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From: Miriam Bailey <>
Subject: Sawyer, Wesley; SC to AL, late 1800s
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 06:53:07 +0000

>I am searching for information about my great grandparents, Wesley Sawyer
>and his wife. After his wife died in Aiken, SC (date and burial place
>unknown), Wesley and children moved to Southeast Alabama. They were
>occupationally just what the name implies--setting up sawmills and moving
>from place to place as the timber was cut. The children who came to AL were
>Beulah Sawyer, b. about 1872, m. about 1902 in Geneva Co., AL to a Deshazo
>or Frazier; Mamie Sawyer. b. about 1875, never married; Doshie Sawyer, b.
>unknown, m. about 1900 in Geneva Co., AL, C.H. Miller; Stan Sawyer, b.
about
>1878, left AL for TX; Willian Loran (or Loyal), my grandfather, b. Dec. 25,
>1866, d. Aug. 4, 1932 in Atapulgus, GA, m. Elizabeth Lanora Hallford in
>Geneva Co., AL, date of marriage unknown due to destruction of records by
>flood; Uriah Sawyer, b. Nov. 28, 1869 in Aiden, SC, d. Dec. 3, 1929 in
>Leesburg, FL, m. Maida Conant June 4, 1905 in Black, AL. Wesley died and
was
>buried somewhere in Southeast AL, but I do not know when nor where.
>
>The 1860 SC Census shows Wesley, 19, living in the household of John V.
>Sawyer and wife Claudia (last name unknown) in Lexington Co., SC, vicinity
>of Sawyers Mills. Others listed in the household are Malzena, 17;
Sylvester,
>16; Deborah, 10; Stanmore, 6; and John C., 4.
>
>The 1880 SC Census for Aiken District, McTier Township, shows Wesley
Sawyer,
>39, and wife Louvoll (?) or Louyall (?), 31, with Willie, 13; Uriah, 10;
>Bulah, 8; Mamie, 5; Stanmore, 2. They are living next door to Stan Sawyer,
>26; wife Ima R. (?), 16; and Zimma, 50, described as aunt. Also living in
>the area: John V. Sawyer, 66; wife Clauett, 67; Nancy Satcher, 16
>(daughter), Jessie Satcher, 18 (son), and Deborah Satcher, 30 (daughter).
>
>The name of Wesley's wife is impossible to make out from the census. I do
>not know who she was; nor do I know the last name of Claudia Sawyer (wife
of
>John V.).
>
>I would be grateful for any information about this branch of Sawyers.
>
>Miriam Sawyer Bailey
>
>.

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