John Love Sawyer

1833 - 1903  (69 years)

• Name	John Love Sawyer
  Birth	29 May 1833	Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC)
  Gender	Male
  _UID	7815898DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000B25E
  Death	7 Mar 1903	Swain Co, NC
  Burial	Lauada Cem, Swain Co, NC
  Person ID	I12748	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Joel Sawyer,   b. 1799/1800, SC d. Aft 1860, Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC) (Age > 61 years)
  Mother	Esther E Thompson,   b. 1799/1800, Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 1860, Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC) (Age > 61 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1823	Haywood Co, NC
  Family ID	F6215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nancy Louisa Welch,   b. 1837, Haywood Co, NC d. 1865, Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC) (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	2 Jul 1855	Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC)
  Children	1. George W Sawyer,   b. 1857/1858, Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC) d. Aft 1870, Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC) (Age > 13 years)   2. Amanda Sawyer,   b. 1861/1862, Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC) d. Aft 1870, Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC) (Age > 9 years)
  Family ID	F7026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Nancy E Medlin,   b. Nov 1839, Macon Co, NC d. 25 Oct 1927, Bryson City, Swain Co, NC (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	8 Jul 1866	Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC)
  Children	1. Joel L Sawyer,   b. 1868/1869, Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC) d. Aft 1870, Macon Co, NC (now Swain Co, NC) (Age > 2 years)   2. Sarah J Sawyer,   b. 1871/1872, Swain Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Graham Co, NC (Age > 9 years)   3. Lewis F Sawyer,   b. 1874/1875, Swain Co, NC d. Aft 1910, Swain Co, NC (Age > 36 years)   4. Frances C Sawyer,   b. 1878/1879, Graham Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Graham Co, NC (Age > 2 years)
  Family ID	F817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. They are the ancestors or relatives of one or more of my in-law or step-relatives*, so I have researched them to a small extent. * Brother Nathan married into my Cathey family. * 2nd wife Nancy Medlin is my 3rd Great Aunt, by marriage (to her 1st husband William H. Davis); !REFERENCE: http://www.martygrant.com/ http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/cathey/ http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/davis/ !CENSUS:1850 Macon Co., NC Deep Creek # 370/378 Joel Sawyers 50 Farmer $600 SC Esther 50 Buncombe Esther E. 21 Macon John B. 17 Nathan L. 15 Joel A. 13 Thomas 10 Solomon 9 J. Lovel 3 m; !MARRIAGE: 2 Jul 1855 Macon Co., NC John L. Sawyer & Louisa Welch D. H. Russell, bm; !CENSUS:1860 Macon Co., NC Deharts District, Franklin PO # 530/524 John Sawyears (sic) 27 Farmer $300/264 Macon Nancy L. 22 George W. 2; !MARRIAGE: 8 Jul 1866 Macon Co., NC John Sawyers & Nancy Davis; !CENSUS:1870 Macon Co., NC Welch's, Franklin PO # 29/29 Jno L. Sawyer 37 Farmer $400/300 NC Nancy E. 30 Keeping H. Geo W. 11 at home Amanda 8 Joel L. 1; !CENSUS:1880 Graham Co., NC Stecoah # 106/106 John L. Sawyer 47 M Farmer NC-NC-NC Nancy E. 40 wife M Keeping House NC-SC-TN Joel L. 11 son Farming NC-NC-NC Sarah J. 8 dau Louis F.5 son Fanney C. 1 dau; !CENSUS:1900 Swain Co., NC Nantahala # 180/181 John L. Sawyer head May 1833 67 M 43 NC-SC-NC Blacksmith Nancy E. wife Nov 1839 60 M 43 9-3 NC-SC-TN Louis Medlin F-in-L Dec 1818 81 wd SC-Unk-Unk;