WILLIAM SPEER (1747-1830)
ABBEVILLE COUNTY
SOUTH CAROLINA
HIS LIFE, FAMILY AND
DESCENDANTS
Compiled and Written By
Wade Edward Speer
With Special Help From
George William Whitmire, Sr., Jacksonville, Florida
William Arthur Speer, Jr., Atlanta, Georgia
Portraits By Edward Shanon Wood, Asheville, North Carolina
Published By
Wade Edward Speer
Marion, North Carolina
1998
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WILLIAM SPEER (1747-1830)
ABBEVILLE COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA
His Life, Family and
Descendants
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS...........................front
TABLE OF CONTENTS...............................front
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.................................. 1
INTRODUCTION......................................5
CHAPTER 1 SPEER FAMILY GENEALOGY.................13
CHAPTER 2 WILLIAM SPEER, SR. FAMILY..............41
CHAPTER 3 WILLIAM SPEER, SR. REVOLUTIONARY WAR...67
CHAPTER 4 JOHN SPEER FAMILY......................91
CHAPTER 5 WILLIAM SPEER, JR. FAMILY.............121
CHAPTER 6 ALEXANDER SPEER FAMILY................143
CHAPTER 7 MARGARET HOUSTON SPEER FAMILY.........161
CHAPTER 8 WILLIAM ALEXANDER SPEER FAMILY........177
CHAPTER 9 JOHN ANDREW SPEER FAMILY..............187
CHAPTER 10 DANIEL NORWOOD SPEER FAMILY...........191
CHAPTER 11 JOHN ALEXANDER SPEER FAMILY...........201
CHAPTER 12 ELIJAH HUNT SPEER FAMILY..............227
CHAPTER 13 ANDREW JACKSON SPEER FAMILY...........247
CHAPTER 14 GEORGE WASHINGTON SPEER FAMILY........313
CHAPTER 15 ALGERNON SIDNEY SPEER FAMILY..........345
CHAPTER 16 ALEXANDER MIDDLETON SPEER FAMILY......361
CHAPTER 17 EUSTACE WILLHOUBY SPEER FAMILY........375
CHAPTER 18 EMORY SPEER FAMILY....................383
CHAPTER 19 SPEER IN THE CIVIL WAR................409
APPENDIX A WILLIAM SPEER, JR. LETTERS ...........419
APPENDIX B EUSTACE WILLHOUBY SPEER 1899 ARTICLE..427
APPENDIX C CEMETERY LIST.........................435
APPENDIX D ALEXANDER SPEER LETTERS...............451
BIBLIOGRAPHY......................................465
INDEX.............................................491