The 1790 Census lists a THOMAS SPEIGHT as a 'head of family' in the now-defunct Claremont County of the old Camden District. The same census lists a JOHN SPIGHTS in nearby Cheraw District.

Question: Could the above JOHN SPEIGHTS be the JOHN SPEED on a 1779 Jury List for Cheraws District...or the JOHN SPEED who, in November 1783, witnessed a 'deed of conveyance' from a John Brown of Anson County, NC to John Husbands of St. David's Parish, SC and proved in 1786 in a Marlborough County court....or the JOHN SPIGHTS who witnessed in 1786 a similar conveyance from LUKE PRYOR to JOHN WALLER PRYOR, both of Marlborough County...or the JOHN SPEIGHTS of Darlington County shown in the South Carolina 1800 Census?

Question: Also on the 1779 Jury List is the name MOSES SPIGHT. Were SPEED and SPIGHT kin?

Question: What, if any, was the connection between those named aboved?

Question: What SC county today encompasses old Clarement County?