Solomon Kemp Jr. (abt. 1787 - abt. 1866)

Born about 1787 in Burke County, Georgia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1866 at about age 79 in Cobb County, Georgia

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Biography

Solomon Kemp, Jr. received lands in 1823 on a previous claim of his father, who was deceased at this time.^[1]

This claim clearly establishes the elder and the younger both of Burke and later Screven County. The family did come from South Carolina, but not this younger Kemp,

Note

Soloman Kemp of Burke /Screven County is well documented living there in 1787. Screven County was formed from Burke County in 1795. He was deceased by 1823 when his son Soloman Kemp, Jr. obtained additional land. This younger Soloman Kemp may or may not be the one that moved to Cobb County. He was born in Screven County, Georgia so the assertions that he was born in Greenville, S.C. are incorrect. Family Search and Find A Grave are not primary sources, so this should be further researched by more interested parties.

Solomon was born in 1787 or 1791, He died in 1866, He was born in Greenville South Carolina, Then moved to Gwinnett County, Georgia, and drew land in The Cobb County Lottery. He married Sarah Clarinda "Clara" Benson, Daughter of Enoch Benson. They had twelve children.

• Fact: Residence (1850) Oregon, Cobb, Georgia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) 20th District, Cobb, Georgia, United States
• Fact: Burial Kemp Cemetery, Cobb, Ga

Research Notes

There is another Solomon Kemp who is confused with this family. I will attempt to sort this out. One issue is birth date. Familysearch gives birth date as "6 March 1791" Find A grave gives date as "1787" This earlier date works with children associated with this profile. The 1850 United States census shows Solomon as 63 yrs old and wife Sarah as 50 yrs old. The 1860 Census shows Reuben Benson, Sarah Benson's Brother living with them.

Kemp-5629 (this profile), gives Sarah Freeman as a spouse [Freeman l 11882], another profile Kemp-5189 also gives spouse as Sarah Freeman [Freeman l 11089], but is a generation earlier.

The book cited below has a narrative of families of Cobb county, written a generation after the deaths of the pioneers, composed with interviews of children of the pioneers and grave records. I believe this more accurate.

Sources

1. ↑ "Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSZ-9GYS?cc=1914217&wc=M617-1P8%3A200656601 : 20 May 2014), Headright and bounty documents 1783-1909, Keith, A.G.-Kent, William > image 315 of 672; State Archives, Morrow.

• Kelly Sinclair, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Kelly and others.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kelly Sinclair for creating WikiTree profile Kemp-634 on 25 Mar 2012. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Kelly and others. [1]

Solomon Kemp, "United States Census, 1850"- FamilySearch.org [2]

Solomon Kemp, "United States Census, 1860"-FamilySearch.org [3]

Book: Sarah Blackwell Gober Temple, " The First Hundred Years, a Short History of Cobb County, in Georgia", Walter W. Brown Publishing Company, Atlanta Georgia, c. 1935, (citing p.58, describing family of Solomon Kemp

This is the original sourcing for this profile. the ID is the same but spouse is not the same on FamilySearch, an alternate spouse is given as "Mary Martha Hairston" on Familysearch, she is born in 1834 so she could be a second wife, without a marriage date that cannot be corroborated.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 26 October 2018, 15:44), entry for Solomon Kemp(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTCS-B2R); contributed by various users.
• "Pedigree Resource File," database,[ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SYLS-7ZM ]: accessed 26 April 2018), entry for Solomon /Kemp/; file (2:2:2:MM7J-5H7), submitted 14 May 2011.