Event: witness to military service of James Vaughn Logsdon Witness ABT MAY 1782 Jefferson (now Hart) Co., KY.
Event: 395 acres on Bacon Creek (now Hart Co.) Land Purchase 23 OCT 1795 Hardin Co., KY.
Note:
Solomon made this purchase with Thomas Logsdon. (ref: Kentucky Quarter Sessions Court A-373, A-445)

Event: sold 50 acres of Bacon Creek purchase to William Logsdon, brother of Thomas Land Transfer ABT 1801 Hardin Co., KY.
Event: received 33 acres on Bacon Creek from his father Solomon and Thomas Logsdon for 5 shillings Land Ownership 03 AUG 1804 Hardin Co., KY.
Note: ref: Hardin Co., KY., Deed Book B (?), p. 435

Note:
Census 1810 Hardin Co., KY, p. 95: Solomon Kessinger-- Males under 10, 3; Females under 10, 1; Females 10-15, 2; Males 26-45, 1; Females 26-45, 1.
Census 1820 Hart Co, KY, p 157: Solomon Kesinger--Males under 5, 4; Males 10-15, 2; Males 16-25, 1; Females, 16-25, 1; Females 26-45, 1; Males Over 45,1. One male was 16-18.
Census 1830 Hart Co, KY: Solomon Kessinger--Males under 5,1; Females under 5, 1; Males 5-10, 2; Males 10-15, 2; Males 50-60, 1; Females 50-60, 1.
Census 1840 Hart Co, KY: Solomon Kessinger--Males under 5,1; Male 15-20,1; Female, 15-20, 1; Male 60-70; 1.
Census 1850 Hart Co., Ky--Solomon Kessinger, 75 in dwelling 121, Occupation farmer.

His married son, Jacob, is with him (from Grayson Co., KY) apparently helping him farm. There are two boys John,age 12, and Josiah, age 9, also listed. It is a guess that these boys are the sons of one his two children, Andrew (27), or Jacob (38), who are staying there. According to Kessinger Ancestry of Hazel A. Spraker, in Hart Co. statistics it is found that Solomon Kessinger, Sr. and Solomon Kessinger, Jr., together with William Joseph, Peter and Issac Kessinger were taxpayers in Hart Co., 1819--the first year of formation of this county, this part taken from Hardin.Tax Hart Co. (KY) List for 1819: Bacon Creek--Solomon Kessinger, 140 acres; William Kessinger, 120 acres; Solomon Kessinger, 200 acres; Joseph Kessinger, 113 acres. There were grants for Peter and Isaac Kessinger, likewise. May have been born in Pennsylvania and moved to Kentucky early in his life. G.P.O. list of Kentucky Taxpayers in 1800:Hardin Co: Andrew Kessinger, Joseph Kessinger, Solomon Kessinger, James Logsdon, William Logsdon, Thomas Logsdon, Sr. Barren Co: John Logsdon, Thomas Logsdon, Sr., Thomas Logsdon, Solomon Kessinger and Thomas Logsdon, August 8, 1804, deed to Solomon Kessinger, Jr., for five shillings, 33 acres on Beacon Creek (part of land called for in a bond given by Thomas Logsdon to said Solomon Kessinger, Jr., bond bearing date of Apr.18, 1803. The deed was dated Oct. 11, 1804. (B-435)Solomon Kessinger, Jr., Aug. 8, 1804 deeds to Thos. Arterberry 33 acres on Beacon Creek, Hardin Co. (B-485). Birth and death years are from Atterbury and Kessinger Notes. Solomon Kessinger, Jr., buys of John Milles (acres - ?) on July 13, 1812, land on Beacon Creek. (E-79).

Source: The Lager Diebolt Rausch Laub Genealogy Page - Fred Lager