Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
NameUNNAMED, F
Notes for UNNAMED (Spouse 1)
AUTHOR’S NOTES - The parents of Henry Salts, who married Mary Brown on 17 May 1792 in Rowan County, North Carolina, then migrated to Washington County, Tennessee, have never been documented. Because of this, only our research notes for the Salts people we looked at have been listed below. We did Not to “assume” or “speculate” in any un-documented options as to who Henry’s parents were. We’ve only reported the findings. However, recent DNA tests have proven that the people identified in this Salts line are blood descendants of the Pennsylvania Solt people, and it Is a fact, that Henry Salts of Washington County, Tennessee is a close descendant of Heinrick (Zoll) Solt of Pennsylvania. For more information please visit the FamilyTreeDNA.com website.
In the following notes, all research of relevant findings associated with the early Salts people of Pennsylvania, Ronan County, North Carolina and Washington County, Tennessee have been recorded. All the facts below have been well documented.
THE SOLT FAMILY OF PA AND NC
We have looked at the documents of Anthony and Bostain Solt from Rowan County, North Carolina. Both are one generation up from Henry Salts (who married in the same county to Mary Brown). However, to date, no documents have been found from linking either directly too Henry. However, there are so many links showing a closeness to Anthony, Boston and to Henry Salts, that our research group felt there is a blood relationship. The following information give detailed notes of years of research - all supported by documents and DNA tests.
ANTON SOLT (Anthony Salts)
• Anthony Salts has been found under the following surnames of ZOLL / SOLD / SOLT / SOLTE / SALT / SALTS / SAULT
• Henry and Mary Brown Salts of Washington County, Tennessee were married in Rowan County, North Carolina - in the same area where Anthony Salts lived. But to date, there have been no documents found that link Henry to Anthony.
• Henry's birth year and exact age is not known, so it could be that Henry was born after Anthony died. He was not listed in Anthony’s will.
Found documents relating to Anthony Salts
1726 - It is thought that Anton/Anthony Solt/Salt was born in Germany and may possibly be the son of Henrich Zoll / Solt. He was not listed on the boat with men who are thought to be his brothers. If that is so, then he must have been under the age of sixteen, which would have him born in or before the year of 1726. Children below the age of sixteen were not listed in the ship's passenger lists during that time in history.
1740 - The current Zoll / Solt family researchers state that the Solt family started to emigrate to the colonies -possibly on the Loyal Judith in November 1740, but that they came in stages and would have used other ships at later dates. From what the Zoll researchers can tell that I have been in contact with, Henrich Zoll's family came over in different stages. However, three of Henrich's children can be found under the name of Sell on the ships log. If Anthony would have been on this boat and had been under the age of 16 he would not have been listed because of his age.
1748, January 17 - WITNESS: Eva Aegener [along with future husband] Anton Sold were sponsors at the baptism of child named Johan Philip Wirbel. He was the son of Eva's sister, Dorothea Aegender and husband Philip Wirbel. Bapt recs; Jordan Lutheran Cong; Lieby; pub. 1935; p.8
1750, May 7 - Anton Sold married Eva [Magdalena] Aegner at the Jordan Lutheran Church, Whitehall Township, Bucks County [then Northampton, now Lehigh], Pennsylvania). Recs; Jordan Lutheran Church 1740-1801; Hinke; pub. 1919; p.13
1752, 6 December - Anthony Salts moved to North Carolina between the 7th of May in 1750 and the 4th of April in 1852 when he obtains land. The records were abstracted from the first two land entry books for lands in the Anson/Rowan area that were entered in Lord Granville's Proprietary Land Office in 1752/1753, the year that Rowan County was formed. On page 143, Rowan Land Entries: Anthony Salts, 320 A., 6 Dec 1752, "Not Paid"; Anson, about a mile from ?, includes Salts Spring and Improvements
1758 - Deed from the Earl of Granville to Anthony Salt for 10 sh. sterling 285 A on Crane Creek adj Mculloh & Phillip Verble. John Frohock W. Churton. Proved July Court 1761 (abstracts)
1760, 15 July - Rowan County Militia List. Anthony Salt 7 days@ L2 8 s. Capt Michael's Co
1761 - Rowan tax list. Antiny Salt - area S of Salisbury. Near Pitor Fite, Jacob Brown, M Brown, Henry Agndr. List of Michael Brown. (NC State Archives CRX Box 244) Jo White Linn, Annotated Transcripts Rowan County Tax Lists 1757-1800. (Abstracts) [Also Boston Salts] NOTE. on tax list means over 16 years old
SALTS, Anthony
State: NC Year: 1761
County: Rowan County Record Type:
Township: Page:
Database: NC Early Census Index
SALTS, _oston
State: NC Year: 1761
County: Rowan County Record Type:
Township: Early Tax List Page:
Database: NC Early Census Index
1761, 4 April - Earl of Granville lets Anthony Salt, a planter, have 285 acres on south side of south fork of Crane Creek (Rowan County Deed Book 4, pp 456)
1761, July 21 - A deed of sale was issued on 4 April 1761 to Anthony Salts, a planter of Rowan Co., NC, from the Earl of Granville for 285 Acres (Rowan County Deed Book 4, pp 456-457). The land was located on the south side of the south fork of Crane Creek next to Phillip Vebel and the line of McCulloh, for 10 shillings, witnessed by W. Lucas and John Frohock and proved by the latter in July 1761
1768 - Rowan tax list. Antone Solte. Boston Solte. Jno Brandon's list
1771, 16 February - Anthony Sault was appointed constable instead of John Hoover (file binder 2 page 3)
1771, 8 July - In Rowan County Colonial Court Records we find the following entries: Jul 8, 1771 ordered by the court the following persons to wit, Jacob Brown, John Bulling, Poston Saul, George Feeter, John Mess? Phillip Aaronhart, John Harmon, Joseph Brimon, Antho Sault, Abram Brown, Killian Aaronhart, lay out a road nearest and best way from Dutch Pine Meeting House to Edward Moor's store on the Yadkin River & "C".
1772, 7 February - Christian Ellerd is appointed Constable instead of Anthoy Sault (file binder 2 page 3)
1775, 9 February - Antony Sault was replaced as constable on Feb. 9, 1775 and appointed overseer of road "from the rocks to Salisbury with the help of all the taxables on the waters of South Fork & Crane Creek to work under him" [Jo Linn White. ABSTRACTS OF MINUTES OF COURT OF PLEAS& QUARTER SESSIONS, ROWAN COUNTY, 1775-1789, Vol. 3]
1775, 6 May - Anthony Salt is appointed constable 'instead of Christian Barbrick.' (file binder 2 page 2)
1775, August - Overseers of roads. George Tucker appointed instead of Anthony Salt. NOTE: I found earlier the copy of Anthony Salt's will signed X by him in 1776. I conclude that he must have been ill by August of 1775. (References for 1771, 1772 and 1775: Abstracts of Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, N.C.; Vol I, 1753-1762; Vol II, 1763-1774; Vol III, 1775-1789; by Jo White Linn)
1776, 1 October - Anthony Salt will [leaves estate to wife Eve, daughter Rosanna and adopted son/friend, John Williams] Executor Peter Fite (Will Book B, page 109)
1778, 5 November - Anthony Salt's will was proved by Leonard Cryder. Maxwell Chambers and Peter Fite, the executors named, relinquished. Copies to widow. (Rowan County Deed Book 4, p. 182)
1778, 6 November - Anthony Salt's will probated. Letters of administration on Anthony's estate with a copy of the will annexed were issued to ____ Salt widow who gave L300 bond; Frederick Fisher and Jacob Brown were security. (Rowan County Deed Book 4, p. 185). In this document, Anthony’s wife Eve was not listed. She was indexed as “____ Salt widow”.
1779, 3 February - Anthony Salt inventory of his estate returned by the administrators: John Wasebau, Roger Sheppard, Anthony Salt, Samuel Woods, Adam Trotman
1782, 8 May - The account of the sales of Anthony's estate were filed on 8 May 1782. (Rowan County Deed Book 4, p. 305)123
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Anthony Salt's Will - From Rowan County Wills cross-indexed 1760-1833:
Devisor Devisee Date Bk. Pg.
Probated
Anthony Salt* Salt wife (not named) 1778 B 109
" Rosanna " " "
" John Williams " " "
(*spelled clearly as Salt, not Solt)
The following notes were taken from Book B Pg 109 regarding Anthony’s will (taken by Dixie Dellinger, who said that the book the notes were taken from had good, clear writing)
In his will, Anthony leaves to his wife Eve 1/3 of his personal estate or the money from the sale thereof... to his daughter Rosanna Sal the other 2/3 and 1/2 of a mortgage on (or?) his plantation where he lives... 300 acres ... and to his friend John Williams "whom I regard as my adopted son" 1/2 of (or?) his plantation ... 300 acres ... "the part with the improvements I 'low' to be my daughters." He appoints as his executors Peter Fite, Jacob Freely, and Maxwell Chambers and charges them to divide equitably. October 1 1776. Signed Anthony X Salts ('his mark' written by the X, presumably indicating he could not write) .
This clearly seems to be the same Anton Sold who married Eva Aegner in PA in 1750. The cross-index says the wife is "not named" but the word Eve is clearly written in the will itself, so this is the one in 1730, since he would be 20 in 1750. There is also no other will of a Solt, Salt, or Salts in Rowan Co. during the entire period in the cross-index.
Other Rowan County, N.C. documents/dates connected with, or possibly relating to, Anthony Salts of Rowan County, N.C. (Also, please note that Anthony Salts’ name was used long after his death as a land-locater for other land transactions.)
1771, 8 July - Boston Salts can be found listed as Poston Saul in the Rowan County Court records - Jul 8, 1771 ordered by the court the following persons to wit, Jacob Brown, John Bulling, Poston Saul, George Feeter, John Mess? Phillip Aaronhart, John Harmon, Joseph Brimon, Antho Sault, Abram Brown, Killian Aaronhart, lay out a road nearest and best way from Dutch Pine Meeting House to Edward Moor's store on the Yadkin River & "C".
1775, February - p. 3 - 4:62 (original page number) Feb 1775 - Overseers of the Roads - William Millsaps from William Frohock's line to the forks of the road at Mr. Moore's store instead of William Lynn; & Anthony Salt from the Rocks to Salisbury with the help of all the taxables on the waters of South Fork & Crane Creek to work under him.123
1775, May 6th - p. 9 - 4:77 6 May 1775 Overseers and Constables appointed:
Anthony Salt Constable instead of Christain Barbrick (this info was in table format)123
1775, August 4th - p. 12 - 4:85 4 Aug 1775 Overseers of the Road: George Tucker instead of Anthony Salts
1784, 4 November - State Grant #797 - 50 sh the 100 A to Lewis Beard, 486 A adj John Williams on E side S Fork of Crane Creek adj Jacob Wervil [Verble], Fredk Fisher, The Dutch Meeting House, Conrod Bream (Conrad Brown), Henry Aginor (Anthony Salts' father-in-law), Fraley's Mill Pond and Anthony Salt. 100 A of grant 486A
1784, 4 November - State Grant #836 - 50 sh the 100 A to Jacob Fraley, 100 A on E side S fork of Crane Crk adj his line and Anthony Salt
1875, February 7th -
Saul(s), Boston, 123
Saul(s), Thomas, 138 See also Salts
page 138 - 4:534 (7 Feb 1786) Thomas Sauls vs Daniel Lewis, ld & costs
(There were no Sauls families in Rowan records that Dixie and I could find on our trip to Salisbury. I'm pretty sure that the Sauls listed here should be Salts). This may be a reference to our missing Thomas Salts and this could be the Thomas Salts who was born in NC and living in Indianna (I think) in the 1850 census.)123
1785, 4 August — Margaret Salts was bound to Henry Agender for 3 1/2 years and John Salts was bound to Frederick Miller for 8 years
1785, 7 August - Jacob Frailey [signs in Ger] to John Gitchey for L50 land on E side S Fork of Crane Creek adj Frailey's other tract & Anthony Sault. Michael Troy Nathaniel Osborn ack Aug Court 1786
1785, 9 August - Lewis Beard to John Ketchey for $25, 118 A on Big S Fork of Crane Creek adj Henry Aginor adj Anthony Salt & Jacob Fraley part of 486 A state grant
1786 - Rosey Sault m. to Samuel Lance April 3, Signed John Williams [daughter of Anthony Salt and his "adopted son" signed]
1788, 11 July - Book 13 page 321: July 11, 1788, The State grants (#1738) to Leonard Crider 100 acres on Crain Creek next Anthony Salts, Abraham Eary, George Earonhart, Jacob Rusher & the old line of Phillip Verble, (at 10 pounds the 100 acres)
1790, 20 October - Samuel and Rosey Sault Lance let Jacob Fisher have 142 acres (1/2 of Anthony Salt's deed from the Earl of Granville) on the south side of the south fork of Crain Creek next to John Gatgay and Christian Kriker (Book 12 page 531)
1792 - Henry Salts m. Mary Brown in Rowan Co., NC Signed David Brown (The same known Henry and Mary (Braun) Brown Salts of Washington Co., TN - David Brown is Mary's brother)
1793, 9 February - Ordered that Peter Fight bring to next court a son and orphan of Boston Sault to be dealt with accorddingly to law
1793, 27 November - a state land grant to Eary next to Abraham Brown, Michael Brown Jr., Anthony Salt, and Philip Slough
SPECIAL NOTE (from Dixie Dellinger - who conducted the research on Anthony Salt of Rowan Co., NC - added on 18 October 2004): This is the first time I have seen the spelling Sault or Saults. Anthony Salt's daughter Roseannah married in 1786 and apparently that spelling was used in the marriage bond. It must have just been some clerk's way of spelling rather than a family difference. Names were spelled a LOT of different ways in the court minutes, but there was no -s on Anthony Salt at any time which makes me think he came there as Solt or Sold. One person spelled both Anthony and Boston as Solte.
End of Anthony Salts notes...................
BASTIAN SALTS (Boston Salts)
• Boston Salts seems to have been near Anthony in Rowan County, NC at the same time
• Boston had to “at least” be 16 by 1761 - he was mentioned in the 1761 tax lists with Anthony -both gave in 1 poll each
• Boston and his children were not listed in Anthony’s will
Documents found for Boston Salts...
1785, 3 August - Ordered that John Brown, bring here tomorrow all of the orphans of Boston Salts, deceased to be dealt with as the Law directs. (Author’s note - John Brown was related to Mary Brown Salts)
1785, 4 August - Ordered that Margaret Salts, orphan of Boston Salts be bound to Henry Agender for 3 1/2 years. Ordered that John Salts be given to Fredrick Miller, for 8 years, to be taught the business of a farmer. (Author’s note - Henry Agender was Eva Salts father or brother. We’re not really sure which one.)
1793 - Peter Fight [sic] ordered to bring a son and orphan of Boston Sault to court to be dealt with according to law
Notes from Dixie Dillinger
• There was no Henry Salt or Salts mentioned ANYWHERE in the minutes. But if Henry was Boston's son he would have been over the age of being bound out among "all the orphans" [I saw one male age 15, the oldest who was bound out]
• There were no Salts marriages in Rowan County except Henry's to Mary Brown and Roseannah Saults to Samuel Lance [a name spelled Lentz and other ways]. If either John or Margaret married in the period, it wasn't in Rowan.
Notes on Bastian Salts
1740/41 - From the records, [tax lists, military data, etc,] Boston’s birth year has been calculated around 1740-41. It is possible that he is the baby that was born while his parents were crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The dates for him match the old Salts letter, and if that is so, then Bastian’s father would have been Henrick Solt. That is what’s stated in the old family letter.
1761 - He first appears in the same tax lists with Anthony Salt, (Michael Brown's list in 1761 and Jno Brandon's in 1768) in the South area of Rowan County, south of Salisbury where the town of Granite Quarry is today.
1765-66 - Henry Solt / Salts born in Rowan Co., N.C.
1768 - Rowan tax list. Antone Solte. Boston Solte. Jno Brandon's list.
1770 - Child Margaret born (calculated by court action in 1785)
1772 - Child John born (calculated by court action in 1785)
1777, April 19 - Bostin Salt is the name found on a petition dated 19 April 1777. It was sent to the Senate, etc., from the “inhabitants of the Upper End of the County of Anson” asking that the county be divided since the county has “grown populous”....
1780, July 21st - Killed in battle at the junction of Rocky and Peedee Rivers in Rowan Co. He is Capt., commander of Tory forces [1832 document: pension application of William Boyd who lived in Rowan and joined militia in 1777 discharged in 1782. He gives account of the battle.] Is this the Battle of Ramseur's Mill? Boyd lists a Ramseur as one who can testify to his service. His account says 73 Tories were killed in the battle, which must have been, as he said, "a considerable engagement."
1785, 3 August - John Brown, Constable, is ordered to bring in all of the orphans of Boston Salts, deceased to be dealt with as the Law directs.124
1785, 4 August - Margaret Salts and John Salts, given to guardians [Margaret bound for 3 1/2 years to Henry Agender, John bound to Fredrick Miller for 8 years]. Author's note - Henry Agender is the father of Anthony Salts' wife, Eva. And Fredrick Miller is the neighbor of Henry Agender.124
Henry Solt/Salts would have been around the age of 19 years old when his brother and sister were bound out.
1792 - 17 May 1792, Henry Salts married Mary Brown in Rowan County, North Carolina
1793 - Son John ordered to be brought to court to be "dealt with according to law," very likely when he was released from bond at 21. Court minutes do not record it.
From Dixie’s research (email date 10th of June 2004):
1. Boston Salts is apparently his name; not a nickname. I noticed the name Boston used as a man's first name in three other instances and as a last name in one.
2. He was in Rowan County in 1761 (on tax lists) and 1768. He appears in the same tax lists as Anthony Salt, (Michael Brown's list in 1761 and Jno Brandon's in 1768) in the S area of Rowan County, south of Salisbury where the town of Granite Quarry is today.
3. The court minutes of 1785 which say he is 'deceased' order Jn Brown to bring to court 'ALL (emphasis mine) the orphans of Boston Salts to be dealt with According to Law.' There is no indication of how many.
4. The next day's court minutes say that 'Margaret Salts is bound to Henry Agender for 3 1/2 years and John Salts is bound to Fredk Miller for 8 years to be taught the Business of Farmer.'
5. If the 9 Feb 1793 order that 'Peter Fight [sic] bring to next court the Son and orphan of Boston Salts to be dealt with according to Law' refers to his being released from bond, the next court shows no such action, either the next day's or the next term's. But no such action for any other person who was bound is shown, either. There was no court action for Margaret in 1788, when she would have been released. Apparently, it was not included in court minutes. Orphans being bound out is recorded over and over but no record of release.
6. In other court actions like that, girls are bound until the age of 18 and boys until the age of 21. which would mean that John was born in 1772 and Margaret about 1770.
These are the only records I could find of Boston Salts. In one tax list (1768) it is spelled Solte and in one Bostian. In all these records, I saw no Solt, Sold, Sult or such name.
Speculations (email from Dixie dated 21 November 2007, Subject Boston Salts):
1. Being a Tory, he might have come from England, maybe parents from VA. He had been in Rowan since at least 1761. Could also have been German, a Solt with the German settlement at Salisbury, including Antony.
2. Being a Captain in the local militia, [Search British pay records] must have been fairly prominent in Rowan Co. Landowner, probably. [Search deeds]
3. Sentiment against the widow and children in Rowan Co after the war may have been strong. Many Tories had their property confiscated or destroyed.
4. Wife may have died after his death, making the children "orphans." The court may have been dealing with a well-known family. There could have been older daughters married with whom the two orphans stayed from 1781- 1785.
5. A Tory's children could have been "farmed out" among other Tory families.
6. Anthony Salt's will is probated in 1778. Maybe he was also a Tory and died.
Update from Dixie - 22 January 2008
Boston Salts was a Tory Captain in the British militia unit in Rowan County in the Revolutionary War. He was killed in a skirmish at the junction of the Rocky River with the PeeDee River in southeast Rowan County sometime before 1781. (Source: Revolutionary War Pension application of William Boyd, Rowan Co, NC, pg 4&5. Available online at www.footnote.com.) There must have been a surviving wife since it was some four or five years later when the children were termed "orphans" and bound out by the courts to families in the area. One family was the brother or father of Eva Aegender Salt, widow of Anthony Salt who died in 1776-78. Dixie Dellinger 1/16/2008
OTHER SALTS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THIS AREA OF ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
JOHN SOLT - of Iredell County, North Carolina
• A John Solt has been found in the Salisbury, Iredell County of North Carolina
• Please see the sketch on John and Rachel Barkley Salts (parents of Robert Monroe and Reese Salts). Information on there lineage can be found under their names in the index of this web site
1800 - John Sols (as indexed, but could also be Sals) Salisbury, Iredell County, North Carolina, p. 666-669, which was all part of the same area Anthony Salt and Henry Salts were found in.
Males
1 @ 16-25
1 @ 26-44
Females
1 @ under 10
1 @ 26-44
ABRAM SALLS - of Iredell County, North Carolina
1840 - Salisbury, Iredell County, North Carolina p. 653
Abram Salls
Males
1 @ 45 and over
Females
1 @ 10-15
1 @ 45 and over
HENRY STOT
This name has recently been sent from another researcher. We have been told that a Henry Stot was mentioned in Rowan Court Minutes ca 1770. This person who sent this had been researching a Heinrich (Henry) Stoltz, who married Barbara Dietz. This Henry died Surry County, NC in early 1774. He could not find a link for Henry Stot to Henrich Stoltz.
OLD SALTS LETTER
Another fact that could support a possible Solt connection - The following is a copy of a letter that was written in 1878. It was found in a strong box in Missouri -written by Salts family members who migrated and settled in Knob Noster, Missouri. There are four pages in the letter and it is nothing more than notes jotted down as a father and son talk about the Salts family name. The letter does not have the best use of punctuation, which seems to complicate the information and dates read by the reader.
Start of letter. [Square brackets indicate author’s notes or comments.]
“Pedigree and origin of Saults name”
Great grandfather Saults (or Sutz perhaps) was borned in Germany. in the year of 1741 emagrated to the United States. in or about the year 1761 settled at Raleys Landing in the State of North Coralinar. Daniel / Henry Saults [in the letter, the name Daniel has been marked out with Henry written above] was borned 1741 while his parents were crossing the Atlantic Ocian. Henry Saults Died at Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee at the age of one hundred and eight years of age in the year 1849.
[Author's note - When reading the first part of the letter, it is not clear who's gr grandfather the two men are talking about or which generation, etc. Leland Salts is dictating the letter to his son, Daniel Napoleon. And their known lineage is Henry (b. arnd 1761), Daniel (b. arnd 1799), John Leland (b. 1824) and Daniel Napoleon (b. 1853).
Daniel Saults was borned 1781, is still living at this time Feb. 15, 1878 age 97. Leland Saults was borned in the year 1824, is 54 years of age and still living
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was married to Mary Jane McGinnis 1842.
The name started at Jonesboro, Tenn. Henry Saults. Being a poor scribe could not write his name planely..was a witness at cort at said town. Having sighned his name to a sertain article and could not be made out by the clerk consiquently the clerk had to hunt him up and explained why he had to do so Saults (or Sults) Tolde him (The clerk) to call him Saults as he had taken so mutch that he (Saults) evatuely suposed that the clerk could remember that. Hence the word Saults (or Salts). Daniel Napoleon Saults (or Sults) was borned in the year 1853 May the 10th. At Corydon, Harison
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County, Ind.
Indited by Laland Saults, North Henderson, Mercer County, Ills
Daniel Napoleon Saults
February 15, 1878.
John L. Saults was borned Mar. 24, 1812
Mary Jane McGinnis was borned July 4, 1824
John L. Saults and Mary Jane McGinnis was maried Feb. 13, 1842
Newton A. Saults was borned Feb 12th 1843
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David B. Saults was borned Mar 1, 1844
Francis A. Saults was borned Mar. 10 1847
Almira V. Saults was borned July 10, 1849
Daniel N. Saults was borned May 18th 1853
Mary Jane Saults died Aug. 24, 1855
[End of letter]
Notes...email from Dixie Dellinger (6 October 2002)
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PLEASE NOTE - In conclusion, regarding the above notes: A documented link between Anthony Salts of Rowan County, North Carolina being the father of Henry Salts of Washington County, Tennessee has not been found and can therefore, not be documented.
In the following notes, all research of relevant findings associated with the early Salts people of Pennsylvania, Ronan County, North Carolina and Washington County, Tennessee have been recorded. All the facts below have been well documented.
THE SOLT FAMILY OF PA AND NC
We have looked at the documents of Anthony and Bostain Solt from Rowan County, North Carolina. Both are one generation up from Henry Salts (who married in the same county to Mary Brown). However, to date, no documents have been found from linking either directly too Henry. However, there are so many links showing a closeness to Anthony, Boston and to Henry Salts, that our research group felt there is a blood relationship. The following information give detailed notes of years of research - all supported by documents and DNA tests.
ANTON SOLT (Anthony Salts)
• Anthony Salts has been found under the following surnames of ZOLL / SOLD / SOLT / SOLTE / SALT / SALTS / SAULT
• Henry and Mary Brown Salts of Washington County, Tennessee were married in Rowan County, North Carolina - in the same area where Anthony Salts lived. But to date, there have been no documents found that link Henry to Anthony.
• Henry's birth year and exact age is not known, so it could be that Henry was born after Anthony died. He was not listed in Anthony’s will.
Found documents relating to Anthony Salts
1726 - It is thought that Anton/Anthony Solt/Salt was born in Germany and may possibly be the son of Henrich Zoll / Solt. He was not listed on the boat with men who are thought to be his brothers. If that is so, then he must have been under the age of sixteen, which would have him born in or before the year of 1726. Children below the age of sixteen were not listed in the ship's passenger lists during that time in history.
1740 - The current Zoll / Solt family researchers state that the Solt family started to emigrate to the colonies -possibly on the Loyal Judith in November 1740, but that they came in stages and would have used other ships at later dates. From what the Zoll researchers can tell that I have been in contact with, Henrich Zoll's family came over in different stages. However, three of Henrich's children can be found under the name of Sell on the ships log. If Anthony would have been on this boat and had been under the age of 16 he would not have been listed because of his age.
1748, January 17 - WITNESS: Eva Aegener [along with future husband] Anton Sold were sponsors at the baptism of child named Johan Philip Wirbel. He was the son of Eva's sister, Dorothea Aegender and husband Philip Wirbel. Bapt recs; Jordan Lutheran Cong; Lieby; pub. 1935; p.8
1750, May 7 - Anton Sold married Eva [Magdalena] Aegner at the Jordan Lutheran Church, Whitehall Township, Bucks County [then Northampton, now Lehigh], Pennsylvania). Recs; Jordan Lutheran Church 1740-1801; Hinke; pub. 1919; p.13
1752, 6 December - Anthony Salts moved to North Carolina between the 7th of May in 1750 and the 4th of April in 1852 when he obtains land. The records were abstracted from the first two land entry books for lands in the Anson/Rowan area that were entered in Lord Granville's Proprietary Land Office in 1752/1753, the year that Rowan County was formed. On page 143, Rowan Land Entries: Anthony Salts, 320 A., 6 Dec 1752, "Not Paid"; Anson, about a mile from ?, includes Salts Spring and Improvements
1758 - Deed from the Earl of Granville to Anthony Salt for 10 sh. sterling 285 A on Crane Creek adj Mculloh & Phillip Verble. John Frohock W. Churton. Proved July Court 1761 (abstracts)
1760, 15 July - Rowan County Militia List. Anthony Salt 7 days@ L2 8 s. Capt Michael's Co
1761 - Rowan tax list. Antiny Salt - area S of Salisbury. Near Pitor Fite, Jacob Brown, M Brown, Henry Agndr. List of Michael Brown. (NC State Archives CRX Box 244) Jo White Linn, Annotated Transcripts Rowan County Tax Lists 1757-1800. (Abstracts) [Also Boston Salts] NOTE. on tax list means over 16 years old
SALTS, Anthony
State: NC Year: 1761
County: Rowan County Record Type:
Township: Page:
Database: NC Early Census Index
SALTS, _oston
State: NC Year: 1761
County: Rowan County Record Type:
Township: Early Tax List Page:
Database: NC Early Census Index
1761, 4 April - Earl of Granville lets Anthony Salt, a planter, have 285 acres on south side of south fork of Crane Creek (Rowan County Deed Book 4, pp 456)
1761, July 21 - A deed of sale was issued on 4 April 1761 to Anthony Salts, a planter of Rowan Co., NC, from the Earl of Granville for 285 Acres (Rowan County Deed Book 4, pp 456-457). The land was located on the south side of the south fork of Crane Creek next to Phillip Vebel and the line of McCulloh, for 10 shillings, witnessed by W. Lucas and John Frohock and proved by the latter in July 1761
1768 - Rowan tax list. Antone Solte. Boston Solte. Jno Brandon's list
1771, 16 February - Anthony Sault was appointed constable instead of John Hoover (file binder 2 page 3)
1771, 8 July - In Rowan County Colonial Court Records we find the following entries: Jul 8, 1771 ordered by the court the following persons to wit, Jacob Brown, John Bulling, Poston Saul, George Feeter, John Mess? Phillip Aaronhart, John Harmon, Joseph Brimon, Antho Sault, Abram Brown, Killian Aaronhart, lay out a road nearest and best way from Dutch Pine Meeting House to Edward Moor's store on the Yadkin River & "C".
1772, 7 February - Christian Ellerd is appointed Constable instead of Anthoy Sault (file binder 2 page 3)
1775, 9 February - Antony Sault was replaced as constable on Feb. 9, 1775 and appointed overseer of road "from the rocks to Salisbury with the help of all the taxables on the waters of South Fork & Crane Creek to work under him" [Jo Linn White. ABSTRACTS OF MINUTES OF COURT OF PLEAS& QUARTER SESSIONS, ROWAN COUNTY, 1775-1789, Vol. 3]
1775, 6 May - Anthony Salt is appointed constable 'instead of Christian Barbrick.' (file binder 2 page 2)
1775, August - Overseers of roads. George Tucker appointed instead of Anthony Salt. NOTE: I found earlier the copy of Anthony Salt's will signed X by him in 1776. I conclude that he must have been ill by August of 1775. (References for 1771, 1772 and 1775: Abstracts of Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, N.C.; Vol I, 1753-1762; Vol II, 1763-1774; Vol III, 1775-1789; by Jo White Linn)
1776, 1 October - Anthony Salt will [leaves estate to wife Eve, daughter Rosanna and adopted son/friend, John Williams] Executor Peter Fite (Will Book B, page 109)
1778, 5 November - Anthony Salt's will was proved by Leonard Cryder. Maxwell Chambers and Peter Fite, the executors named, relinquished. Copies to widow. (Rowan County Deed Book 4, p. 182)
1778, 6 November - Anthony Salt's will probated. Letters of administration on Anthony's estate with a copy of the will annexed were issued to ____ Salt widow who gave L300 bond; Frederick Fisher and Jacob Brown were security. (Rowan County Deed Book 4, p. 185). In this document, Anthony’s wife Eve was not listed. She was indexed as “____ Salt widow”.
1779, 3 February - Anthony Salt inventory of his estate returned by the administrators: John Wasebau, Roger Sheppard, Anthony Salt, Samuel Woods, Adam Trotman
1782, 8 May - The account of the sales of Anthony's estate were filed on 8 May 1782. (Rowan County Deed Book 4, p. 305)123
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Anthony Salt's Will - From Rowan County Wills cross-indexed 1760-1833:
Devisor Devisee Date Bk. Pg.
Probated
Anthony Salt* Salt wife (not named) 1778 B 109
" Rosanna " " "
" John Williams " " "
(*spelled clearly as Salt, not Solt)
The following notes were taken from Book B Pg 109 regarding Anthony’s will (taken by Dixie Dellinger, who said that the book the notes were taken from had good, clear writing)
In his will, Anthony leaves to his wife Eve 1/3 of his personal estate or the money from the sale thereof... to his daughter Rosanna Sal the other 2/3 and 1/2 of a mortgage on (or?) his plantation where he lives... 300 acres ... and to his friend John Williams "whom I regard as my adopted son" 1/2 of (or?) his plantation ... 300 acres ... "the part with the improvements I 'low' to be my daughters." He appoints as his executors Peter Fite, Jacob Freely, and Maxwell Chambers and charges them to divide equitably. October 1 1776. Signed Anthony X Salts ('his mark' written by the X, presumably indicating he could not write) .
This clearly seems to be the same Anton Sold who married Eva Aegner in PA in 1750. The cross-index says the wife is "not named" but the word Eve is clearly written in the will itself, so this is the one in 1730, since he would be 20 in 1750. There is also no other will of a Solt, Salt, or Salts in Rowan Co. during the entire period in the cross-index.
Other Rowan County, N.C. documents/dates connected with, or possibly relating to, Anthony Salts of Rowan County, N.C. (Also, please note that Anthony Salts’ name was used long after his death as a land-locater for other land transactions.)
1771, 8 July - Boston Salts can be found listed as Poston Saul in the Rowan County Court records - Jul 8, 1771 ordered by the court the following persons to wit, Jacob Brown, John Bulling, Poston Saul, George Feeter, John Mess? Phillip Aaronhart, John Harmon, Joseph Brimon, Antho Sault, Abram Brown, Killian Aaronhart, lay out a road nearest and best way from Dutch Pine Meeting House to Edward Moor's store on the Yadkin River & "C".
1775, February - p. 3 - 4:62 (original page number) Feb 1775 - Overseers of the Roads - William Millsaps from William Frohock's line to the forks of the road at Mr. Moore's store instead of William Lynn; & Anthony Salt from the Rocks to Salisbury with the help of all the taxables on the waters of South Fork & Crane Creek to work under him.123
1775, May 6th - p. 9 - 4:77 6 May 1775 Overseers and Constables appointed:
Anthony Salt Constable instead of Christain Barbrick (this info was in table format)123
1775, August 4th - p. 12 - 4:85 4 Aug 1775 Overseers of the Road: George Tucker instead of Anthony Salts
1784, 4 November - State Grant #797 - 50 sh the 100 A to Lewis Beard, 486 A adj John Williams on E side S Fork of Crane Creek adj Jacob Wervil [Verble], Fredk Fisher, The Dutch Meeting House, Conrod Bream (Conrad Brown), Henry Aginor (Anthony Salts' father-in-law), Fraley's Mill Pond and Anthony Salt. 100 A of grant 486A
1784, 4 November - State Grant #836 - 50 sh the 100 A to Jacob Fraley, 100 A on E side S fork of Crane Crk adj his line and Anthony Salt
1875, February 7th -
Saul(s), Boston, 123
Saul(s), Thomas, 138 See also Salts
page 138 - 4:534 (7 Feb 1786) Thomas Sauls vs Daniel Lewis, ld & costs
(There were no Sauls families in Rowan records that Dixie and I could find on our trip to Salisbury. I'm pretty sure that the Sauls listed here should be Salts). This may be a reference to our missing Thomas Salts and this could be the Thomas Salts who was born in NC and living in Indianna (I think) in the 1850 census.)123
1785, 4 August — Margaret Salts was bound to Henry Agender for 3 1/2 years and John Salts was bound to Frederick Miller for 8 years
1785, 7 August - Jacob Frailey [signs in Ger] to John Gitchey for L50 land on E side S Fork of Crane Creek adj Frailey's other tract & Anthony Sault. Michael Troy Nathaniel Osborn ack Aug Court 1786
1785, 9 August - Lewis Beard to John Ketchey for $25, 118 A on Big S Fork of Crane Creek adj Henry Aginor adj Anthony Salt & Jacob Fraley part of 486 A state grant
1786 - Rosey Sault m. to Samuel Lance April 3, Signed John Williams [daughter of Anthony Salt and his "adopted son" signed]
1788, 11 July - Book 13 page 321: July 11, 1788, The State grants (#1738) to Leonard Crider 100 acres on Crain Creek next Anthony Salts, Abraham Eary, George Earonhart, Jacob Rusher & the old line of Phillip Verble, (at 10 pounds the 100 acres)
1790, 20 October - Samuel and Rosey Sault Lance let Jacob Fisher have 142 acres (1/2 of Anthony Salt's deed from the Earl of Granville) on the south side of the south fork of Crain Creek next to John Gatgay and Christian Kriker (Book 12 page 531)
1792 - Henry Salts m. Mary Brown in Rowan Co., NC Signed David Brown (The same known Henry and Mary (Braun) Brown Salts of Washington Co., TN - David Brown is Mary's brother)
1793, 9 February - Ordered that Peter Fight bring to next court a son and orphan of Boston Sault to be dealt with accorddingly to law
1793, 27 November - a state land grant to Eary next to Abraham Brown, Michael Brown Jr., Anthony Salt, and Philip Slough
SPECIAL NOTE (from Dixie Dellinger - who conducted the research on Anthony Salt of Rowan Co., NC - added on 18 October 2004): This is the first time I have seen the spelling Sault or Saults. Anthony Salt's daughter Roseannah married in 1786 and apparently that spelling was used in the marriage bond. It must have just been some clerk's way of spelling rather than a family difference. Names were spelled a LOT of different ways in the court minutes, but there was no -s on Anthony Salt at any time which makes me think he came there as Solt or Sold. One person spelled both Anthony and Boston as Solte.
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BASTIAN SALTS (Boston Salts)
• Boston Salts seems to have been near Anthony in Rowan County, NC at the same time
• Boston had to “at least” be 16 by 1761 - he was mentioned in the 1761 tax lists with Anthony -both gave in 1 poll each
• Boston and his children were not listed in Anthony’s will
Documents found for Boston Salts...
1785, 3 August - Ordered that John Brown, bring here tomorrow all of the orphans of Boston Salts, deceased to be dealt with as the Law directs. (Author’s note - John Brown was related to Mary Brown Salts)
1785, 4 August - Ordered that Margaret Salts, orphan of Boston Salts be bound to Henry Agender for 3 1/2 years. Ordered that John Salts be given to Fredrick Miller, for 8 years, to be taught the business of a farmer. (Author’s note - Henry Agender was Eva Salts father or brother. We’re not really sure which one.)
1793 - Peter Fight [sic] ordered to bring a son and orphan of Boston Sault to court to be dealt with according to law
Notes from Dixie Dillinger
• There was no Henry Salt or Salts mentioned ANYWHERE in the minutes. But if Henry was Boston's son he would have been over the age of being bound out among "all the orphans" [I saw one male age 15, the oldest who was bound out]
• There were no Salts marriages in Rowan County except Henry's to Mary Brown and Roseannah Saults to Samuel Lance [a name spelled Lentz and other ways]. If either John or Margaret married in the period, it wasn't in Rowan.
Notes on Bastian Salts
1740/41 - From the records, [tax lists, military data, etc,] Boston’s birth year has been calculated around 1740-41. It is possible that he is the baby that was born while his parents were crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The dates for him match the old Salts letter, and if that is so, then Bastian’s father would have been Henrick Solt. That is what’s stated in the old family letter.
1761 - He first appears in the same tax lists with Anthony Salt, (Michael Brown's list in 1761 and Jno Brandon's in 1768) in the South area of Rowan County, south of Salisbury where the town of Granite Quarry is today.
1765-66 - Henry Solt / Salts born in Rowan Co., N.C.
1768 - Rowan tax list. Antone Solte. Boston Solte. Jno Brandon's list.
1770 - Child Margaret born (calculated by court action in 1785)
1772 - Child John born (calculated by court action in 1785)
1777, April 19 - Bostin Salt is the name found on a petition dated 19 April 1777. It was sent to the Senate, etc., from the “inhabitants of the Upper End of the County of Anson” asking that the county be divided since the county has “grown populous”....
1780, July 21st - Killed in battle at the junction of Rocky and Peedee Rivers in Rowan Co. He is Capt., commander of Tory forces [1832 document: pension application of William Boyd who lived in Rowan and joined militia in 1777 discharged in 1782. He gives account of the battle.] Is this the Battle of Ramseur's Mill? Boyd lists a Ramseur as one who can testify to his service. His account says 73 Tories were killed in the battle, which must have been, as he said, "a considerable engagement."
1785, 3 August - John Brown, Constable, is ordered to bring in all of the orphans of Boston Salts, deceased to be dealt with as the Law directs.124
1785, 4 August - Margaret Salts and John Salts, given to guardians [Margaret bound for 3 1/2 years to Henry Agender, John bound to Fredrick Miller for 8 years]. Author's note - Henry Agender is the father of Anthony Salts' wife, Eva. And Fredrick Miller is the neighbor of Henry Agender.124
Henry Solt/Salts would have been around the age of 19 years old when his brother and sister were bound out.
1792 - 17 May 1792, Henry Salts married Mary Brown in Rowan County, North Carolina
1793 - Son John ordered to be brought to court to be "dealt with according to law," very likely when he was released from bond at 21. Court minutes do not record it.
From Dixie’s research (email date 10th of June 2004):
1. Boston Salts is apparently his name; not a nickname. I noticed the name Boston used as a man's first name in three other instances and as a last name in one.
2. He was in Rowan County in 1761 (on tax lists) and 1768. He appears in the same tax lists as Anthony Salt, (Michael Brown's list in 1761 and Jno Brandon's in 1768) in the S area of Rowan County, south of Salisbury where the town of Granite Quarry is today.
3. The court minutes of 1785 which say he is 'deceased' order Jn Brown to bring to court 'ALL (emphasis mine) the orphans of Boston Salts to be dealt with According to Law.' There is no indication of how many.
4. The next day's court minutes say that 'Margaret Salts is bound to Henry Agender for 3 1/2 years and John Salts is bound to Fredk Miller for 8 years to be taught the Business of Farmer.'
5. If the 9 Feb 1793 order that 'Peter Fight [sic] bring to next court the Son and orphan of Boston Salts to be dealt with according to Law' refers to his being released from bond, the next court shows no such action, either the next day's or the next term's. But no such action for any other person who was bound is shown, either. There was no court action for Margaret in 1788, when she would have been released. Apparently, it was not included in court minutes. Orphans being bound out is recorded over and over but no record of release.
6. In other court actions like that, girls are bound until the age of 18 and boys until the age of 21. which would mean that John was born in 1772 and Margaret about 1770.
These are the only records I could find of Boston Salts. In one tax list (1768) it is spelled Solte and in one Bostian. In all these records, I saw no Solt, Sold, Sult or such name.
Speculations (email from Dixie dated 21 November 2007, Subject Boston Salts):
1. Being a Tory, he might have come from England, maybe parents from VA. He had been in Rowan since at least 1761. Could also have been German, a Solt with the German settlement at Salisbury, including Antony.
2. Being a Captain in the local militia, [Search British pay records] must have been fairly prominent in Rowan Co. Landowner, probably. [Search deeds]
3. Sentiment against the widow and children in Rowan Co after the war may have been strong. Many Tories had their property confiscated or destroyed.
4. Wife may have died after his death, making the children "orphans." The court may have been dealing with a well-known family. There could have been older daughters married with whom the two orphans stayed from 1781- 1785.
5. A Tory's children could have been "farmed out" among other Tory families.
6. Anthony Salt's will is probated in 1778. Maybe he was also a Tory and died.
Update from Dixie - 22 January 2008
Boston Salts was a Tory Captain in the British militia unit in Rowan County in the Revolutionary War. He was killed in a skirmish at the junction of the Rocky River with the PeeDee River in southeast Rowan County sometime before 1781. (Source: Revolutionary War Pension application of William Boyd, Rowan Co, NC, pg 4&5. Available online at www.footnote.com.) There must have been a surviving wife since it was some four or five years later when the children were termed "orphans" and bound out by the courts to families in the area. One family was the brother or father of Eva Aegender Salt, widow of Anthony Salt who died in 1776-78. Dixie Dellinger 1/16/2008
OTHER SALTS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THIS AREA OF ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
JOHN SOLT - of Iredell County, North Carolina
• A John Solt has been found in the Salisbury, Iredell County of North Carolina
• Please see the sketch on John and Rachel Barkley Salts (parents of Robert Monroe and Reese Salts). Information on there lineage can be found under their names in the index of this web site
1800 - John Sols (as indexed, but could also be Sals) Salisbury, Iredell County, North Carolina, p. 666-669, which was all part of the same area Anthony Salt and Henry Salts were found in.
Males
1 @ 16-25
1 @ 26-44
Females
1 @ under 10
1 @ 26-44
ABRAM SALLS - of Iredell County, North Carolina
1840 - Salisbury, Iredell County, North Carolina p. 653
Abram Salls
Males
1 @ 45 and over
Females
1 @ 10-15
1 @ 45 and over
HENRY STOT
This name has recently been sent from another researcher. We have been told that a Henry Stot was mentioned in Rowan Court Minutes ca 1770. This person who sent this had been researching a Heinrich (Henry) Stoltz, who married Barbara Dietz. This Henry died Surry County, NC in early 1774. He could not find a link for Henry Stot to Henrich Stoltz.
OLD SALTS LETTER
Another fact that could support a possible Solt connection - The following is a copy of a letter that was written in 1878. It was found in a strong box in Missouri -written by Salts family members who migrated and settled in Knob Noster, Missouri. There are four pages in the letter and it is nothing more than notes jotted down as a father and son talk about the Salts family name. The letter does not have the best use of punctuation, which seems to complicate the information and dates read by the reader.
Start of letter. [Square brackets indicate author’s notes or comments.]
“Pedigree and origin of Saults name”
Great grandfather Saults (or Sutz perhaps) was borned in Germany. in the year of 1741 emagrated to the United States. in or about the year 1761 settled at Raleys Landing in the State of North Coralinar. Daniel / Henry Saults [in the letter, the name Daniel has been marked out with Henry written above] was borned 1741 while his parents were crossing the Atlantic Ocian. Henry Saults Died at Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee at the age of one hundred and eight years of age in the year 1849.
[Author's note - When reading the first part of the letter, it is not clear who's gr grandfather the two men are talking about or which generation, etc. Leland Salts is dictating the letter to his son, Daniel Napoleon. And their known lineage is Henry (b. arnd 1761), Daniel (b. arnd 1799), John Leland (b. 1824) and Daniel Napoleon (b. 1853).
Daniel Saults was borned 1781, is still living at this time Feb. 15, 1878 age 97. Leland Saults was borned in the year 1824, is 54 years of age and still living
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was married to Mary Jane McGinnis 1842.
The name started at Jonesboro, Tenn. Henry Saults. Being a poor scribe could not write his name planely..was a witness at cort at said town. Having sighned his name to a sertain article and could not be made out by the clerk consiquently the clerk had to hunt him up and explained why he had to do so Saults (or Sults) Tolde him (The clerk) to call him Saults as he had taken so mutch that he (Saults) evatuely suposed that the clerk could remember that. Hence the word Saults (or Salts). Daniel Napoleon Saults (or Sults) was borned in the year 1853 May the 10th. At Corydon, Harison
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County, Ind.
Indited by Laland Saults, North Henderson, Mercer County, Ills
Daniel Napoleon Saults
February 15, 1878.
John L. Saults was borned Mar. 24, 1812
Mary Jane McGinnis was borned July 4, 1824
John L. Saults and Mary Jane McGinnis was maried Feb. 13, 1842
Newton A. Saults was borned Feb 12th 1843
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David B. Saults was borned Mar 1, 1844
Francis A. Saults was borned Mar. 10 1847
Almira V. Saults was borned July 10, 1849
Daniel N. Saults was borned May 18th 1853
Mary Jane Saults died Aug. 24, 1855
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Notes...email from Dixie Dellinger (6 October 2002)
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PLEASE NOTE - In conclusion, regarding the above notes: A documented link between Anthony Salts of Rowan County, North Carolina being the father of Henry Salts of Washington County, Tennessee has not been found and can therefore, not be documented.