Saylor Genealogy

updated July 2008

Below is listed in deed book pages concerning Solomon Saylor who migrated to Harlan Co.Ky,,father of Martin Saylor who is the father of John Saylor Jr. who married Manerva Lawson,(my great-great-grandmother)

Solomon Saylor migrated to Harlan Co. Ky. Between 1796 / 1800
Before this Solomon can be located in RUSSELL COUNTY VIRGINIA on Copper Creek,

Russell County Va. Book-1 (1786-1799)
11 Mar 1790-pg-83-Solomon Sailor -34-ac.-Part Treasury Warrant-11344 dated March 11, 1782-On a branch of Copper Creek-Corner to Benjamin Fugate.

11 Mar 1790-pg-83-Zecharaih Salyard -107-ac.-Part Treasury Warrant-11344 dated March 11, 1782-On both sides of Copper Creek-Crossing Copper Creek on the north side of Mockason Ridge-Corner Joshua Penick.

26 Mar 1790-pg-84-Isaiah Salyard -66-ac.-Part Treasury Warrant-11344 dated March 11, 1782-On the north side of Copper Creek nearly oppisite Joshua Penicks dwelling house-corner to Zacariah Salyard.

03 Aug 1790-pg-94-Samuel Sadler assignee of Surrinus Emmons-30-ac.-Part Treasury Warrant-14187 dated September 12, 1782-Corner to Zacahriah Skaggs-Crossing Indian Creek-assigned to Samuel Romine by Samuel Sadler.

Located in deed book-1 Russell County Va. 1789/1799

Let me begin with what I know, John Saylor Jr. Was born about the year of 1816 in Harlan Co the son of Martin & Sarah Saylor,Martin was the son of Solomon Saylor. John Saylor Jr, died about the year 1865 in said County. In the year of 1846 he married Manerva Lawson in said County and is matter of
the record-- - 06 Jul 1846 this information can be found on the Harlan County Marriage registrar. It is written Patsey Lawson,anyway my g-grandfather was about four years old at the time so John raised him but Ransom used his mother's maiden name of LAWSON all through his life Ransom had four half brothers (John M. Saylor,b.1846)(Samuel Saylor,b.1848)(Alexander Saylor,b.1852)(Gilbert Saylor,b.13 Jul 1861-date taken from Harlan Co. Births)Ransom had one half-sister (Margeret Saylor,b.1849)
Ransom's family had migrated here between it looks like 1840/1845 from as most of my research suggests Hawkins County Tennesee.
The book by author Sadie W. Stidham call#929.2 STID Bell County Public Library in Middlesboro, Ky. Suggests,,that Solomon Saylor was born in 1770 to Joseph & Catherine Saylor of Mecklenburg, North Carolina. The book suggest he came from RUSSELL COUNTY VIRGINIA, checking through the deeds and genealogy of Russell County,deed book-1 of Russell Co.Va.(1789-1799) On page-83 & 84 we find two Salyard's & one Sailor.
pg-83 March 11,1790-SOLOMON SAILOR-34 ac-On a branch of "Copper Creek & corner to Benjamin Fugate."
pg-83 March 11,1790-ZECHARIAH SALYARD-107 ac-On both sides of "Copper Creek on the north side of Mockason Ridge & corner Joshua Penick."
pg-84-March 26,1790-ISAIAH SALYARD-66 ac-On the north side of "Copper Creek nearly opposite Joshua Penicks dwelling house-corner to Zechariah Salyard.
Solomon Saylor can also be found in the tax lists of said county but is "not" there in 1800, checking the decendants of one "Zachariah Salyard also Salyers" I find that a know child of Zechariah was Isaiah according to genealogy records of Teresa McCune & Don Norman Zachariah Salyers was born about the year of 1730 and died about the year of 1789, they have Isaiah was born about the year of 1752 and died 03 Dec 1818 in Russell County,Va.
Looking at the deeds of Russell county you will find one "SAMUEL SADLER" living further away in what is now Wise County Va. He can be located on pg-94 of said deed book-Samuel Sadler assignee of "Surris Emmons" 30-ac-corner to Zachariah Skaggs crossing "Indian Creek" assigned to one Samuel Romine by Samuel Sadler. On further checking of the Wise county records we find Samuel Salyers Jr. who settled at "Gladeview" (now wise) before 1850 sold out to Daniel Ramey and went on to become the first settler of "Prince's Flat" (now Norton,Va.)There was also a Robert Shanklin "Shank" Salyer who lived on "Wheatley branch of Rocky Fork."
We can come to many conclusions on who is who and what this means but I know only by others who have researched "Zachariah Salyard" and his relation to Isaiah Salyard what is odd is Zachariah & Solomon both purchased this land on the same day and Isaiah did a week or so later so the Solomon who had Martin and wound up in Harlan Co. Could be the son of Zachariah Salyard I do not know this at this time or Zachariah Salyard could be his Uncle but at any rate I believe there is a close relation there,for one all the land they bought was next to each other and to take in account the genealogies that I have mentioned earlier on Isaiah being the son of Zachariah I do not see it far fectched to come to this conclusion. There are many variations of the last name SAYLOR, I will list the ones I know of; SAILOR,SAILER,SALYER,SALLYER,SALYARD are all possibilities of the name SAYLOR.
Before I get ahead of myself I have found many people who have research on this family and most I have seen connect this Solomon Salyer(Saylor) to being the son of Joseph Sailer and katherine Soloman Sailer of "SNIDER'S CREEK MECKLENBURG, N.C.,,Joseph being born around 1735 & Kathrine born around 1739 in said area above, if this information is true I would then come to the conclusion that this ZACHARIAH SALYARD who bought land in Russell Co. Va. In the area of 'Copper Creek' being a possible brother of JOSEPH SAILER of Mecklenburg, N.C. Because I do believe there is a link between these people purchasing land on Copper Creek?

Looking at the Knox County Kentucky tax lists before Harlan County was formed in 1819 I find, some have Solomon Saylor migrating to Harlan County but in reality he migrated to (Knox Co. Ky.) Harlan Co. Was not formed until 1819. Let us take Russell Co. Va. tax list in the year 1797 Solomon & Isaiah both are there in the 1800 both are gone, I will check to see when Isaiah or Solomon bought land there if I can find it? In one book I have read it puts Solomon in the area in 1801, I believe the year to be 1798/1800. I would also wager that in the 1810 census Isaiah is back on Copper Creek, in Russell Co. Va.

Tax list of Knox County Kentucky-1800
ISAIAH SALYEARS
1801
SOLOMON SAYLOR, ISAIAH SALYERS, WILLIAM SALYERS
1802
SOLOMON SAILOR, ISAIAH SALLIERS, WILLIAM SALLIERS
1803
ISAIAH SALLIERS, WILLIAM SALLIERS, SOLOMON SAILOR
1804
ISAIAH SALYERS, WM. SALYERS, SOLLOMON SAYLOR
1805
SOLOMON SAILOR, WILLIAM SALIERS, EZEAH(ISAIAH)SALLIERS, DAVID SALIERS
1806
IZAEH(ISAIAH)SALYERS, DAVID SALYERS, SOLOMON SAYLOR
1807
SOLOMON SAILOR
1808
JOSEPH SAYLOR,SOLLOMON SAYLOR
1809
JOSEPH SAYLOR, SOLOMON SAYLOR, BENJAMIN SALLYERS

In 1819, Harlan County was formed from the eastern portion of Knox County. The following list is of all those males age 21 and over who were living in the section of Knox County that was set off to form Harlan. This list of 242 men can be found at the end of the 1819 tax list of Knox County. It appears to be only of those men who were not exempted from the poll tax. Therefore, there may be some elderly men who were living in that section but who are not listed.

1. Zachariah JONES
2. Lewis GREEN
3. James JACKSON
4. Robert M CLAGHORN
5. John PAGE
6. Ephraim OSBURN
7. Samuel MARK
8. John MARK
9. Henry MANNS
10. John ROARK
11. John WILSON
12. John HOWARD
13. Benjamin HOWARD
14. Phillip DANIEL
15. John DANIEL
16. Augustus JOHNSON
17. William ELY
18. William SHORT
19. Golvin BAILEY
20. Thomas HORN
21. Bennett BALL
22. Jonathan COOPER
23. Joseph SEAGRAVES
24. John BAILEY
25. William POWEL
26. Nimrod BAILEY
27. Andrew BAILEY
28. Jonathan KELLY Sr
29. Jonathan KELLY
30. Isaac KELLY
31. Mark LACY
32. Samuel PARSONS
33. James HUFF Jr
34. Micajeh PENNINGTON
35. James HUFF Sr
36. George ROGERS
37. Axinson ROGERS
38. James PARKER
39. John BAILEY
40. Carr BAILEY
41. Edward HORN
42. Farris FARLEY
43. Abram SERGENT
44. William TURNER
45. James THOMAS
46. Walter MIDDLETON
47. Stephen JONES Sr
48. Stephen JONES Jr
49. John BLANTON
50. William BALES
51. Bales SHUMATE
52. John HARRIS
53. Acy FIELDS
54. Henry SMITH
55. William BAILEY
56. Israel JOHNSTON
57. Eliphalet JOHNSTON
58. George BURKHART
59. Gabriel JACKSON
60. Tary MELTON
61. Jesse BROCK Sr
62. Aron BROCK
63. John COLDIRON
64. William BLANTON
65. Shadrick HELTON
66. Absolem SPARKS
67. George OSBURN
68. Thomas SLONE
69. John HELTON
70. Jesse BROCK Jr
71. Amon BROCK
72. Edmon GROSS
73. James BARNET
74. Joseph BENJAY
75. Martin SAYLOR
76. Joseph SAYLOR
77. William CALDWELL
78. James BROCK
79. Ephraim OSBURN Jr
80. John SAYLOR
81. George HOSKINS
82. Solomon SAYLOR
83. John WILLIFORD
84. Thomas TAYLOR
85. William WHITEHEAD
86. William BINGHAM
87. Samuel SIMPSON
88. Elisha GREEN
89. Nelson SALYER
90. Benjamin SALYER
91. Philip SLUSHER
92. Elijah GREEN
93. Jaret JAMES
94. James McGEORGE
95. William GREEN
96. James CLAGHORN
97. Richard WILSON
98. James JONES
99. Elijah BINGHAM
100. Carr BRITTAIN
101. James GREEN
102. James HILL
103. Jessee DURUM
104. Levy HOSKINS
105. John MIRICLE
106. Hardridge SHUR...?
107. Frederick MARICLE
108. James MARICLE
109. John DAVIS
110. Peter PURCIFULL
111. Joseph PURCIFULL
112. Thomas HOSKINS
113. Drury MAISE
114. Thomas D MAISE
115. John COLSON
116. Thomas HOBBS
117. Henry COLSON
118. Thomas TINSLEY
119. William TINSLEY
120. Ruben WOODS
121. John STEWARD
122. William MASSEE
123. William MILLER
124. Joshua MILLER
125. John BINGHAM
126. Joshua BINGHAM
127. Cornelius TAYLOR
128. Robert DePRIEST
129. James WOOLLEM
130. John COLLINS
131. Edward WALL
132. Ezekiel HENDRISSON Sr
133. Thomas HENDRIXSON Sr
134. Jessee JOHNSTON
135. John PURCIFULL
136. Abraham LOCK
137. James BURNS?
138. James STEP
139. Reuben HENDRIXSON
140. Joshua HENDRIXSON
141. James NAPPER
142. John NOE
143. Jeremiah MUNSEY
144. Samuel HORD
145. John NOE Sr
146. Samuel HORD Sr
147. Andrew HORD
148. Wilkerson HORD
149. .....od? COLDIRON
150. James SIZEMORE
151. George COLDIRON
152. Abner LEWIS
153. Edward NAPPER
154. Thomas McGEORGE
155. Alexander DIXON
156. James DIXON
157. John DIXON Sr
158. John DIXON Jr
159. John CREECH
160. Henry BRANSON
161. Nobel BLAR
162. John LEWIS
163. Davis FIELDS
164. James HORN
165. Joseph WHITAKER
166. Elias SMITH
167. Joseph SELBY
168. William DAY
169. Jonathan SMITH
170. William FLETCHER
171. John HARRISON
172. William GILLUM
173. Jonathan CREECH
174. Richard HAGGARD
175. Martin GILLUM
176. John CREECH Sr
177. Thomas CREECH
178. Leonard BRANSON
179. Hezekiah BRANSON
180. Charles BLARE
181. Joseph BLAR
182. William JENKINS
183. John BACK
184. Lewis BACK
185. John ROARK
186. John MAGGARD
187. Samuel MAGGARD
188. Simeon JUSTICE
189. William CALWELL
190. Mathias KELLY
191. Abel PENNINGTON
192. William PENNINGTON
193. John PENNINGTON
194. James WEBB
195. James BAKER
196. Henry BACK
197. Zachariah MORGAN
198. Charles RICE
199. John HELDRIDGE
200. John DAY
201. James S CABBENGER
202. James HAGGARD
203. John GRIFFITS
204. William TAYLOR
205. Solomon OSBURN
206. Elijah JONES
207. Berry CAWOOD
208. Solomon BURKHART
209. Frderick LEWIS
210. Anthony ELY
211. William SHUFORD
212. John CAWOOD
213. George MORRIS
214. John FORESTER
215. Jesse COPE (COSSEE)
216. Adron HORD
217. John JONES
218. Stephen FARMER
219. Benjamin HARRIS
220. Joseph CAWOOD
221. Hezekiah FORESTER
222. Andrew OSBURN
223. Aly LEDFORD
224. William SPURLOCK
225. James BALL
226. Randle NOE
227. Moses BALL
228. Gbal (Gabriel) JONES
229. James POLLEY Jr
230. Rual JONES
231. Vinson BLANTON
232. Henry SHACKLEFORD
233. Jason FIELDS
234. David FEE
235. Luke NOE
236. William ELY Sr
237. Lewis FARMER
238. James POLLEY Sr
239. George BRITTAIN
240. Jessee BALL
241. Andrew LEA
242. James FARMER

I certify on honor that this list contains one hundred percent of every white male inhabitant above the age of 21 years in the bounds of Harlan County. There is no town in the county of Harlan.
Signed by James Farmer, C.H.C.

You will notice that Solomon is still here but Isaiah and company are not my guess is they went back to Russell County Virginia? Solomon Saylor lived out his days and died in Harlan County Kentucky, he lived close to the Cumberland River.

Soloman Saylor's Will

I Solomon Saylor Sr, in the County of Harlan and State of Kentucky do hereby make my last will and Testament in manner and frame following, that is to say first I desire that out of my money I wish all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid, if my money proves insufficient I wish enough of my perishable property to be sold to satisfy all my just debts and funeral expenses, and out of the money remaining, thence forth pay and satisfy such of my just debts as shall remain unpaid out of the sales of the perishable part of my estate.

After the payment of my debts and funeral expenses I give my wife Sally Saylor all the track of land on the north side of Cumberland river, where I am now living continuing about between sixty five and a hundred acres more or less. I give her also a certain Negro man named Joe together with all money, notes, accounts arising to any estate also all the balance of my perishable property with all house hold and kitchen furniture with everything else herein not mentioned for and during the time of her natural life and after her death, I give the same to my children and one grand daughter that is to say Dicy Blanton hereinafter mentioned equally to be divided among them and to be enjoyed by them further together with all I have here into give them to enjoy further, All the rest both real and personal of whatever ???or kind ??? it may be not herein before particular disposed of I desire may be equally divided among my actual children and Dicy Blanton. I wish her after the decease of wife Sally Saylor to have an equal part of any estate which remains at her death that is with my nine children or their heirs which give to them, their heirs, executions, administrations and assigns forever and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my friend Charles J Calloway executive of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all others or former Wills or Testaments by me hereforafter made, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, affixed my seal this 29th day of April in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty six.

Signed sealed and published and delivered as for the last Will and Testament of the above named Soloman Saylor Sr in presence of us attest CJ Calloway, Larkin Howard, State of Kentucky Harlan County December tenth 1848. This day Charles J Calloway produced to the court the last Will and Testament of Soloman Saylor Sr deceased which was proven before the court by the oath of Charles J Calloway and Larkin Howard the subscribing witnesses thereto whereupon the said last will and testament is ordered to be recorded , and the said Charles J Calloway the executive named in said will refusing to take upon himself the execution of said will, on motion of Joseph Saylor and Martin Saylor they are appointed administrators of the estate of the said Soloman Saylor Sr deceased. Whereupon the said Joseph Saylor and Martin Saylor together with James H Blanton their security outlined into bond to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the final sum of $2000.00 and had the necessary oath administrated to them. John C Crump

The above links are to pages doing research on the Saylor lines and relating to the family of Zachariah Salyard and family, in the Saylor genealogy link above is research showing the "Solomon" marrying Zachariah's daughter "Sarah." If any of these links go down let me know I should have copies of all of this, there is so much going on out there in the world of genealogy for profitt it is hard anymore to find something free.