John Speer, Sr.

From "Reminiscences of the Speer Family," by John Grove Speer, 1900.

Page 9: "My grand-father, John Speer, was born in the State of Virgiinia, probably near the bordering State, North Carolina. Samuel Speer, a brother of his, came from Virginia to Kentucky in the early settlement of Kentucky, and settled in Green County, now Taylor County, near Campbellsville, where he died, leaving a number of children.

We find Grand-father Speer in Morgantown, Burke County, North Carolina, in early manhood. He had married and was blessed with a roubst, healthy son, whom they named John Speer (my father), who was born August 10, 1785. Grand-father died in the winter of 1811, in Morgantown, N.C."

"Grand-father Speer was a tailor by occupation and carried on that business. The style in those days was different from what it is now. Fine English broadcloth made up into pigeon-tail coats with brass buttons, I think was the style of gentlemen's coats, with knee-pants made of the same cloth. I have seen a pair of boots made about the year 1785, with high tops that come up to the knees to finish the leg gear and suit was the style of pantaloons."

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Possible link? https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/54072565/person/13...

http://dedpepl.blogspot.com/2018/01/ahnentafel-432-john-speer.html

a brother? https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p16062coll36/id/40232/...