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Palestine Chapel and the Sawyer Family


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...........Ledford Sawyers

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....................Anna Sawyers?

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...........Dewey Sawyers

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.....Sampson Sawyers grandparents were James and Hannah Babson Sawyers. He was born in 1671 and she was born December 22, 1695. .....His parents were James Jr. (1722) and Rachel Ball Sawyers (1728). Sampson Sawyers lived at Staunton, Virginia.


Descendants of Sampson M. Sawyers
																																	
	1  	Sampson M. Sawyers	b: Abt. 1742	d: 1817																													
.		+Agnes McGray																															
	2  	William Sawyers	b: 1761						Individual Note: Living in Tennessee in 1805																								
	2  	John Sawyers	b: 1764																														
	2  	George M. Sawyers	b: 1765	d: 1850 in Webster County																													
...		+Mary Rachel Reese					m: 1791																										
.	3  	Carol Sawyers																															
.	3  	Margaret Sawyers																															
.	3  	Sophia Sawyers																															
.	3  	Thomas Sawyers																															
.	3  	Nancy Sawyers																															
.	3  	William Sawyers																															
.	3  	Sampson Sawyers																															
.	3  	Preston C.. Sawyers																															
.	3  	John R. Sawyers																															
.....		+Nancy Johnson	b: in Botetourt County				m: 1819																										
..	4  	Isaac Sawyers	b: February 13, 1821	d: March 11, 1862																													
......		+Elizabeth Spencer	b: 1821				m: 1837																										
..	4  	George M. Sawyers																															
..	4  	Elvira B. Sawyers																															
..	4  	Sarah Jane Sawyers																															
..	4  	Margaret M. Sawyers																															
..	4  	Rachel Rees Sawyers																															
..	4  	Isabella Sawyers																															
..	4  	Harvey Sawyers																															
..	4  	Jeremiah Sawyers																															
	2  	John Henry Sawyers	b: January 18, 1766																														
...		+Elizabeth Roby																															
	2  	Rachel Sawyers	b: 1768																														
	2  	Andrew Sawyers	b: 1773																														
	2  	Matthew Sawyers	b: 1775																														
	2  	Rebecca Sawyers	b: 1777																														
	2  	Nancy Sawyers	b: September 16, 1788																														
		*2nd Wife of Sampson M. Sawyers:																															
.		+Mary McCaslin/McCausland					m: November 22, 1790 in Dunlaps Creek						Father: John McCaslin																				
	2  	James Sawyers																															
	2  	Sampson Jr. Sawyers	b: October 09, 1793																														
	2  	Thomas Sawyers	b: January 03, 1795	d: March 05, 1800																													
	2  	Kaiser Sawyers	b: September 16, 1801 in Allegheny County, VA	d: August 14, 1890 in Porter, OH																													
...		+Sarah Morehouse	b: September 11, 1820 in Porter, OH	d: September 10, 1890 in Porter, OH			m: July 13, 1837																										
.	3  	Ollevia Sawyers	b: March 23, 1838																														
.	3  	Aries Sawyers	b: June 23, 1839																														
.	3  	Olevia B. Sawyers	b: March 03, 1841																														
.	3  	Lucretia Sawyers	b: October 30, 1842																														
.	3  	Lucinda Sawyers	b: August 01, 1844																														
.	3  	Margaret Sawyers	b: August 14, 1846																														
.	3  	Mary Margaret Sawyers	b: September 05, 1847																														
.	3  	Harriett Mariah Sawyers	b: April 11, 1849																														
.	3  	Daniel E. Sawyers	b: June 14, 1852																														
.	3  	Mary Maranda Sawyers	b: May 16, 1854																														
.	3  	Thomas M. Sawyers	b: October 30, 1856																														
.	3  	Florence Sawyers	b: April 13, 1859																														
.	3  	George A. Sawyers	b: November 09, 1862																														
.	3  	Corrie Estelle Sawyers	b: September 04, 1865																														
	2  	John Archibald "Archer" Sawyers	b: March 28, 1806 in Allegheny County, VA	d: April 22, 1882																												Census: listed as 45 in the 1850 Allegheny County Census	Census: listed as 45 in the 1850 Allegheny County Census
...		+Susan H. Sask	b: Abt. 1811 in Allegheny County, VA				m: Abt. July 30, 1832 in Covington, VA																									Census: 1850	Census: 1850
.	3  	Julianna Juliet Sawyers	b: 1832																														
.	3  	Eliza Sawyers	b: 1834																														
.	3  	Wellington Sawyers	b: 1837	d: 1909	Burial: Damron Cemetery near Crows										Immigration: living at home in 1860,; living with a J. M. Smith in 1880													Immigration: living at home in 1860,; living with a J. M. Smith in 1880				Census: 1850 Census, 1860, 1870, 1880 Boiling Spring	Census: 1850 Census, 1860, 1870, 1880 Boiling Spring
.	3  	Hennraetta Sawyers	b: 1839																														
.....		+Jonathan Wolfe					m: May 29, 1865 in Allegheny County, WV						Father: Matin Wolfe	Mother: Elizabeth																			
.	3  	Stanard Sawyers	b: 1840																														
.	3  	Virginia Francis Sawyers	b: 1844																														
.....		+Andrews																															
.	3  	Rebecca Sawyers	b: 1846																														
.	3  	Ledford Sawyers	b: Abt. 1847 in Allegheny County, VA							Residence: Boiling Springs, VA																						Census: Listed as 3 in the 1850 Allegheny County Census	Census: Listed as 3 in the 1850 Allegheny County Census
.....		+Louise J.	b: January 01, 1856	d: January 31, 1918	Burial: Palistine Cemetery																												
..	4  	Myrtle Nora Sawyers	b: Abt. 1882 in Allegheny County, VA	d: 1945 in Caldwell, WV	Burial: Adwell Cemetery																												
......		+James Calvin Bennett	b: 1879	d: 1948 in Caldwell, WV	Burial: Adwell Cemetery								Father: Henry Thomas Bennett	Mother: Rachael Bennett																		Census: 1880 Greenbrier Irish Corner	Census: 1880 Greenbrier Irish Corner
..	4  	Mary Sawyers	b: August 13, 1874																														
..	4  	William Sawyers	b: February 23, 1876																														
..	4  	Ledford Jr. Sawyers	b: October 01, 1878 in Allegheny County, VA							Residence: Boiling Springs, VA																							
..	4  	Augusta Sawyers	b: August 13, 1884																														
......		+Ottie Loyd Perkins	b: September 22, 1880																													Census: 1910, 1920 White Sulphur	Census: 1910, 1920 White Sulphur
..	4  	Ledford Sawyers	b: August 01, 1888																														
..	4  	Madison Sawyers																															
..	4  	Harry Sawyers																															
.	3  	Mary Emiline Sawyers	b: April 06, 1853																														
.....		+James Lewis McCallister	b: September 22, 1846	d: April 29, 1930	Burial: Callihan, VA		m: December 24, 1875																										
.	3  	Watson Sawyers																															
.....		+Mary																															
..	4  	Albert Sawyers	b: May 05, 1884																														
		*2nd Wife of John Archibald "Archer" Sawyers:																															
...		+Susan Elizabeth Lewis	b: 1825 in Allegheny County, VA				m: June 03, 1856 in Allegheny County, VA						Father: John Lewis	Mother: Elizabeth Harmon																			
.	3  	Eli Sawyers	b: June 28, 1859																														
.	3  	John Archibald II Sawyers	b: April 04, 1869 in Covington, VA	d: September 02, 1920 in White Sulphur Springs																													
.....		+Nellie Campbell	b: September 30, 1877 in Rockbridge, VA	d: October 16, 1946 in White Sulphur Springs	Burial: Whatcoat Cemetery		m: December 05, 1894 in Union, WV						Father: Robert Lee Campbell	Mother: Virginia Lee Gray																			
..	4  	William Riley Sawyers	b: June 23, 1898	d: November 1918	Burial: Whatcoat Cemetery																												
..	4  	John Archabald III Sawyers	b: October 14, 1899	d: October 06, 1971 in Roncerverte, WV	Burial: Whatcoat Cemetery																												
..	4  	Vina Ardine Sawyers	b: September 24, 1901	d: 1928																													
..	4  	Clyde May Sawyers	b: August 14, 1902	d: April 05, 1955	Burial: Whatcoat Cemetery																												
......		+Unknown					m: May 26, 1919																										
..	4  	Robert L. Sawyers	b: August 14, 1912 in Neola, WV	d: July 10, 2005 in Point Pleasant Care Center	Burial: Graham Cemetery					Residence: Mason, WV																							
......		+Catherine Allen		d: June 19, 1994			m: 1934																										
	2  	Alexander Brown Sawyers	b: February 23, 1807	d: December 11, 1916																												Census: 1860 Allegneny, 1880 Meadowbluff	Census: 1860 Allegneny, 1880 Meadowbluff
...		+Sarah Stone	b: Abt. 1804	d: Bef. 1880			m: June 19, 1828 in Allegheny County																										
.	3  	James Alexander Sawyers	b: January 20, 1833																														
..	4  	Moses Fountaine Sawyers	b: January 10, 1867																														
.	3  	John Sawyers	b: Abt. 1837																														
.....		+Elizabeth	b: Abt. 1838																														
..	4  	Clara Sawyers	b: Abt. 1867																														
..	4  	Mary H. Sawyers	b: Abt. 1869																														
..	4  	Francis Sawyers	b: Abt. 1870																														
..	4  	Samuel A. Sawyers	b: Abt. 1871																	Cemetery: 1880 Wolfe Creek, 1910 Quinnimont													
......		+Mary S.	b: Abt. 1876																														
..	4  	James B. Sawyers	b: Abt. 1877																														
..	4  	Kate Sawyers	b: Abt. 1879																														
.	3  	Harvey Sawyers	b: Abt. 1838																														
.	3  	Joseph A. Sawyers	b: 1840																														
.....		+Cornelia V. Doss	b: 1846																														
..	4  	William H. Sawyers	b: Abt. 1870																		Source: History of West Virginia, 1923, Vol III pp/ 602-603												
......		+Josephine McCleery											Father: J. T. McCleery																				
..	4  	Augustus L. Sawyers	b: Abt. 1876																	Cemetery: 1920 Blue Sulphur													
......		+Susie	b: Abt. 1881																														
..	4  	James L. Sawyers	b: Abt. 1879																														
.	3  	Alfred Sawyers	b: Abt. 1843																	Cemetery: 1860 Allegneny, 1880 Meadowbluff, 1900 Blue Sauphur													
.....		+Rebecca J.	b: Abt. 1855																														
..	4  	Virgil Sawyers	b: Abt. 1875																														
..	4  	Elsie B. Sawyers	b: Abt. 1876																														
..	4  	Farnie Sawyers	b: Abt. 1879																														
..	4  	Ada Sawyers	b: Abt. 1881																														
..	4  	Florence Sawyers	b: Abt. 1884																														
..	4  	Horner Sawyers	b: Abt. 1886																														
..	4  	Ernie Sawyers	b: Abt. 1889																														
..	4  	Bernie Sawyers	b: Abt. 1889																														
..	4  	Ula Sawyers	b: Abt. 1891																														
..	4  	Gertrude Sawyers	b: Abt. 1893																														
..	4  	Myrtle Sawyers	b: Abt. 1895																														
..	4  	May Sawyers	b: Abt. 1897																														
.		*2nd Wife of Alfred Sawyers:																															
.....		+Leanna McAvoy	b: Abt. 1865										Father: McAvoy	Mother: Scynthia																			
.	3  	Watson Sawyers	b: Abt. 1845																														
.	3  	Henrietta Sawyers	b: 1847							Residence: Boiling Springs, VA																						Census: 1880 Census	Census: 1880 Census
.	3  	Virginia Sawyers	b: Abt. 1848						Individual Note: Living with Alfred in 1880																							Census: 1880 Meadow Bluff	Census: 1880 Meadow Bluff