Salts & Seymour Families
FAMILY BACKGROUND
Thomas Salts, Sr. was born about 1759 in Ireland, died in 1819 in Jackson County, OH about age 60, and was buried in Old McArthur Cemetery, Vinton County, OH. He was listed in the 1782 and 1784 Virginia State Census, which shows three people in the household. On July 21, 1789, he received a land grant of 202 acres in Hampshire County, Virginia.
On June 24, 1814, Thomas Salts purchased land in Ross County, Ohio. This land is now in Vinton County. Due to many boundary changes, the land purchased by Thomas Salts was in three different counties (Ross, Jackson, and Vinton) from 1814 to 1850. Thomas and his sons came to McArthur, Ohio, and they worked as coal miners and lumbermen.
There are some family descendants that spell their name SALTZ.
Thomas married Mary A. Burton on 30 Oct 1780 in Preston, Lancashire, England. Mary was born on 5 Jan 1763 in England, died on 10 Jul 1846 in Vinton County, OH at age 83, and was buried in Old McArthur Cemetery, Vinton County, OH. The inscription on Mary Burton Salts' tombstone reads:
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Mary, wife of Thomas Salts |
Near her gravesite is a stone that reads "James W., son of T. and M.A. Salts", there are no dates listed.
In the book "History of Hocking Valley, Ohio" published in 1883, Mary Salts is listed as an organizer of the Disciple Church group of Clinton Township in 1846. Her son Edward and his wife and their son, Edward Salts, Jr. and wife, were also among the organizing group.
Children of Thomas and Mary Salts were:
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Solomon Seymour (who married Elizabeth Ann Salts) served in the War of 1812, Captain Martin Armstrong's Company, 1 Regiment Ohio Militia, Ross County, Ohio.
In 1820, per the Census "Solomon Seymore" lived in Harrison Township, Jackson County, Ohio. In 1830, he is listed in Washington Township in Jackson County, Ohio.
Children of Solomon and Elizabeth Salts Seymour were:
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FAMILY INFORMATION
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and Solomon Seymour to the present. These reports were
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Salts Family Descendant Book (1759 - Present) - a privatized (dates & places of living people omitted) Descendant Book, with index, of Thomas Salts descendants (PDF)
Seymour Family Descendant Book (1779 - Present) - a privatized (dates & places of living people omitted) Descendant Book, with index, of Solomon Seymour descendants (PDF)
