Nations, Names and Crests
The European name and crest research
The Names (Speiginer, Speigner, Spigner or Spigener)
Most of the Speiginer's I could find from SC have the spelling of "SPIGENER" and they were the Germans which arrived in 1700's. The Zeigler name is also important since some early records I found from the Zeigler Cemetery (Coosada Baptist Church) showed that a Jane E. Zeigler married GEORGE SPIGENER around 1812 in Orangeburg Co, SC.
The name "Spigner" is traced back to 1100 AD from the "Westphalia" area of Germany. The name means "mirror" or "to look" or "to see". The possible German alterations include: Spiegel, Spigle, Spiegeler, Spigeler and others.
In my continued research on "Spigner", I found that the German records for the crest under this name is represented by the crest on the left. Which one is right? It is like answering which Speiginer spelling is correct… we don't know.
The Native American Nation Crests
Around mid-2005, I found the different information on the Speiginer Crest to be conflicting. With this initial frustration, a shift was made to place more research focus on "American Indian Nation Crests", in honor of our Native American roots. Although there are hundreds of Native American nation crests, the focus was on the two nations of Blackfoot & Cherokee. More research was placed on specific locations in North Carolina or Alabama where it was the most likely to find the origins of the Cherokee Speiginers'.
Here are some of the results researched:
This band was started for the "Eastern Ban" and could include Cherokees that are ancestors of Harrison H. Speiginer
This band is most likely in one of the areas where the "Germans" settled and more than likely includes Cherokees that are ancestors of Harrison H. Speiginer
This band seems to be for most Blackfoot Nations and could include Blackfoot that are ancestors of Grandma Curley Brown (wife of Grandpa Harrison H. Speiginer).
This band seems to be for Oklahoma Blackfoot Nations and could include Blackfoot that are ancestors of Grandma Curley Brown (wife of Grandpa Harrison H. Speiginer).