Saul Solomons and his brother Hart arrived in Charleston in about 1795 from Leipzig.  There, they joined the Kaal Kadosh Beth Elohim synagogue, and also joined the firm of Hart Solomons & Co., presumably run by a relative who preceded them to Charleston. (Family tradition has it that Saul was a silversmith and came to Charleston intending to work for a man who died before his arrival.) Business did not go well for the company, and at some point Saul and Hart moved to St Bartholomew's Parish in Colleton County. They seem to have settled in the vicinity of Salkahatchie Bridge, just west of Yemassee as they were neighbors of Thomas Patterson, who operated the toll bridge. 

    Other families in the neighborhood included that of Thomas Box Jr. and Thomas Elliott, who was married to Elizabeth Eldred. The latter Thomas is said to be a member of the Beaufort Elliott family.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Randall Eldred, whose plantation, Green Savannah, was also in St. Bartholomew's Parish,. Thomas Jr. was the  son of Thomas Box Sr.,who had extensive land holding slightly north, along the Edisto River. 

    As is typical in small communities, everyone soon began marrying their neighbors. Freelove, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Elliott, married another Thomas Elliott from the same area and, after his death, married William Patterson, Thomas Patterson's nephew. Esther, another daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth, first married John Graves, a neighbor; after his death she married Saul Solomons. At some point in the early 1800's, Saul and Hart Solomons, with their families, and Thomas Box and his family moved together about 30 miles west into Hampton County (St. Peter's Parish) to land near the Savannah River that had been vacated by the large migration of South Carolineans to Louisiana after the Louisiana Purchase. There they (and Pattersons) continued to intermarry, and there Saul and Hart established a store, and also became cotton factors, taking local cotton to Savannah for sale. And there most of the families remained for many years, owning land spread between Estill SC and the Savannah River. (for more details, see The Solomons of Beaufort District, by Carolyn Ramsay)