T1  Chalkley.  Vol. 1 Page 233 NOVEMBER 18, 1783. "William Crawford is appointed guardian to Thomas Sawyers, orphan of James Sawyers."

T2  Chalkley.  Vol. 1 Page 365 "we, the under named persons, do certify that we were eye and ear witnesses to ye above persons being lawfully married in ye County Tiroon [Tyrone] Given under our hands, this 16th day of November, 1771. (Signed) James Sayers, Rebekah Sayers, Hannah Sayers, Sarah Renick, Sampson Archer, Elizabeth (her x mark) Stuart."

1  Gallia County Historical Society Newsletter Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 1992 Pg. 9 "A Family Bible Record.  The following is a true and accurate copy of the family record in the Holy Bible (New York: American Bible Society, 1858), which was owned by Ray Morehouse of Bidwell, Ohio.  Submitted by E. Paul Morehouse, Jr. (current [2008] President of the Ohio Genealogical Society).

One thing about the transcript, (and I assume that it is the same with the actual Bible), there was no distinguishing of a change of wife.  If one were to just read through it, they would assume that all the children were Thomas and Margaret's.  I'm basing the change of wife based upon death dates.  Margaret died in 1805 and thus could not have been the mother of Thomas' children born from 1806 through 1813.  Since Thomas married a Cathrine [sic] Lasley in September 1805 and the next child was born 9 months later, I am assuming that the children from there on out are her's.

2  Chalkley, Lyman.  Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia -- a special thanks to Gina who gave me the link to the entire site I can spend hours in here!  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/  Vol. 3 p. 169 #373.

3.  Chalkley.  Vol. 1 p. 233 and Vol. 2 p. 384

4.  The will of James Sawyers http://www.sawyers.20m.com/james%20sr.html

5.  Chalkley.  Vol. 3 p. 186 #187

6.  Chalkley.  Vol. 2 p. 299 & 358 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/augusta/court/2court33.txt

7.  Botetourt Co. VA, Marriages 1770-1803 Sorted by Groom's Surname                                                                                                                                            http://files.usgwarchives.org/va/botetourt/vitals/marriages/mar1770grooms.txt

8.  Chalkley.  Vol. 1 p. 425 Vol. 2 p. 33

9.  Reese Lawyer  (52) 1850 census Tazewell, Illinois [need subscription to ancestry.com to view]

10. Reese Sours (60) 1860 census Tazewell, Illiois

11. 1800 Augusta County Tax records http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/Augusta/1800PersonalA/23.jpg

12. Trowbridge, Michael L. (compiler) Marriage Records 1803-1850 Gallia County, Ohio.  pub. by the Gallia County Genealogical Society, OGS, 2007. 13. Hardesty's History of Gallia County published in 1882.

14. Trowbridge, Michael L. (compiler) Marriage Records 1803-1850 Gallia County, Ohio.  p. 41  Gallia County Marriages Volume 2 page 178

15. Chalkley. Vol. 2 p. 428

16. It is possible that Thomas was heading toward Kentucky since his father (or grandfather) was granted land for service in the Virginia military.

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/WHATWEHAVE/

17. Trowbridge, Michael L. (compiler) Marriage Records 1803-1850 Gallia County, Ohio.  p. 63. Gallia Marriage Records Vol. 1 p. 4

18. Trowbridge, Michael L. (compiler) Marriage Records 1803-1850 Gallia County, Ohio.  p. 22. Gallia Marriage Records Vol. 1 p. 206

19.  Gallia County, Ohio Residents, 1800-1825.  Containing Resident/chattel tax lists for many years between 1800 & 1825.

20.  Gallia County Genealogical Society, OGS chapter cemeteries.

21. Trowbridge, Michael L. (compiler) Marriage Records 1803-1850 Gallia County, Ohio.  p. 5  Gallia County Marriages Volume 1 page 209

22. Trowbridge, Michael L. (compiler) Marriage Records 1803-1850 Gallia County, Ohio.  p. 27  Gallia County Marriages Volume 1 page 200

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23. http://www.censusdiggins.com/tennessee_census_index3.html

24. http://www.tngenweb.org/rutherford/petition1.htm

25.  http://www.lhaasdav.com/census/1810census.html

26.  Hannah Sawyers w/o James was the d/o David and Isabella Hays.  ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/augusta/court/3court14.txt

27. Gallia County Marriage Book 1 Pg. 22 married John Glassburn and Peggy Richardson Mar. 18, 1811 (I have copy of marriage record signed by Thomas Sawyers, JP) his last marriage performed was George Shumaker June 1, 1837.  If I counted correctly he married a total of 32 couples, with 1821 being his busiest year with 9 marriages in 5 months!