John Sailor was born about 1742 in Germany, and died about 1802 in Kentucky. Records mention that he married Sarah Cobb and Elizabeth (Lisbeth). We have not found any sources that prove that John Sailor married Sarah Cobb. We have only been able to discover one sources that has Lisbeth as his wife. See the marriage bond for David Minear and Catherine Sailor. Source: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061979266;view=1up;seq=14 Soon after immigrating to American, John Sailor settled in Washington, Pennsylvania where several of his children were born. He moved to Saint George, Tucker, West Virginia in 1772 near the Cheat River, and afterwards fought in the Revolution. ------------------------------------------------ Jack Richard Saylor Research: 27 June 1924 – 28 February 2017 LK1G-2HR http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.cumberland/1115/mb.ashx SEILER/SEYLER/SAILOR/SAYLOR, Friederich & wife Anna Catharina SPAR emigrated from Switzerland 1752 & settled in Carlisle, Cumberland Co. PA. There three sons were Matthies John Ulrich, and Jacob. Matthies m. Margareth MEYER, John Ulrich m. Elizabeth WOLF 18 Sept. 1766. Jacob m. Frances SHARP/SHERP 3 July 1767. Children of John & Elizabeth were: Fredrich b. 1768, Catherine b. 1769, Mathias b. 1773, John b. 1775, William b. 1779, Emanuel b. 1780, Samuel b. 1783, and Sarah b. 1791. Children of Jacob & Frances were: Margreth b. 1768, Keterin b. 1770, Frances b. 1774, Mary b. 1778, Samuel b. 1782, and Elizabeth b. 1786. Jacob and Matthies fought in Rev. War with Cumberland Co. Militia. In 1790 Jacob & Frances sold their home on Pomfret Street (Lot No. 59) and moved west to Washington Co. PA. Jacob died at his farm on Buffalo Creek, Buffalo Twp., Washington Co. 19 June 1816. Place of burial unknown. Looking for any descendants. ------------------------------------------------ Memorial Record of the Counties of Faribault, Martin, Watonwan and Jackson Faribault, Martin, Watonwan and Jackson Page 515 Moses Sailor, a retired farmer, was the first white man who came to Faribault county to settle, and he has lived on the same tract of land for about forty years. He was born in Monroe County, Ohio, October 2, 1808, when that country was almost a wilderness, his parents, Jacob and Ester (Crow) Sailor, being among the pioneers of Ohio. His grandfather, John Sailor, came from Germany to this country before the Revolutionary war and settled in Pennsylvania, subsequently moving to Virginia, where he died. ---------------------------------------------- A bill of sale for John Sailor is located in the History of Harrison County, Page 196, 5 paragraphs up from the bottom. "Ordered that a bill of sale given by John Sailor to Charles Harris is admitted to record."   Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=J4QFK5LO-boC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=sailor&f=false The Sailor family and others stayed in Saint George until about 1791 when it appears all families moved on to the Montgomery County, Kentucky area near Jackson's Mill which is located on the Licking River. Perhaps near Salyersville. John Sailor was supposedly a blacksmith and a skilled machinist. It is said that he worked at his trade for many years and when his knees began to give out, he worked with pads on knees and built a low anvil to assist him in his trade. Surely this was an important trade during this time. J. Douglas Sailor states this: "He was a blacksmith and skilled machinist" in his research documents. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WVTUCKER/1998-05/0896034896 https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.montgomery/50/mb.ashx During the Civil War, Salyersville was "a one store, cross-roads town, with a blacksmith shop and about 20 inhabitants." Its location on the Mount Sterling-Pound Gap road, the longest pre-Civil War state road and major overland passage from the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky to the mountains of southwestern Virginia and the east, made the town strategically important and accounted for much of the activity the town saw during the war years. The present highway US 460 follows the approximate route of the original road. John Sailor died about 1801-1802. He may have been buried in Cave Run Cemetery or the Beaver Creek Area. Cave Run Info: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/menifee/cemeteries/cavemeni.txt Elizabeth migrated with her children to Bath County, Kentucky. She is in 1810 Montgomery Co, Ky with one male 15-25, and 16-28 and 5 kids under 16. 1810 Census Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-NQ8?from=lynx1&treeref=9CK6-VFW Elizabeth is alone when she signs for the marriage of daughter Sarah Sally Sailor's marriage to Samuel Allen Cobb it says mother Elizabeth Saylor.   Guardian is John Minear and he is the bondsman. It is assumed that the Saylor and Minears were friends in St. George now Tucker County West Virginia and that some of the minor kids of John Sailor probably needed a guardian appointed after his death. Information regarding the marriages of John Sailor’s children. John Sailor (1770-1844) married Mary Ann Minear (1777–1879) (John Minear’s daughter) in 1795. Sources: Descendants of John Minear, 1732?-1781. . Maxwell, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1871- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061979266;view=1up;seq=21 “Mary Ann Minear (XVII 10) married John Saylor in 1795. Nothing definite is known about them. There is a persistent tradition that Saylor started up Saylor Run (near St. George, named after him), and was never seen again. As to the spelling of the name there is some confusion. In the original marriage record of David Minear are found the signatures of John Sailor, Lisbeth Sailor, and Frederick Sailor. But in all the land records the name is spelled Saylor.” The History of Barbour County, West Virginia: From Its Earliest Exploration http://books.google.com/books?id=gCYTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Mary%20Ann%20Minear&f=false “The Minears and their descendants became related with many of the people not only of Tucker County but of Barbour also. Of John Minear's children, Mary Ann married John Saylor in 1795. He is supposed to have perished in the woods while hunting by a small stream near St. George where he was last seen alive and is still known as Saylor's Run. “ There is a persistent tradition that Saylor started up Saylor Run, (near St. George, named after John Sailor Jr.), and was never seen again. As to the spelling of the name there is some confusion. In the original marriage record of David Minear are found the signatures of John Sailor, Lisbeth Sailor and Frederick Sailor, but in all the land records the name is spelled Saylor. Catherine Sailor (1771-1833) married David Minear in Saint George, Tucker, West Virginia, United States in 1781. Sources: Descendants of John Minear, 1732?-1781. . Maxwell, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1871- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061979266;view=1up;seq=14 “Daivd Minear (XVII 1) was most likely born on July 31, 1755, though some reports make it a little earlier. He seems to have been the oldest child of John Minear (XVI). Many of the events of his life are given in this pension application at the close of this sketch.” “David came with his father from Hampshire County to Tucker County about 1776; at the death of his father in 1781, he seems to have become the head of the family. He was married to Catherine Saylor (Sailor), April 21, 1787, the ceremony being performed by Reverend J.W. Loffborough. In those days the groom had to give bond that there “was no lawful cause to obstruct the marriage.” This bond was signed by David Minear, Thomas Douglass, and John Haymond and witnessed by Benjamin Wilson. At the same time a certificate giving permission for the marriage was signed by John Sailor, Lisbeth Sailor and was witnessed by Frederick Sailor and Philip Minear; evidently John and Elizabeth Sailor were the parents of Catherine; Philip Minear was a brother to David; Frederick Sailor was a brother of Lisbeth [Catherine]. (All these papers are on record in Book One, Page 34, in Harrison County, West Virginia).” Photo of David and Catherine’s Marriage Record Entry. https://familysearch.org/photos/images/5886378?returnLabel=Previous Page&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3DLDY6-M7K We Travel with a Multitude by Virginia Sharp Hooper Page 248 http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=24745&pageno=241 Lists David and Catherine’s Children. William C. Sailor (1776-1826) married Jane Brown. Source: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.minear/253.1/mb.ashx The story on Eliza Brown is this. Her parents are William C. Saylor and Jane Brown. William born ca 1776 and died after 1826 Fleming County, Kentucky. May have been the William who signed the bond for Mary Sailor d/o of Frederick Sailor to marry Thomas Fortner 2-2-1815 Bath Co Ky. In 1820 Bath Co Ky he is listed as 26-45 with a male 16-26 and 1 male 16-18. No females. No proof Samuel is his child. Also a William Sailor and Thomas Lewis on 9-24-1823 as bond people for the marriage of Elizabeth Minear, and Thomas Lewis Jr to marry. From the internet, someone says Wm wrote letter to Robert Graham in 1823 indicating Wm still lived in Montgomery County, Kentucky. I am told in a 1977 letter, that William Saylor and his wife Jane Brown dies. After his death the children were raised by their grandparents, the Brown's. Were raised using the Brown name. And of course Casandra Brown who married David Minnear and Elliza Brown who married Thomas Minear were sisters. May have been a signer on the Marriage Bond for the marriage of Thomas Lewis and Elizabeth Minear. It was signed by Thomas Lewis and William Sailor 24 September 1823. https://familysearch.org/photos/images/9497788?returnLabel=Jonathan%20Minear%20(L6K9-DY2)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3DL6K9-DY2%26section%3Dmemories Hannah Sailor (1784-1833) married Jonathan Minear (1781-1842) Sources: Descendants of John Minear, 1732?-1781. . Maxwell, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1871- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061979266;view=1up;seq=19 Thomas Lewis and Elizabeth Minear Marriage Bond https://familysearch.org/photos/images/9497788?returnLabel=Jonathan%20Minear%20(L6K9-DY2)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3DL6K9-DY2%26section%3Dmemories This is a marriage bond record for Thomas Lewis and Elizabeth Minear.  Elizabeth’s mother was Hannah Sailor, daughter to John Sailor and an Uncle William Sailor.   Top Document - Marriage bond for the marriage of Thomas Lewis and Elizabeth Minear. It was signed by Thomas Lewis and William Sailor. Bottom Document - Marriage license for Thomas Lewis and Elizabeth Minear signed by Elizabeth's father Jonathan Mynhier and her uncle William Sailor on 24 September 1823. Know all men by these present that we Thomas Lewis and William Sailor are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the just and full sum of Fifty pounds which payment will and truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs and jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed and dated this 24th day of September 1823 The condition of the above obligation is such that where as there is a marriage shortly intended to be has and solemnized between the above bound Thomas Lewis & Elizabeth Minnear Now should there be no lawful cause to obstruct said intended marriage then this obligation to be void , else to remain in full form and virlue (?) in law. Thomas Lewis William Sailor Mr William Suddeth Dear Sir Please to issue out License for my Daughter Elizabeth and Thomas' Lewis to join in the holy State of matrimony given under my hand this 24th day of September 1823. William M Suddeth Clark of Bath County Court Jonathan Minnear (testator) William Sailor 24 Sept 1823. Talks about John Minear who left home and was the father of Jonathan Minear. A Look at the Mynhier (Manier) Family of Menifee County http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holland/mynhier1.html Surveyors had reached the Licking River Valley as far back as 1774, mapping the valley and its tributaries. The Mynhier brothers started up the river in the first part of April, 1800. They found several people settled on farms along the way. After traveling some miles up the river from the mouth of Salt Lick Creek, they came to where two families lived very close to each other. They had built near to each other for safety from roving Indians at the point where the two farms joined. One of the farmers was named McKenzie, the other Saylor. Staying overnight with these families, the brothers inquired about land on up the valley, and were told that there was much land up the way not yet settled. By the time they were ready to leave the next morning John and Jonathan had met a girl from each family. Sarah McKenzie and Hannah Saylor occupied their minds much during the next two or three years. It was a very lonesome life for the boys. So as has been mentioned, they kept in touch with the two families down the river and the girls that they had met when they first came up the river. Now Sarah McKenzie and Hannah Saylor had grown into beautiful young ladies by this time. So along about 1803 John decided to get married to Sarah McKenzie. Jonathan and Hannah Saylor seemed to have the same notion. After their marriage John decided to go down river to where Sarah's people lived, so he sold his interest in the Beaver Creek land and bought land down there. In the years following, John and Sarah had six children; two boys, Jonathan and Bill, and four girls: Sibbie, Libbie, Martha and Nannie. (Martha will be in the story later.) Now after Jonathan and Hannah were married, he went about building a new home, as the cabin was too small to start a family in. So cutting poplar trees and hewing them on both sides, with the help of neighbors down the river, they soon had a new double log house with lean-tos on the back and an open hallway between. This was the customary way to build in that day. As has been mentioned before, sheep was a necessary animal in those days. They were sheared and the wool was taken down the river to be carded and prepared to be spun into yarn. Most everyone had a spinning wheel. The yarn was woven into blankets, also knitted into socks and stockings for the family. Frederick Sailor married Barbar Strado in 1791 in Harrison, West Virginia. Sources: Signed as a witness for marriage record for his sister Catherine Sailor. Descendants of John Minear, 1732?-1781. Maxwell, Charles J. (Charles Joseph), 1871- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061979266;view=1up;seq=14 William Sailor (1779-) May have been a signer on the Marriage Bond for the marriage of Thomas Lewis and Elizabeth Minear. It was signed by Thomas Lewis and William Minear. https://familysearch.org/photos/images/9497788?returnLabel=Jonathan%20Minear%20(L6K9-DY2)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3DL6K9-DY2%26section%3Dmemories Jacob Sailor (1777-1867) married Ester Crow in about 1801. History for Jacob Sailor https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/5173175?returnLabel=Jacob%20Sailor%20(LZJV-R9T)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3DLZJV-R9T%26section%3Dmemories History of Ester Crow https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/5494652?returnLabel=Esther%20Crow%20(27S3-8L2)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3D27S3-8L2%26section%3Dmemories History of Jacob Crow Family – Ester’s family https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/5509195?returnLabel=Jacob%20Crow%20(LZDG-NQM)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3DLZDG-NQM%26section%3Dmemories Memorial Record of the Counties of Faribault – http://books.google.com/books?id=9es1AQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Moses%20Sailor&f=false A brief history of the village of Wakarusa, Indiana http://interactive.ancestry.com/20487/dvm_GenMono004764-00006-0/8?backurl=http%3a%2f%2ftrees.ancestry.com%2ftree%2f5134620%2fperson%2f6035159782&ssrc=pt_t5134620_p6035159782_kpidz0q3d6035159782z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnToTree History of Nobel County, Ohio http://interactive.ancestry.com/29628/dvm_LocHist013349-00258-0/456?backurl=http%3a%2f%2ftrees.ancestry.com%2ftree%2f5134620%2fperson%2f6035159782&ssrc=pt_t5134620_p6035159782_kpidz0q3d6035159782z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnToTree Bureau of Land Management Patent for Jacob Sailor http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=IN1690__.350&docClass=STA&sid=xskypqfl.f2e US Government Land Patent http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=IN1450__.206&docClass=STA&sid=xskypqfl.f2e Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=SAI&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSsr=121&GRid=12555142& Moses Sailor - Son of Jacob and Esther (Crow) Sailor http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=56roots98&id=I896 In "Memorial Record of the Counties of Faribault, Martin, Watonwan & Jackson" (Minnesota)) there is a biographical sketch of Moses Sailor, son of Jacob & Esther (Crow) Sailor. In that sketch, it states: "His grandfather John Sailor, came from Germany to this country before the Revolutionary War and settled in Pennsylvania, subsequently moving to Virginia, where he died." Emanuel Sailor (1780-1844) and Ann Hollett (1779-1844) Sources: Brief Biography and Popular Account of the Unparalleled Discoveries of T.J.J ... By William Larkin Webb https://books.google.com/books?id=CoE-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=Montgomery+Co,+Kentucky+and+settled+near+Jackson%27s+Mill+on+the+Licking+River&source=bl&ots=i3CzxPgZES&sig=wPiNE-SYJiZ5MaheiOk_R4cJ9nk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5lyjVJ3ECsSUyASxoYGYDg&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Montgomery%20Co%2C%20Kentucky%20and%20settled%20near%20Jackson's%20Mill%20on%20the%20Licking%20River&f=false On October 18 1853, Noah See married Miss Mary A. Sailor, daughter of James and Sabina Cobb Sailor. The Sailors were a highly respected family which came from near Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky. But were originally from Virginia. The earliest American ancestor by this name John Sailor born about 1750 was an Englishman who settled in Virginia about 1772, and afterwards fought in the Revolution. He moved to Montgomery County, Ky about 1790 and resided near Jackson's Mill on the Licking River being by profession a skilled machinist. He had a family of six children five sons: John, Emanuel, Mathias, Jacob, and William, and the daughter Sarah who married Samuel Cobb, a brother of Phillip Cobb. His second son Emanuel Sailor with his wife and family of three sons, James John, and Thomas settled in Montgomery County, Mo in 1824 and their descendants have always been highly respected citizens of that part of Missouri. Emanuel Sailor's wife at the time of their marriage was a widow her first husband having been Dr. James Geary of Ohio and her maiden name Ann Hollett of New York City. Sailor Family of Montgomery County, Missouri Life History https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/5462519?returnLabel=Emanuel%20Sailor%20(LZJX-9GK)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Ftree%2F%23view%3Dancestor%26person%3DLZJX-9GK%26section%3Dmemories “In the spring of 1844 the rains were excessive so that the Loutre River overflowed all the bottom lands. There must have been a typhoid epidemic in 1844. Consequently, sickness was general and doctors scarce. After a short illness of fever, Ann Hollet Sailor died on her 65th birthday, September 28, 1844. On that same day two of her sons, John and Thomas, died of the prevalent illness, making three deaths on the mother’s birthday. Also dying that day was Alfred Cobb, son of Emanuel Sailor's sister, Sarah (Sally) Cobb.” Emanuel Sailor’s posterity married into the Daniel Boone Family. Emanuel | James | John Thomas’ wife Elizabeth Jemima Davis | Daniel Boone Davis | James Davis’ wife Jemima Hayes | Captain William Thomas Hays’ wife Suzannah Boone | Daniel Boone A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri: With Numerous Sketches http://books.google.com/books?q=see&id=JeEXAAAAYAAJ&ou tput=text&pg=PA290#v=snippet&q=saylor&f=false Samuel Cobb Sr. married the widow Minear, Magdalene (Maggie) Peveler Minear. Samuel Cobb Jr. married Sarah Sailor, the youngest child of John Sailor Sr. There were several marriages between all these families and there seemed to be a long standing relationship between them for many generations. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WVTUCKER/1998-05/0896034896 Sarah Sailor (1779-1837) and Samuel Cobb (1779-1881) III, married in 1811 New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery This site is currently down http://montgomery.mogenweb.org/cemeteries/newprov.html Cobb, Sarah (Sally) Sailor, died about 1837, first wife of Samuel Cobb (2nd) [Note: Believed to be buried here.] Samuel Cobb II and Sarah “Sally” Sailor http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jrfitch/jrf/jf30093.htm Other Sailor Links http://books.google.com/books?id=CoE-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=Emanuel+Sailor+and+Ann+Hollett&source=bl&ots=i3ByuJg_EV&sig=Fp6iLMeyh1r7pAIKDpdiM6PW0CE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TAb2U5inPMO98gGcqIDoDQ&ved=0CCQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Emanuel%20Sailor%20and%20Ann%20Hollett&f=false http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bbrooks/See/seefamily.htm