlaceEmbreeville, Washington County, Tennessee
Death Date1864-65 Age: 38
Death PlaceWashington County, Tennessee
OccupationNail Cutter188
FatherUnknown SEVIER , M
MotherUnknown SALTS , F
Spouses
1Caroline ROGERS189,188,190, F
Birth Date1827140
Birth PlaceTennessee
FatherMajor Reubin ROGERS , M (1787-)
MotherBathsheba HAILE , F (1793-)
ChildrenMartha Jane , F (1846-1918)
William Brownlow , M (1847-1921)
Manerva , F (1849-~1850)
Eveline , F (1850-1926)
Andrew Johnson , M (1851-1924)
Thomas Jefferson , M (1852-1933)
Mary Elizabeth , F (1857-)
James B. “Jake” , M (~1862-1889)
Notes for Samuel SALTS
Samuel and Caroline Salts of Washington County Tennessee
( Written by J. V. & Jo-an Salts Chauvin and Connie Ivy Gray)
Samuel Salts was born in Embreeville, Washington County, Tennessee1 in ~1826-18272 . A discussion of his ancestry is found in the DNA section.
Descendants of his son, Thomas Jefferson Salts told Mary Joan Salts and her brother Con E. Salts that Governor John Sevier was “your kin”.
In the 1840 census for Washington County Tennessee, Samuel Salts is listed alone at the age of 10-15 years old. Samuel may have been in an apprentice school for the Embreeville Iron Works since there are three other young men, 15-20 years old, listed the same way on the same census page. This census listing was in the 6th Regiment as was noted on the left margin of the page. Elijah Embree and household are listed just below Samuel.
Samuel married Caroline Rogers, daughter of Major Reuben Rogers and Bathsheba Haile Rogers, and lived in Embreeville, District 6 Washington County, Tennessee. A marriage record for Samuel and Caroline has not been found. A marriage date of 1844-45 has been calculated by census records based on their first child, Martha Jane, being born in 1846. Martha Jane was four years old in the 1850 census. Samuel worked as a blacksmith and nail cutter for the Iron Works. (See picture of the smelter in notes section). Family members were told that the “flat nails” made by Samuel were used in the building of the Little Methodist Church near the Nolichucky River bridge on Hiway 81 from Jonesborough to Erwin, Tennessee. (The building was still standing and being used when visited in 2004).
In ~1846 Samuel volunteered in Captain Bayless’ Company known as “The Protestant Invincibles”, the Mexican War had begun. His regiment was not sent to fight in Mexico and was soon disbanded.3. Later when the Iron Works was taken over by the Confederacy, Samuel worked with his son William B. making rifle barrels. Samuel died ~1864; oral family history stated he died of pneumonia. After his father’s death, William joined the 16th Georgia Cavalry, Company A. on July 1, 18644, at the age of 16-17 years old.
It is believed that Samuel is buried in the Bumpass Cove Cemetery on Graveyard Road just inside the Cherokee National Forest. (See picture in notes section.) Family members buried there are Rogers, Starnes, Clicks, Saltz and others that lived in this same area as Samuel & Caroline. A Gravestone, if any was erected for Samuel, is completely gone. Most of the Gravestones remaining there today are of fieldstone. They are in poor condition and the lettering scratched by hand have weathered over the years making it, in most cases, impossible to read.5
No records have been found of Caroline remarrying after Samuel’s death. Plato Saltz, the youngest son of Thomas Jefferson Saltz, stated that his father told him the minor children were sent to other families (relatives?) in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia after Samuel’s death.6 Caroline and the minor children have not been found in the 1870 census. Why the move occurred is not known. All of Caroline’s immediate family was in Washington County, Virginia. Caroline Salts, age 52, widow, was found in the 1880 census living in Washington County, Virginia. Caroline’s son, James B. Salts and daughter Martha J. Griffin, widow, and her three children were living with her. Caroline has not been found in later records and the date of her death or where she is buried is unknown. On Evaline Salts Stroup’s death certificate, Alice Shucraft (Caroline’s grand daughter) listed Caroline’s name as “Carline Freeland”. Caroline may have remarried after 1880, but no records have been found in the 1900 census under Salts, Freeman or Freeland. She may have died before 1900.
Sightings of Samuel and Caroline Salts in Documents
1840-Federal Census Washington County, Tn. 6th Regiment.
Page 121
Salts, Samuel--1 male 10-15
Howrin, Robert--1 male 15-20 [listed 3 names above Samuel, a long time friend]
Starnes, Frederick and Elizabeth (Salts) are listed 6 names below Samuel.
Page 119
Benjamin Howrin [probably Robert’s father]
Moses Delashment and Nancy Salts
Jessee Salts
1846/1847--He is listed in the Washington County Tax Book 1844-1850 District 6 which was the city of Embreeville and the surrounding area.
1848/1849–He is listed in Washington County Tax Book 1844-1850 District 4 which was across the Nolichucky River North of District 6.
1850–Federal Census Washington County, Tn. District
Salts, Samuel age 23
Salts, Caroline age 23
Salts, Martha J. age 4
Salts, W. B. age 3
Salts, Manerva age 1
1856/1859/1860–He is listed in the Washington County Tax Book 1856-1865 District 6 which was the city of Embreeville and the surrounding area.
1860–Federal Census Washington County, Tn. District 6, which was the city of Embreeville and the surrounding area.
Salts, Samuel age 34 Smithy
Salts, Caroline age 34
Salts, Martha age 14
Salts, William age 12
Salts, Evaline age 10
Salts, Andrew J. age 8
Salts, Thomas age 7
Salts, Mary age 3
[Manerva is not listed, she would have been 11, she must have died].
Other families in close proximity to Samuel and Caroline
District 6 - Family 654 - Lewis Salts – [Jessee Salts’ son].
District 6 – Family 664 – Jacob H. White and Elizabeth Salts [Jessee Salts’ daughter].
District 6 – Family 682 – Henry Starnes [son of Fredrick Starnes and Elizabeth Salts].
District-4- Family 489- Robert and Catherine Howren & Sarah Salts age 62- they are no longer near Samuel and Caroline.
District-5- Family 1166- Jesse Salts and Martha Spurier.
Samuel Saults
Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Tennessee
Regiment Name: Detailed Conscripts, Tennessee. (Local Defense and Special Service Troops: Nitre and Mining Bureau).
Company: A
Rank in: Private
Rank out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M231 roll 38 (Tn. Archives?)
1861--He is listed in the Washington County Tax Book 1856-1865 District 6 which was the city of Embreeville and surrounding area.
1862--He is listed in Washington County Tax Book 1856-1865 District 6 which was the City of Embreeville and surrounding area. He is shown with property value of $100 & personal value of $200.
1863-1864--Samuel has died.
1866--Caroline Salts was listed in the Washington County Tax Book 1856-1865 District 6 which was the city of Embreeville and surrounding area. She is shown with a property value of $100 and a personal value of $500.
1870-Federal Census of Washington County, Abingdon, VA.
We have not been able to find Caroline and the minor children. Her son’s William B. and Andrew J. were in Abingdon, Va. Thomas was also there with another family, (which was told by relatives), but could not find him. Martha Jane was married to James Frank Griffin.
Family 280--Abingdon, Virginia.
Salts, William age 23 blacksmith Va. married in Feb. [name was transcribed as Sotto]
Salts, Nancy age 18 married in Feb.
Salts, Andrew age 19 apprentice blacksmith VA .
Family 67 – Divison 3, Saltsville, P.O. Abingdon, page 9, 21 Sep 1870
Griffin, Jas W. 25 TN
Griffin, Jane 21 TN
Griffin, Mary 1/12 VA
Note: There were many problems with the Div. 3 census. The census taker left out individuals, entire families and misspelled names. Martha Jane’s son William is not listed.
1880-Federal Census Washington County, Va. enumeration district 93, page 38D Household 250
Satts, Caroline--W-F age 53 widowed Tn Tn Tn
Satts, James B.--W-M age 19 son Tn Tn Tn
Griffin, Martha J.--W-F age 32 widowed daughter Tn Tn Tn
Griffin, Robert--W-M age 12 Gson Va Va Tn
Griffin, Elizabeth—W-F age 10 Gdaughter Va Va Tn
Griffin, W T—W-M age 8 Gson Va Va Tn
Samuel Salts Parents
NOTE: Oral history by descendants of Samuel’s son, Thomas Jefferson Salts, when visiting a Statue of Governor John Sevier stated: “He is your kin”.
Samuel’s oldest son, William B. Salts, served in the Civil War and in 1915 completed a Tennessee Civil War Veteran’s Questionnaire. William did not use any punctuation or capital letters in his answer to question #9. (See image of his questionnaire at the end of the document.)
Question 9. Remarks on Ancestry.
Line 1- a revolutionary soldier
Line 2- (left blank)
Line 3- salts samuel sevier my grandfather a decent
Line 4- of johns sevier govner of tenissee
Line 5- rhuben Rodgers major in war 1812 my grand
Line 6- father soldiers
Line 7- great grand fathers salts sevier Rodgers revolutionary
For many years we (the Salts research group) thought William was writing that his grandfather was Samuel Sevier Salts. However no records for such a person have been found. We now believe the correct reading of this document is:
A Revolutionary soldier Salts.[William did not know the given name.]
Samuel Sevier, my grandfather, a descendant of John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee.
Reuben Rogers, Major in War of 1812, my grandfather.
Great Grandfathers, Salts, Sevier and Rogers, Revolutionary soldiers.
A Salts yDNA project is underway at Family Tree DNA. The link is:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/salts/default.aspx
Descendants of Isaac William Salts (~1822-bef 1910), JohnSalts (1802-aft. 1870), Samuel Salts (~1826-~1863) and Jesse Salts (~1804-bef 1870) have tested. The yDNA of Isaac, John and Jesse match. The yDNA of Samuel Salts does not match to any other of the Salts/Saltz/Saultz tested.
A descendant of Peter Campbell Sevier tested and matches -3 and -4 at 37 markers to the two descendants of Samuel Salts. Peter Campbell Sevier was born in 1835 in Tennessee, but has not been documented to Governor John Sevier or one of his ancestors. However, with the -3 match at 37 markers AND William B. Salts’ questionnaire, Samuel Salts’ father was a Sevier. The evidence also shows that Peter Campbell Sevier links to the Governor John Sevier extended family.
Samuel was a very popular name in the Sevier family. However, in 1826, there were only two Samuel Seviers old enough to father a child. Governor John Sevier’s son Samuel Sevier, was a doctor and living in Overton County, Tennessee and has been very well documented. John Sevier Jr.’s son Samuel was living near Embreeville. Not much is known about this Samuel Sevier. He was born in the 1790’s and could be the son of either John Jr.’s first wife, Elizabeth Conway (married 1788) or his second wife, Rebecca Sarah Richards (married 1794). This Samuel Sevier died before 1830 in Washington County, Tennessee and according to his half sister, Martha Ann Sevier Price, married Jane Taylor (Sevier Family History by Cora Bales Sevier and Nancy S. Madden).
At this time it appears that Samuel Sevier, son of John Sevier Jr. is the more likely candidate for Samuel Salts’ father because this Samuel Sevier died young and William stated “a descendant of Governor John Sevier”, not a son of Governor John Sevier. However, there is no way to document this information and Samuel Salt’s father should be listed as “unknown Sevier”.
Samuel Salts’ mother is probably a daughter of either Henry Salts and Mary Brown or John A. Salts and Elizabeth unknown. At this time Samuel Salts’ mother should be listed as “unknown Salts”.
ORIGIN OF SALTS FAMILIES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN.
The Salts families of Washington County, Tennessee are said to be of German descent. One Henry Salts, in the late 1700’s--early 1800’s, came to Washington County, Tennessee with Jacob Brown “The Wagon Maker” from Rowan County, North Carolina . Henry married Jacob’s daughter Mary Brown. In 1804, Mary Brown Salts inherited her 1/8th portion of her father Jacob Brown’s property in Washington County, Tennessee. Either Henry or his father is believed to have come to America from Germany. This has not been documented at this time, only stories told by ancestors. There is also a document written on February 1, 1878 by Daniel Napoleon Saults quoting his father John Leland Salts telling about how the Salts surname came to be spelled in Washington County. “Henry having to sign many documents as Constable, and being a poor scribe, the County Clerk asked him how to pronounce the name, upon which he told the Clerk to Call him Salts. This happened in the Jonesborough Courthouse. (Later documents were found where Henry signed his name “Solts”). The letter also stated the year as 1861 that the Salts ancestor came to America and settled at Raley’s [now believed to be Frayley’s] Landing, North Carolina.
John A. Salts has also been identified in Washington County, Tennessee around 1805 from the minutes of the Cherokee Baptist Church. The relationship between John and Henry has not been documented. Samuel Salts’ relationship, if any, to Henry or John A. Salts is not known at this time.
Sources for Samuel Salts
133,189,188,190,191,192
( Written by J. V. & Jo-an Salts Chauvin and Connie Ivy Gray)
Samuel Salts was born in Embreeville, Washington County, Tennessee1 in ~1826-18272 . A discussion of his ancestry is found in the DNA section.
Descendants of his son, Thomas Jefferson Salts told Mary Joan Salts and her brother Con E. Salts that Governor John Sevier was “your kin”.
In the 1840 census for Washington County Tennessee, Samuel Salts is listed alone at the age of 10-15 years old. Samuel may have been in an apprentice school for the Embreeville Iron Works since there are three other young men, 15-20 years old, listed the same way on the same census page. This census listing was in the 6th Regiment as was noted on the left margin of the page. Elijah Embree and household are listed just below Samuel.
Samuel married Caroline Rogers, daughter of Major Reuben Rogers and Bathsheba Haile Rogers, and lived in Embreeville, District 6 Washington County, Tennessee. A marriage record for Samuel and Caroline has not been found. A marriage date of 1844-45 has been calculated by census records based on their first child, Martha Jane, being born in 1846. Martha Jane was four years old in the 1850 census. Samuel worked as a blacksmith and nail cutter for the Iron Works. (See picture of the smelter in notes section). Family members were told that the “flat nails” made by Samuel were used in the building of the Little Methodist Church near the Nolichucky River bridge on Hiway 81 from Jonesborough to Erwin, Tennessee. (The building was still standing and being used when visited in 2004).
In ~1846 Samuel volunteered in Captain Bayless’ Company known as “The Protestant Invincibles”, the Mexican War had begun. His regiment was not sent to fight in Mexico and was soon disbanded.3. Later when the Iron Works was taken over by the Confederacy, Samuel worked with his son William B. making rifle barrels. Samuel died ~1864; oral family history stated he died of pneumonia. After his father’s death, William joined the 16th Georgia Cavalry, Company A. on July 1, 18644, at the age of 16-17 years old.
It is believed that Samuel is buried in the Bumpass Cove Cemetery on Graveyard Road just inside the Cherokee National Forest. (See picture in notes section.) Family members buried there are Rogers, Starnes, Clicks, Saltz and others that lived in this same area as Samuel & Caroline. A Gravestone, if any was erected for Samuel, is completely gone. Most of the Gravestones remaining there today are of fieldstone. They are in poor condition and the lettering scratched by hand have weathered over the years making it, in most cases, impossible to read.5
No records have been found of Caroline remarrying after Samuel’s death. Plato Saltz, the youngest son of Thomas Jefferson Saltz, stated that his father told him the minor children were sent to other families (relatives?) in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia after Samuel’s death.6 Caroline and the minor children have not been found in the 1870 census. Why the move occurred is not known. All of Caroline’s immediate family was in Washington County, Virginia. Caroline Salts, age 52, widow, was found in the 1880 census living in Washington County, Virginia. Caroline’s son, James B. Salts and daughter Martha J. Griffin, widow, and her three children were living with her. Caroline has not been found in later records and the date of her death or where she is buried is unknown. On Evaline Salts Stroup’s death certificate, Alice Shucraft (Caroline’s grand daughter) listed Caroline’s name as “Carline Freeland”. Caroline may have remarried after 1880, but no records have been found in the 1900 census under Salts, Freeman or Freeland. She may have died before 1900.
Sightings of Samuel and Caroline Salts in Documents
1840-Federal Census Washington County, Tn. 6th Regiment.
Page 121
Salts, Samuel--1 male 10-15
Howrin, Robert--1 male 15-20 [listed 3 names above Samuel, a long time friend]
Starnes, Frederick and Elizabeth (Salts) are listed 6 names below Samuel.
Page 119
Benjamin Howrin [probably Robert’s father]
Moses Delashment and Nancy Salts
Jessee Salts
1846/1847--He is listed in the Washington County Tax Book 1844-1850 District 6 which was the city of Embreeville and the surrounding area.
1848/1849–He is listed in Washington County Tax Book 1844-1850 District 4 which was across the Nolichucky River North of District 6.
1850–Federal Census Washington County, Tn. District
Salts, Samuel age 23
Salts, Caroline age 23
Salts, Martha J. age 4
Salts, W. B. age 3
Salts, Manerva age 1
1856/1859/1860–He is listed in the Washington County Tax Book 1856-1865 District 6 which was the city of Embreeville and the surrounding area.
1860–Federal Census Washington County, Tn. District 6, which was the city of Embreeville and the surrounding area.
Salts, Samuel age 34 Smithy
Salts, Caroline age 34
Salts, Martha age 14
Salts, William age 12
Salts, Evaline age 10
Salts, Andrew J. age 8
Salts, Thomas age 7
Salts, Mary age 3
[Manerva is not listed, she would have been 11, she must have died].
Other families in close proximity to Samuel and Caroline
District 6 - Family 654 - Lewis Salts – [Jessee Salts’ son].
District 6 – Family 664 – Jacob H. White and Elizabeth Salts [Jessee Salts’ daughter].
District 6 – Family 682 – Henry Starnes [son of Fredrick Starnes and Elizabeth Salts].
District-4- Family 489- Robert and Catherine Howren & Sarah Salts age 62- they are no longer near Samuel and Caroline.
District-5- Family 1166- Jesse Salts and Martha Spurier.
Samuel Saults
Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Tennessee
Regiment Name: Detailed Conscripts, Tennessee. (Local Defense and Special Service Troops: Nitre and Mining Bureau).
Company: A
Rank in: Private
Rank out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M231 roll 38 (Tn. Archives?)
1861--He is listed in the Washington County Tax Book 1856-1865 District 6 which was the city of Embreeville and surrounding area.
1862--He is listed in Washington County Tax Book 1856-1865 District 6 which was the City of Embreeville and surrounding area. He is shown with property value of $100 & personal value of $200.
1863-1864--Samuel has died.
1866--Caroline Salts was listed in the Washington County Tax Book 1856-1865 District 6 which was the city of Embreeville and surrounding area. She is shown with a property value of $100 and a personal value of $500.
1870-Federal Census of Washington County, Abingdon, VA.
We have not been able to find Caroline and the minor children. Her son’s William B. and Andrew J. were in Abingdon, Va. Thomas was also there with another family, (which was told by relatives), but could not find him. Martha Jane was married to James Frank Griffin.
Family 280--Abingdon, Virginia.
Salts, William age 23 blacksmith Va. married in Feb. [name was transcribed as Sotto]
Salts, Nancy age 18 married in Feb.
Salts, Andrew age 19 apprentice blacksmith VA .
Family 67 – Divison 3, Saltsville, P.O. Abingdon, page 9, 21 Sep 1870
Griffin, Jas W. 25 TN
Griffin, Jane 21 TN
Griffin, Mary 1/12 VA
Note: There were many problems with the Div. 3 census. The census taker left out individuals, entire families and misspelled names. Martha Jane’s son William is not listed.
1880-Federal Census Washington County, Va. enumeration district 93, page 38D Household 250
Satts, Caroline--W-F age 53 widowed Tn Tn Tn
Satts, James B.--W-M age 19 son Tn Tn Tn
Griffin, Martha J.--W-F age 32 widowed daughter Tn Tn Tn
Griffin, Robert--W-M age 12 Gson Va Va Tn
Griffin, Elizabeth—W-F age 10 Gdaughter Va Va Tn
Griffin, W T—W-M age 8 Gson Va Va Tn
Samuel Salts Parents
NOTE: Oral history by descendants of Samuel’s son, Thomas Jefferson Salts, when visiting a Statue of Governor John Sevier stated: “He is your kin”.
Samuel’s oldest son, William B. Salts, served in the Civil War and in 1915 completed a Tennessee Civil War Veteran’s Questionnaire. William did not use any punctuation or capital letters in his answer to question #9. (See image of his questionnaire at the end of the document.)
Question 9. Remarks on Ancestry.
Line 1- a revolutionary soldier
Line 2- (left blank)
Line 3- salts samuel sevier my grandfather a decent
Line 4- of johns sevier govner of tenissee
Line 5- rhuben Rodgers major in war 1812 my grand
Line 6- father soldiers
Line 7- great grand fathers salts sevier Rodgers revolutionary
For many years we (the Salts research group) thought William was writing that his grandfather was Samuel Sevier Salts. However no records for such a person have been found. We now believe the correct reading of this document is:
A Revolutionary soldier Salts.[William did not know the given name.]
Samuel Sevier, my grandfather, a descendant of John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee.
Reuben Rogers, Major in War of 1812, my grandfather.
Great Grandfathers, Salts, Sevier and Rogers, Revolutionary soldiers.
A Salts yDNA project is underway at Family Tree DNA. The link is:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/salts/default.aspx
Descendants of Isaac William Salts (~1822-bef 1910), JohnSalts (1802-aft. 1870), Samuel Salts (~1826-~1863) and Jesse Salts (~1804-bef 1870) have tested. The yDNA of Isaac, John and Jesse match. The yDNA of Samuel Salts does not match to any other of the Salts/Saltz/Saultz tested.
A descendant of Peter Campbell Sevier tested and matches -3 and -4 at 37 markers to the two descendants of Samuel Salts. Peter Campbell Sevier was born in 1835 in Tennessee, but has not been documented to Governor John Sevier or one of his ancestors. However, with the -3 match at 37 markers AND William B. Salts’ questionnaire, Samuel Salts’ father was a Sevier. The evidence also shows that Peter Campbell Sevier links to the Governor John Sevier extended family.
Samuel was a very popular name in the Sevier family. However, in 1826, there were only two Samuel Seviers old enough to father a child. Governor John Sevier’s son Samuel Sevier, was a doctor and living in Overton County, Tennessee and has been very well documented. John Sevier Jr.’s son Samuel was living near Embreeville. Not much is known about this Samuel Sevier. He was born in the 1790’s and could be the son of either John Jr.’s first wife, Elizabeth Conway (married 1788) or his second wife, Rebecca Sarah Richards (married 1794). This Samuel Sevier died before 1830 in Washington County, Tennessee and according to his half sister, Martha Ann Sevier Price, married Jane Taylor (Sevier Family History by Cora Bales Sevier and Nancy S. Madden).
At this time it appears that Samuel Sevier, son of John Sevier Jr. is the more likely candidate for Samuel Salts’ father because this Samuel Sevier died young and William stated “a descendant of Governor John Sevier”, not a son of Governor John Sevier. However, there is no way to document this information and Samuel Salt’s father should be listed as “unknown Sevier”.
Samuel Salts’ mother is probably a daughter of either Henry Salts and Mary Brown or John A. Salts and Elizabeth unknown. At this time Samuel Salts’ mother should be listed as “unknown Salts”.
ORIGIN OF SALTS FAMILIES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN.
The Salts families of Washington County, Tennessee are said to be of German descent. One Henry Salts, in the late 1700’s--early 1800’s, came to Washington County, Tennessee with Jacob Brown “The Wagon Maker” from Rowan County, North Carolina . Henry married Jacob’s daughter Mary Brown. In 1804, Mary Brown Salts inherited her 1/8th portion of her father Jacob Brown’s property in Washington County, Tennessee. Either Henry or his father is believed to have come to America from Germany. This has not been documented at this time, only stories told by ancestors. There is also a document written on February 1, 1878 by Daniel Napoleon Saults quoting his father John Leland Salts telling about how the Salts surname came to be spelled in Washington County. “Henry having to sign many documents as Constable, and being a poor scribe, the County Clerk asked him how to pronounce the name, upon which he told the Clerk to Call him Salts. This happened in the Jonesborough Courthouse. (Later documents were found where Henry signed his name “Solts”). The letter also stated the year as 1861 that the Salts ancestor came to America and settled at Raley’s [now believed to be Frayley’s] Landing, North Carolina.
John A. Salts has also been identified in Washington County, Tennessee around 1805 from the minutes of the Cherokee Baptist Church. The relationship between John and Henry has not been documented. Samuel Salts’ relationship, if any, to Henry or John A. Salts is not known at this time.
Sources for Samuel Salts
133,189,188,190,191,192