Solomon Abbott was the son of William Abbott & Mary Sarah Dennard. He enlisted in the South Carolina Militia in Spartanburg under Captain Dennis Tromwell and Colonel Thomas. He was in the Battle of Cowpens under General Morgan. By the year 1780, he had served two years & one months in all.
He was discharged in the fall of 1781 and served for the rest of the war as a minuteman volunteer, in said district.
In abt 1796 he married Phoebe Turner and they settled in Spartanburg, South Carolina where they remained until their deaths.
Solomon and Phoebe had a family of eleven children:
*Elizabeth Abbot 1786–1880
*Henry Abbott 1800–1817
*Eli Abbott 1802–1813
*William Abbott 1802–1859
*Elizabeth Abbott 1804–1805
*Cynthia Minerva Abbott 1805–1875
*William Abbott 1806–1807
*Thomas J Abbott 1808–1853
*Agnes Ames Abbott 1808–1875
*Sarah Abbott 1809–1903
*Telitha Abbott 1815–1816
Solomon became one of the oldest citizens of Spartanburg County, and eventually was the last of the old American Revolutionary Soldiers living there. He was buried with military honors by the "Morgan Rifles".∼Death of Revolutionary Soldier
Solomon Abbott, a soldier of the Revolution, died in this District near Cherokee Springs, at 3 o'clock, on Saturday morning, the 28th ultimo, at a great age.
Mr. Abbott was born in Virginia, on the 2d March, 1757, and removed to South Carolina in his youth - settling within five miles of the place where he died. In early life he engaged in military service against the Indians, and was on a scout when the battle of Cowpens was fought. He was not present in the action, but claimed to have reached the field in time to engage in the last offices to the dead. Age and infirmity had compelled him to a secluded life for many years, and those who have had opportunity of conversing with him recently found his memory of past events almost at fault, and the few statements drawn from him too unreliable to justify repetition.
His body was consigned to the grave on Sunday by the Morgan Ritles, who have been specially requested to do military honor to a soldier of a past century, amidst a large collection of his descendants and fellow citizens. His remains now repose on an elevated spot, designated by himself, in a field adjoining his house - the coffin resting but two feet below the surface, as Mr. Abbott said he wished to great pressure of earth to lie upon his body.
As some differences of opinion are entertained as to his age, we prefer to give the account of his son living in town, remarking that others, neighbors of the deceased, represent him to have been ninety-eight. Whichever be the true statement, certain it is that his life has been long; and with the varied fortune of other men, cares and sufferings, death must be repose to an exhausted frame and expiring intellect.
We will not sentimentalize. Once by one the men of the Revolution have passed away, and we know not that more than one survives Solomon Abbott in our District. His sleep was gentle as slumbering infancy - may his resurrection be that of the just.
The Carolina Spartan, December 3, 1857
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He was discharged in the fall of 1781 and served for the rest of the war as a minuteman volunteer, in said district.
In abt 1796 he married Phoebe Turner and they settled in Spartanburg, South Carolina where they remained until their deaths.
Solomon and Phoebe had a family of eleven children:
*Elizabeth Abbot 1786–1880
*Henry Abbott 1800–1817
*Eli Abbott 1802–1813
*William Abbott 1802–1859
*Elizabeth Abbott 1804–1805
*Cynthia Minerva Abbott 1805–1875
*William Abbott 1806–1807
*Thomas J Abbott 1808–1853
*Agnes Ames Abbott 1808–1875
*Sarah Abbott 1809–1903
*Telitha Abbott 1815–1816
Solomon became one of the oldest citizens of Spartanburg County, and eventually was the last of the old American Revolutionary Soldiers living there. He was buried with military honors by the "Morgan Rifles".∼Death of Revolutionary Soldier
Solomon Abbott, a soldier of the Revolution, died in this District near Cherokee Springs, at 3 o'clock, on Saturday morning, the 28th ultimo, at a great age.
Mr. Abbott was born in Virginia, on the 2d March, 1757, and removed to South Carolina in his youth - settling within five miles of the place where he died. In early life he engaged in military service against the Indians, and was on a scout when the battle of Cowpens was fought. He was not present in the action, but claimed to have reached the field in time to engage in the last offices to the dead. Age and infirmity had compelled him to a secluded life for many years, and those who have had opportunity of conversing with him recently found his memory of past events almost at fault, and the few statements drawn from him too unreliable to justify repetition.
His body was consigned to the grave on Sunday by the Morgan Ritles, who have been specially requested to do military honor to a soldier of a past century, amidst a large collection of his descendants and fellow citizens. His remains now repose on an elevated spot, designated by himself, in a field adjoining his house - the coffin resting but two feet below the surface, as Mr. Abbott said he wished to great pressure of earth to lie upon his body.
As some differences of opinion are entertained as to his age, we prefer to give the account of his son living in town, remarking that others, neighbors of the deceased, represent him to have been ninety-eight. Whichever be the true statement, certain it is that his life has been long; and with the varied fortune of other men, cares and sufferings, death must be repose to an exhausted frame and expiring intellect.
We will not sentimentalize. Once by one the men of the Revolution have passed away, and we know not that more than one survives Solomon Abbott in our District. His sleep was gentle as slumbering infancy - may his resurrection be that of the just.
The Carolina Spartan, December 3, 1857
Provided by:Catoe4
Solomon Abbott was the son of William Abbott & Mary Sarah Dennard. He enlisted in the South Carolina Militia in Spartanburg under Captain Dennis Tromwell and Colonel Thomas. He was in the Battle of Cowpens under General Morgan. By the year 1780, he had served two years & one months in all.
He was discharged in the fall of 1781 and served for the rest of the war as a minuteman volunteer, in said district.
In abt 1796 he married Phoebe Turner and they settled in Spartanburg, South Carolina where they remained until their deaths.
Solomon and Phoebe had a family of eleven children:
*Elizabeth Abbot 1786–1880
*Henry Abbott 1800–1817
*Eli Abbott 1802–1813
*William Abbott 1802–1859
*Elizabeth Abbott 1804–1805
*Cynthia Minerva Abbott 1805–1875
*William Abbott 1806–1807
*Thomas J Abbott 1808–1853
*Agnes Ames Abbott 1808–1875
*Sarah Abbott 1809–1903
*Telitha Abbott 1815–1816
Solomon became one of the oldest citizens of Spartanburg County, and eventually was the last of the old American Revolutionary Soldiers living there. He was buried with military honors by the "Morgan Rifles".∼Death of Revolutionary Soldier
Solomon Abbott, a soldier of the Revolution, died in this District near Cherokee Springs, at 3 o'clock, on Saturday morning, the 28th ultimo, at a great age.
Mr. Abbott was born in Virginia, on the 2d March, 1757, and removed to South Carolina in his youth - settling within five miles of the place where he died. In early life he engaged in military service against the Indians, and was on a scout when the battle of Cowpens was fought. He was not present in the action, but claimed to have reached the field in time to engage in the last offices to the dead. Age and infirmity had compelled him to a secluded life for many years, and those who have had opportunity of conversing with him recently found his memory of past events almost at fault, and the few statements drawn from him too unreliable to justify repetition.
His body was consigned to the grave on Sunday by the Morgan Ritles, who have been specially requested to do military honor to a soldier of a past century, amidst a large collection of his descendants and fellow citizens. His remains now repose on an elevated spot, designated by himself, in a field adjoining his house - the coffin resting but two feet below the surface, as Mr. Abbott said he wished to great pressure of earth to lie upon his body.
As some differences of opinion are entertained as to his age, we prefer to give the account of his son living in town, remarking that others, neighbors of the deceased, represent him to have been ninety-eight. Whichever be the true statement, certain it is that his life has been long; and with the varied fortune of other men, cares and sufferings, death must be repose to an exhausted frame and expiring intellect.
We will not sentimentalize. Once by one the men of the Revolution have passed away, and we know not that more than one survives Solomon Abbott in our District. His sleep was gentle as slumbering infancy - may his resurrection be that of the just.
The Carolina Spartan, December 3, 1857
Provided by:Catoe4
He was discharged in the fall of 1781 and served for the rest of the war as a minuteman volunteer, in said district.
In abt 1796 he married Phoebe Turner and they settled in Spartanburg, South Carolina where they remained until their deaths.
Solomon and Phoebe had a family of eleven children:
*Elizabeth Abbot 1786–1880
*Henry Abbott 1800–1817
*Eli Abbott 1802–1813
*William Abbott 1802–1859
*Elizabeth Abbott 1804–1805
*Cynthia Minerva Abbott 1805–1875
*William Abbott 1806–1807
*Thomas J Abbott 1808–1853
*Agnes Ames Abbott 1808–1875
*Sarah Abbott 1809–1903
*Telitha Abbott 1815–1816
Solomon became one of the oldest citizens of Spartanburg County, and eventually was the last of the old American Revolutionary Soldiers living there. He was buried with military honors by the "Morgan Rifles".∼Death of Revolutionary Soldier
Solomon Abbott, a soldier of the Revolution, died in this District near Cherokee Springs, at 3 o'clock, on Saturday morning, the 28th ultimo, at a great age.
Mr. Abbott was born in Virginia, on the 2d March, 1757, and removed to South Carolina in his youth - settling within five miles of the place where he died. In early life he engaged in military service against the Indians, and was on a scout when the battle of Cowpens was fought. He was not present in the action, but claimed to have reached the field in time to engage in the last offices to the dead. Age and infirmity had compelled him to a secluded life for many years, and those who have had opportunity of conversing with him recently found his memory of past events almost at fault, and the few statements drawn from him too unreliable to justify repetition.
His body was consigned to the grave on Sunday by the Morgan Ritles, who have been specially requested to do military honor to a soldier of a past century, amidst a large collection of his descendants and fellow citizens. His remains now repose on an elevated spot, designated by himself, in a field adjoining his house - the coffin resting but two feet below the surface, as Mr. Abbott said he wished to great pressure of earth to lie upon his body.
As some differences of opinion are entertained as to his age, we prefer to give the account of his son living in town, remarking that others, neighbors of the deceased, represent him to have been ninety-eight. Whichever be the true statement, certain it is that his life has been long; and with the varied fortune of other men, cares and sufferings, death must be repose to an exhausted frame and expiring intellect.
We will not sentimentalize. Once by one the men of the Revolution have passed away, and we know not that more than one survives Solomon Abbott in our District. His sleep was gentle as slumbering infancy - may his resurrection be that of the just.
The Carolina Spartan, December 3, 1857
Provided by:Catoe4
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