Following is data I have collected on Peter Solomon. All comments, additions and corrections are appreciated. Nieca Sharrard Name: PETER SOLOMON .Birth: 1736/1737 Virginia (SM8) Marriage: Death: Before 1795 (SM5) Burial: Father: * Mother: * Spouse: Residences: Sussex County, VA 1757/58 (SM8); Bute County, NC; Franklin County, NC Occupation: Education: Church: Church of England (SM4) Military: French & Indian War Aug 1757/Feb. 1758, 10th Co. Virginia Regiment, commanded by Capt. Robert McKenzie. Drafted, inducted at Fort Pleasant. (SM8) Cause of Death: Description: 5� 4 1/2� dark complexion, black hair, thin (SM8) Deed Records: Bute Cty, NC 1771; Warren Cty, NC 1772, 1775, 1778; Franklin Cty, NC 1785 Children: Lazarus (M) Birth: 1765 Death: Spouse: James (M) Birth: 1770 Virginia Death: Spouse: Comments: Bute County, NC formed 1764 from Granville Co.; abolished in 1779 to form Warren and Franklin Counties. * The parentage of Peter Solomon is uncertain. However, for the following reasons, I feel there is a strong possibility that Peter was the son of Lewis Solomon, Jr. and his wife, Betty Johnson. � A bequest was made in the will of Lewis Solomon III, dated 1795, to the children of Peter Solomon, deceased. This would seem to indicate kinship. All other bequests in the will were to Lewis III�s siblings as he apparently had no children. It appears (no proof) that Lewis may have made a bequest to his deceased brother�s family. � Betty Johnson had a brother named Peter. Since it was the custom of the time to name children after family members, this could well have been the origin of Peter�s name. � Peter was closely associated with George Solomon, s/o Lewis Solomon, Jr. in the deed records of Franklin County, NC. To have entered into loan and property agreements together would seem to indicate a strong family tie. � Peter served as godparent to Mary Solomon, d/o Lewis and Betty Solomon on April 8, 1753. Other godparents listed in the Albemarle Parish records at this time were, as a rule, family members. � Peter�s military records indicate he was born in Virginia. A birth date @1736/37 would have been appropriate to place him as an older child of Lewis and Betty Solomon. William and Ruth Hayes Solomon had a daughter, Judith, born September 2, 1737 which would exclude them as possible parents for Peter (unless Peter and Judith were twins). Solomon Source Documentation SM 1 �Wills and Administrations of Surry County, Virginia 1671-1750�; abstracted & compiled by Eliza Timberlake Davis. SM 3 Will of Lewis Solomon; dated December 11, 1742; probated 7/20/1743; Witnesses: Thomas Avent, John Avent, Wm. Barlow; provided by a Solomon researcher via the Internet; original unseen. SM 4 �Register of Albemarle Parish, Surry and Sussex Counties 1739-1778� by Gertrude R.B. Richards PH.D.; published by The National Society Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. SM 5 Will of Lewis Solomon III dated January 31, 1795; Executors: friends - Benjamin Avent & Richard Drury; Witnessed: Balaam Hay & Benjamin Seaborn; provided by a Solomon researcher via the Internet; original unseen. SM 8 �Virginia�s Colonial Soldiers�; Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.