Dear Jo, I am wondering if your John Sawyers can be related to my Andrew Sayers (later spelled Sawyers). I have never been able to find the parents of andrew Sayers. He was born about 1812, maybe in Wythe co, Va, maybe in NC, maybe somewhere else! He notes different birthplaces in different censuses. Andrew married nancy Puckett in 1936 in Stokes Co, NC. they moved right after that to Wythe Co and then Smyth Co, VA where they had 10 children and many grandchildren. Nancy died in 1887 and Andrew died in 1907. It has been said that Andrew fought in the Indian Wars and recieved a pension, but I have no proof of that. Andrew and nancy are both buried in Falling Water Baptist Church Cemetery in Attoway, Smyth Co, Virginia. Diane Costello On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, sinca wrote: > Since I've had no response to my query about Capt. John Sawyer and since > I've been able to locate information about him myself in another King's > Mountain book, I'll share that with those of you who may not know and who > may be interested. The book is KING'S MOUNTAIN AND ITS HEROES by Lyman C. > Draper, LL.D., which has references to Capt. John on pages 286, 418, 569, > 576 and 577. > > Page 418 says, "John Sawyers was born in VA in 1745, shortly after his > parents arrived from England, who early settled in Augusta County, VA. In > 1761 young Sawyers was engaged on Colonel Byrd's abortive expedition, and in > other frontier service against the Indians. In 1768, he with others > explored the Holston Valley, early removed to that frontier, and served at > Point Pleasant, on Christian's Cherokee campaign, and on the Chickamauga > expedition in 1779, and led a company at King's Mountain. Settling in what > is now Knox County, Tennessee, he was made a Major, then a Colonel, and > twice chosen a member of the Legislature. He died Nov. 20, 1831, aged > eighty-six years." Information on the other pages pertains directly to the > battle. > > Jo Sawyer > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi >